My new toy (PCp lite?) Lots pictures. Better than a Jornada.

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My new toy (PCp lite?) Lots pictures. Better than a Jornada.

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Got a new toy: a Toshiba Libretto 100CT. Not the fastest out there, but it was fairly cheap (~$150) and will tide me over until UMPCs get cheap, the Nokia N800 gets software taking advantage of nice processor, or I finally get a decent board on the cheap to finish my PCp.

Pentium 166MMX (overclockable to 233 most likely)
32MB of EDO ram (Officially upgradable to 64MB)
2x Cardbus slots with Zoom video
Keyboard just barely large enough to touchtype on

Thumbstick pointer for mouse, with buttons on opposite side of screen
800x480 TFT Active Matrix color screen
Speaker, headphone port (3/32"), mic (3/32"), Sound Blaster compatable
Windows 95

Dock with Parallel, serial, VGA and PS/2 connectors.

Battery lasts about 3 hours running uninterupted.

I like the size, I can easily toss this in my backpack and go. Regular laptops are too big and heavy to do that, IMO.

Note:All pictures link to their Flickr page, and some have notes as part of the image.

With Doom CD for size reference:
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Next to Doom CD case for size reference:
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Running Doom (I set the Libretto to scale the screens of DOS games to fit):
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Crytal Caliburn (Windows pinball game):
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Quake:
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Duke Nukem 3d:
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Tyrian 2000 (download here DOS based):
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How I transfer games over(CF card, USB CF card adapter, PCMCIA CF card adapter):
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I have many other things running on this too, but it's hard to take photos of a screen on my camera without direct sunlight, and the sun keeps going behind the clouds. ZSNES runs at full speed. NES emulators run, but I need to update my collection of emulators, as the ones I have now are old[/], Damn Small Linux running via loopback file, launched from DOS, and capable of getting online via WiFi.

Plans for this:
Right now I'm rocking it old school. Having a machine that has the ability to play DOS games natively is quite cool. Playing with DOSbox to get the game to work just right was getting old.

Near term I'm thinking of getting more memory, a DVD decoder card, a cardbus DVD rom, USB 2.0 cardbus card, a PCMCIA TV tuner card. Also, I will likely install the 20GB notebook HD I have and installing Windows 98 to it.

Slightly further ahead I'll probably overclock it to 233MHz, as nearly all units can do that. Some can push 266+

Longer term, if I get ahold of decent motherboard for my PCp, I'll likely take out the screen and use it. Prehaps the keyboard as well. If instead, UMPCs get cheap or the N800 gets good, I'll retire this to a DOS machine hanging off my KVM.
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Post by Skyone »

Did you hear that CTFan? Better than your Jernahdah!

Looks sweet, how's it for emulation?
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Post by bicostp »

I wonder if it's fast enough to handle a wi-fi card...

What OS? 95? Are you going to scrounge up some more RAM for it?

The specs on that thing would make it worthless if it were a full size laptop. Nice find! :D

Oh, and Crystal Caliburn is a great pinball game. I used to have it on my Quadra. 8)
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Post by Harshboy »

I bet that thing could do up to SNES, and if thats pushing it, NES, GB, GBC, Atari, etc.

Looks neato, but i'll keep my Macbook :wink:
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Post by tom61 »

bicostp wrote:I wonder if it's fast enough to handle a wi-fi card...

What OS? 95? Are you going to scrounge up some more RAM for it?

The specs on that thing would make it worthless if it were a full size laptop. Nice find! :D

Oh, and Crystal Caliburn is a great pinball game. I used to have it on my Quadra. 8)
I've gone online with a WiFi card under Linux, but Windows 95 is too old to handle Wifi. definitely thinking of upgrading the RAM, but I'm not sure if I'll just try to take it 64MB(the official maximum) or try for something higher. Crystal Caliburn is indeed pretty cool.
Harshboy wrote:I bet that thing could do up to SNES, and if thats pushing it, NES, GB, GBC, Atari, etc.

Looks neato, but i'll keep my Macbook :Wink:
SNES runs full speed under ZSNES.

Hah, Macbook :P : http://www.silverace.com/libretto/mac2.jpg
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Post by Triton »

damn that guy is tiny, even smaller than my lifebook! (B2610)
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Mah birthday's coming up, I don't want to buy your persinal one, but how much did you buy it for?
what sig? i don't see anything...
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Post by CronoTriggerfan »

Skyone wrote:Did you hear that CTFan? Better than your Jernahdah!

Looks sweet, how's it for emulation?
NOOOOOOO!

I've seen 'em before, they're pretty neat little devices; although my GP2x and Jornada put together do the exact same thing, if not more, with more portability. Just sayin'. :wink:

But it is pretty cool! Especially seeing as it has a full Windows OS, not CE.

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Post by Triton »

he paid 150 for his ct100 or whatever it was i paid 180 after shipping for my lifebook on ebat (800mhz 256mb ram ati rage mobility gfc 10.1" touchscreen)
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Post by vskid »

Sweet find tom61, 3 hours of battery life is way good, I thought most older laptops barely gave you enough battery life to switch outlets. I think I prefer Triton's Lifebook, though. I'd rather have a touchscreen and faster processor, even if it is a bit bigger.
Still, you could hide yours in a book.
My PSP is lucky it can fit in my pocket, or I might sell it (anyone want it? I'll sell it for the right price).
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Post by josh »

AWESOME!
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Post by Harshboy »

Ok, since everyone is bragging about their tiny laptops, i will too :P

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It can run DivX videos 100% full speed! :lol:
It can run SNES roms full speed (and PSX and N64)
It can handle wireless!
It can't run Windows 95 :cry: or 98 SE :cry: but, it can run Windows XP 8)

Specs:
2 Ghz Core Duo (Mines a 1.1 Gen)
1 GB Ram
64 MB Intel 950 Gfx Card
DVD Burner Slot Drive
13.3 in Wide Screen (Glossy)


and....the price!

$2000.00! <-----It's way overpriced but i love this thing sooooo much :D
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Post by im_an_alien »

Those things are awesome! Although the new ones are cooler :P. My step-dad had an IBM Thinkpad with a butterfly keyboard. Google it, it's awesome too. He kept it in a bible case it was so small! Of course, nothing can beat my HP Omnibook 800CT! It's not quite as small, but it has just about the coolest mouse ever invented. You push a button, and pop! The mouse comes out the side. Heres a pic I pulled off google image search.
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Windows 95 originally, when I got it it was upgraded to '98. After a while a hard drive crash sent it to DOS, and I couldn't re-instal windows due to the lack of a built in cd rom drive (the one I used was USB and only usable after you boot up in windows and it recognises it; the thing didn't even have built in USB ports :( )

Oh well, it still rocks for dos games and showing off the cool mouse (even though I cant use it, DOS = no mouse). Also, the really cool thing about the mouse, having it like that cuts off a ton of space at the bottom where a touchpad (or mouse buttons for one of those things in the middle of the keyboard) would usually be. Although it is kinda hard to use in a car...
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Post by Unidentified Assilant »

Pretty nice, must be cool to have a tiny PC to play DOS games on
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Somebody please buy my Dreamcast >_> £20+shipping :)
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Post by vskid »

What kind of battery does the Libretto have? And does it use a CF card for a hard drive?
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