A Flea Market Toshiba Satellite 1605CDS

Flea Market Find: Toshiba Satellite

// I don't have a problem right?

    Back in June I was walking around the local flea market since it had opened back up during NJ's first wave of reopenings for the Pandemic. While browsing I saw this lonely Toshiba Satellite sitting on the edge of a table. I asked the seller about it and managed to talk him down to 15 dollars. Since it came with a charger I plugged it in and to my surprise it turned right on! Sadly though it was a passive matrix display. Oh well, I had already had much luck with the Macs so I was due for a set back. Like how the Hard Drive in this laptop was completely dead.

    All was not lost though! With the laptop fully disassembled I could easily get access

 to the sour drive and replace it bringing the system back to life. 

    With the old failed HDD out, all that was left to do was to install the OS onto a spare

drive I had lying around just for a system find like this. And what better choice than

Windows 98SE of course! Finally I got a little picture of it next to it's older brother. 

Hopefully I'll get around to a proper review....

    I'm going to be totally honest here. I didn't take many picture or notes of this project. It was just some, low effort, quickly thrown together article from back in June just after the Mac SE. I meant to update it, but life just happened. I figured I want top put all content I create out regardless of time or success. I managed to get a 9-5 job at a Managed Service Provider and that has taken up a majority of my free time. I will try to get another post out in August hopefully. I do have a couple projects that I have to get done! Like a Mac Plus that I just picked up and recapped!

Or maybe this Mac Mini I stuck in the the oven to get working again!

'Till next time,

Ian L.