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Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
I've bought this notebook as damaged as I needed spare
parts, and I found that the only problem it has is with power connector
desoldered from board. I've used it as my Win98 machine until I got
Tecra 8100.
Tecra ntebooks were chosen because they had good quality-price ratio and
were easily accessible. The only negative thing with these laptops is
their pointing device: Toshiba stood long with trackpoint-only
notebooks, while other manufacturers started to use touchpads. But it
should be noted that for experienced user using trackpoint is as
comfortable as touchpad.
| Manufacturer | Toshiba |
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| Origin | Japan | |
| Year of unit | 1998 | |
| Year of introduction | 1996 | |
| Type | Laptop, PC | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium MMX 266MHz | |
| RAM | 32MB (upgradeable by EDO SODIMM, now 64MB) | |
| Floppy Disk | In a bay | |
| Hard Disk | 2GB | |
| Other media | CD-ROM drive in a bay | |
| Graphics and display: | 1024x768 TFT | |
| Sound: | Stereo | |
| Keyboard and pointing device: | Small PC keyboard without numeric
part. Trackpoint |
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| OS: | Windows 95/8 |
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Power supply: |
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1 - Ground |
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| I/O: | - Serial port - Parallel port - VGA video out - PCMCIA x2 - IRDA - External FDD connector - PS/2 - Dock connector |
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| Possible upgrades: | Memory etc. | |
| Additional peripherals: | External FDD |
To enter BIOS Setup program, press and hold ESC, then turn computer on. It should find a keyboard stuck error, then will display something like "Press F1 to enter SETUP", so press F1. Don't expect high customization.
Support for model is still (2014) available by Toshiba here.
Internet Archive has service manual!