kishy
Veteran Member
Hi folks!
I have recently acquired an excellent condition little teeny tiny notebook PC, the Toshiba Libretto 60CT/810. This came complete with both the basic port replicator and more advanced dock, a Targus case, floppy drive and even some replacement AccuPoint caps (the pointing stick beside the LCD panel). I wanted to play around with something like this for a while and could finally justify the $$$ they go for (generally not "cheap"). I believe this particular model was only marketed by Toshiba in Japan; there seem to have been third parties which imported and sold them though.
I wanted to share the photos I took of this unit, notably including a teardown of everything except the display (don't want to peel off the stickers over the screws): https://imgur.com/a/FKOeD
Note these images are rather large so I'm not embedding all of them here, but a few downsized ones follow...
Cute, eh?
I would like to say something here which I had a hard time confirming for certain from various sources prior to purchase: this computer will not accept Cardbus cards. It, including the docking station, will only support 16-bit PC cards (the slots are physically keyed, the 32 bit cards won't go in). This is to be expected from its age, but there is conflicting info to be found online which uses the word "Cardbus" when that is absolutely not going to happen.
The hard drive in this unit was replaced at some point with a larger one, which is great, except it means I don't have the true original OS image. Thankfully, whoever swapped the drive did install various Toshiba utility software, but the computer is absent of any Toshiba original desktop backgrounds.
Here's what I'm looking for currently:
If anyone happens to have original desktop backgrounds that might have shipped on this or related Libretto models, I'd love to have them please.
Also, Toshiba does not seem to have a support page online for the 60 anymore, but they do for its sibling the 50: https://support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=1073769618
I am wondering how much overlap there may be between drivers, utilities, and notably the BIOS update for the 50 vs the 60. If anyone has any information to that effect I'm interested in knowing it.
As my computer is a Japanese example, but I do not know Japanese, if someone can offer a translation of a particular screen that appears during POST sometimes I'd appreciate it. I suspect it's a "CMOS battery is dead" type of message though.
Enjoy the photos, and if anyone can help with the above points, I'll be very appreciative.
I have recently acquired an excellent condition little teeny tiny notebook PC, the Toshiba Libretto 60CT/810. This came complete with both the basic port replicator and more advanced dock, a Targus case, floppy drive and even some replacement AccuPoint caps (the pointing stick beside the LCD panel). I wanted to play around with something like this for a while and could finally justify the $$$ they go for (generally not "cheap"). I believe this particular model was only marketed by Toshiba in Japan; there seem to have been third parties which imported and sold them though.
I wanted to share the photos I took of this unit, notably including a teardown of everything except the display (don't want to peel off the stickers over the screws): https://imgur.com/a/FKOeD
Note these images are rather large so I'm not embedding all of them here, but a few downsized ones follow...
Cute, eh?
I would like to say something here which I had a hard time confirming for certain from various sources prior to purchase: this computer will not accept Cardbus cards. It, including the docking station, will only support 16-bit PC cards (the slots are physically keyed, the 32 bit cards won't go in). This is to be expected from its age, but there is conflicting info to be found online which uses the word "Cardbus" when that is absolutely not going to happen.
The hard drive in this unit was replaced at some point with a larger one, which is great, except it means I don't have the true original OS image. Thankfully, whoever swapped the drive did install various Toshiba utility software, but the computer is absent of any Toshiba original desktop backgrounds.
Here's what I'm looking for currently:
If anyone happens to have original desktop backgrounds that might have shipped on this or related Libretto models, I'd love to have them please.
Also, Toshiba does not seem to have a support page online for the 60 anymore, but they do for its sibling the 50: https://support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=1073769618
I am wondering how much overlap there may be between drivers, utilities, and notably the BIOS update for the 50 vs the 60. If anyone has any information to that effect I'm interested in knowing it.
As my computer is a Japanese example, but I do not know Japanese, if someone can offer a translation of a particular screen that appears during POST sometimes I'd appreciate it. I suspect it's a "CMOS battery is dead" type of message though.
Enjoy the photos, and if anyone can help with the above points, I'll be very appreciative.
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