Toshiba Portégé ultraportable Windows 98 revival

[@cocusar]

"Just in case the year 2000 ever comes around again" oh man you're amazing

[@eshanausis7083]

So what we need to know if our computer's are y2k compliant

[@shaunclarke94]

Toshiba made some great ultra compact laptops back in the day.

[@MegaTerryNutkins]

They never stopped, the R series were great and the Z/X series carried on that trend. Some of the most ingenious laptop design I've ever seen with an impossible amount of practicality crammed into a slim case.

[@hh7426]

This is an incredibly interesting machine, very similar to a modern laptop in terms of form factor

[@HughJeffreys]

Great video, woah mate thats a thin laptop! Got a similar Toshiba laptop myself although its a little thicker. Got it from one of my old high school teachers. Looked like it hadn't been used in 10-12 years, hard drive was dead. At first the battery wouldn't charge but after leaving it on charge for about 2 days it started charging. Now holds about 2hrs of charge. I also got a note7, not many of us with them. Got mine from the US and imported it to Australia. Heard they network blocked them in certain countries? My US model works fine in AU, what about yours? Got videos fixing both the Toshiba and note7 if that interests you.

[@JanusCycle]

I saw your Note 7 video. I'm impressed you are able to get parts for such a rare phone. Mine is Telstra branded and you can bet it's been blocked in Australia. I'm maintaining it in as new condition. With its potentially explosive battery still inside. Stored safely at less that 5% charge. Thanks for providing details on blocking software updates. I've kept mine off Wi-Fi to stop updates. But I've been motivated to do something about that after seeing your restoration.

[@HughJeffreys]

@@JanusCycle Thats a shame about it being blocked. I used mine for about 2 months after releasing that video.

[@JanusCycle]

@@HughJeffreys The question is what do I do with it. My friends want me to show it bursting into flames on camera. But there are so many problems with that idea. I'm going to wait for a while before deciding what happens.

[@Raptor50aus]

Nice find. I recently installed Win 98 on a Toshiba 210CDT. Installed some retro games. great fun. :)

[@DavidGreen_au]

Well, that brought back memories of my first Laptop, which I suspect is probably the model prior to that. It was a Win95 unit, and came with 2 docks, 1 small, and a larger one with built-in CD-Rom and stereo speakers, in addition to all the usual expansions. The pack even came with a 3½" Floppy drive on a cable. It did have a problem with the case fracturing, but I got it to Toshiba just before its warranty expired, and had the case replaced. Purchased in 1999 in Sydney for about $4500! I still have it, and last time I checked, sometime last year, it was still working…

[@BavarianM]

Be careful as those have an internal battery that can leak 😊

[@DavidGreen_au]

@@BavarianM If "internal", you're referring to the CMOS battery, I replaced that when it said it was flat. The battery packs look okay currently, but I have not opened them, yet…

[@SOTP.]

Creative way of powering a laptop without the charger included lol

[@brunofariasilva]

I have one of that model. It had a internal ni-cd battery on mother board that leaked a litte, but still working good. It's a future project to restore some traces and pads. Thanks for your videos, lots of interesting things.

[@luisneitzke106]

Hello! I have a Satellite Pro 440CDT and its HDD just died. I saw your video and now I’m thinking about doing the same. Question: since you’re using a SD on the adapter, why did you use a IDE to USB adapter to transfer the files to the card? Wouldn’t transferring it directly to the card be easier, instead of using another adapter? Thanks!

[@JanusCycle]

I was having trouble making this SD card bootable unless I used this IDE adaptor to install MS-DOS and make it bootable. This is probably due to the BIOS in this machine. A better method would be to put the SD card into the machine first and then boot from CD to install the OS directly. But mine does not have an inbuilt CD-rom drive to do this. Also check the IDE to Compact Flash adaptor I used in my Toshiba Libretto video. Compact Flash cards can sometimes be a better choice. But booting depends on the CF card itself being compatible. Again possibly due to the BIOS. Each computer/BIOS is different and can sometimes require experimenting.

[@idariidari1995]

Thanks for your video! I needed to take out the hard drive, but couldn't for the life of me figure out how it's done.

[@JanusCycle]

Great, glad this was helpful.

[@NMRotar]

I have the exact model,with docking station, external floppy drive,is such a beautiful model. Yamaha sound card,8mb dedicated video card. 😊❤

[@JanusCycle]

Great to hear from a fellow ultraportable Portégé owner. These just don't seem that common.

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Looks like you found a laptop formerly used for creating HMI panels for industrial control systems. :)

[@LAHegarty]

You always have great transition music and songs in your videos.

[@JanusCycle]

Thank you, music is really important to me. I prefer to only use music in videos that resonates with me.

[@LAHegarty]

@@JanusCycle You've done really well with your subs in the last year, I think I was one of the early subs.

[@AnyDeskAnarchyBoi23]

19:26 do you know where to find this program, I cant seem to find it

[@JanusCycle]

yep, on this page www.elhvb.com/webhq/download/index.htm

[@way2muchNFO]

Great find!

[@JanusCycle]

Thanks, this has become one of my favourite retro machines to use.

[@andrasszabo7386]

I have one of this in my collection, and also a Pentium 3 variant, the 3490. The battery is the same, I have recelled both they allow that. The 3110 works fine, but the 3490 has sound issues. Sometimes the sound card disappears and reappears in the device manager under Win XP, but not in the original Win2000. I don't know why. I also have found a Note 7 on the road to my weekend house.(not paved road) What was the chance of the Note 7's battery not blowing up, after many cars ran over it? No SIM card was found in there, only the USB-C board and the battery survived.

[@LAHegarty]

I had one back in about 2005, it was running 2000 when I got it, I was never able to install anything else on it for some reason it wouldn't take XP but it was a lovely machine, great build quality on those late 90s and early 00s Portégés. What is that little charger thingy called? Wouldn't might one of them myself.

[@JanusCycle]

I used Dupont connectors on a 15V power supply. The problem is they can be plugged in the wrong way around which would kill the laptop. Every time I have to triple check what I'm doing. I'm thinking about how to make it keyed.

[@BavarianM]

I have xp running on it

[@Matt22992]

Great video! I am currently trying to revive a Portege 3490CT and I have managed to get Windows 98SE on it but I can't find any drivers to make it work properly. Managed to get the USB working with USB sticks which makes file transfer easier, but the screen is stuck at the smaller resolution and 16 colours as seen in your video and the sound doesn't work. Are you able to help point me in the right direction to find the right drivers?

[@JanusCycle]

My understanding is that Toshiba drivers are still officially available on their dynabook support website.

[@enthusiastguy2799]

Hey there! Thanks for this video. I'm having difficulties finding that RAM board you're holding at 12:18 or similar I even tried to count the pins, I searched based on what the manual says, but I can't find that form factor. What is it? Oh, and by the way, you can safely upgrade the RAM to 192Mb. That's the max supported, not 128.

[@JanusCycle]

It's a 144-PIN MICRODIMM. I'm not sure why mine wasn't working properly. There is also a 256Mb capacity version. I want to get one but they are hard to find.

[@SolarLantern424]

@@JanusCycle Could it be a ram limit in windows 98/dos? There are some patches for himem.sys floating around...

[@MsJosewwe]

hi, i loved your video, but i found recently one with the model PAP302U, which i think its pretty similar to yours, but i cant find anything about the laptop, i just wanted to know if you know something about mine or the model, or something that can help me know something more about it

[@JanusCycle]

You have a Toshiba Portege 3025CT, nice. This runs Windows 98, here are the specs, www.manualslib.com/manual/328609/Toshiba-Portege-3025ct.html All the drivers are still available if you want to re-install Windows 98. support.dynabook.com/support/modelHome?freeText=1073769635&osId=3333623

[@drifter7508]

Is the fan loud in this laptop? The Tecra 500CDT is terrible😅

[@ФеофанЭтополедолжнобытьзаполне]

Recently dismantled laptop battery that has not been charged since around 2003. Out of 8 cells only two (one pair) were totally dead (as per 2003), others managed to maintain 60-70% of original capacity under regular laptop load, which is kinda fascinating to me. If you lucky enough to get this thing open without severe damage, swapping the whole thing with fresh cells is a neat option. Modern compacts suck so much balls, i'd rather read news and chat using something back from win95.cih era.

[@rrafal]

How did you prepare the installer on sd card?

[@JanusCycle]

I put the Windows 95 installer files on the drive and made it MS-DOS bootable. Installed into the Toshiba, booted into MS-DOS and ran the installer from there.

[@lukedavis436]

i have a 3410ct which came to me in many tiny pieces but i reassembled it into somthing that at least POSTs, im exited to buy a HDD for it

[@JanusCycle]

Hey nice machine, I hope it goes well. Are you going for a flash based hard drive, or a more authentic mechanical drive experience?

[@lukedavis436]

@@JanusCycle i will go for an IDE to CF adapter purely because i was not given the hard drive bracket, it would also help with getting software on and off of the computer

[@JanusCycle]

@@lukedavis436 I really like Compact Flash. But in the past I've had trouble with some removable CF cards. I hope the rebuild goes well.

[@lukedavis436]

@@JanusCycle I would've gone with a HDD, but due to the missing bracket (and the board with the only USB port missing) CF is really my only Method of file transfer, also thanks for the kind words! I find older Toshibas go back together easily without a guide

[@andrasszabo7386]

I have a 128 MB RAM module inside my 3110 and it works fine with its original factory installed Win98. So maybe it is picky about what you insert, but you can definitely have 192 MB RAM in total.

[@zombee38]

I have the 3025CT model which is older pentium 300Mhz I have the charger but it doesn't turn on...shows power it's in an battery starts to charge and that's all

[@dendrov]

this was my first laptop from year 2000

[@johnstach4601]

pre-loaded the hard drive to get the unit to work.

[@flippy9133]

whats the power supply, do you have a video on it?

[@kolbyte]

15:53 memtest check needed + i see oxides

[@JanusCycle]

I have cleaned this and I think it tested ok in another computer. I will try again one day and do a proper memtest.

[@BavarianM]

Recelled my original battery It’s doable and you can get the case open without ruining it

[@johnstach4601]

used a 12 volt 2 amp with small pins to the power

[@adinnugroho6544]

Maybe is like My Entry Level Asus Laptop, well is light and portable

[@한창한-h8n]

대구순님

[@benitoabreu4785]

Why are you covering the capacity of the SD card, bro??? That's some shady shit you doing...

[@JanusCycle]

I didn't realize I was, I use a 4Gb Micro SD in this computer.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

The only useful OS on this one is Linux with minimal GUI.

[@JanusCycle]

You may find next weeks video to be interesting showing, in part, Linux running on a very different sort of Toshiba device.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

@@JanusCycle Nice!

[@BavarianM]

Windows 98 is the way to go 😊