Mark Jenkins -- Laptops

Dell Latitude D610 + spare for parts

$60

Heavilly stickered, this laptop features a 32bit Pentium M and 1.25 GB of DDR2 memory. A piece of Skullspace history, this laptop cracked an important password!

This isn't a computer you'd want to use for day to day computing today. It's a portable collectable representing the end of the 32bit era. Perhaps its best use today is a test bed for 2.5" laptop PATA/IDE hard drives and DDR2 SO-DIMMs.

• Included is a spare D610 (not functioning)) which can be used for parts. (not shown in photos)
• The F5 key cap is missing
• 32 bit Pentium M 1.6 Ghz with PAE
• DDR2 1GB + 256MB
• CDRW + DVD reader
• 30GB PATA/IDE hard drive, erased. No OS installer included. (Time permitting, I may add a add a GNU/Linux install before sale)
• Power supply included, not shown in photo (a different one appears in the background).
• Two dead battery packs included. (not in photos). Connecting them not recommended unless refurbished with new cells.
• Dead internal CMOS battery inside
• Not suitable as a daily driver in 2023.

TTX M3000Np (Asus)

$40

This heavilly sticked laptop works, but comes with a lot of defects. It is not suitable as a daily driver in 2023. Treat as a retro collectable or as useful for distinctive external connectors (see below) or as a DDR1 SO-DIMM test bed.

It's a “whitebox” laptop -- Canadian company TTX played no role in the design and just added parts. The real OEM is Asus.

Born free, this computer never had a Windows install and the time of sale and actually came with a discount for that choice. You won't find a license sticker anywhere on it!

• 32bit Pentium M 1.5Ghz, no PAE
• 512MB DDR1. SO-DIMM slot very servicable.
• The hinges are busted. Lean the open LCD against something or use an external monitor. See additional note below.
• CDRW+DVD reader
• Neoprene sleave included
• Power supply included (not in photos)
• CPU fan is very servicable for cleaning
• No PATA/IDE hard drive included. Original tray, screws and connector adapter are included, so adding a hard drive or compact flash should be possible. Or, just run live-media from USB or CD! Very servicable HD bay
• External connectors: 4xUSB, mini firewire, VGA, parallel printer, IR, 100Mbit ethernet, headphone, line-in, soft modem, CardBus/PCMCIA-5.0
• Many of the keyboard keys do not work. It has been suggested that contact cleaning may resolve, until then, use a USB keyboard. An ordered spare keyboard is installed. The original is also included.
• Original battery pack included, but is dead and should not be re-connected without full cell replacement refurbishment.
• Has a wifi add-on module inside, but not one from the Intel “Centrino” family. The wifi chip present was flashed with a special firmware that made it compatible with older GNU/Linux distros. It may not work with later distro releases or Windows.
• Dead internal CMOS battery inside
• To repeat again, not suitable as a daily driver in 2023.

The busted hinges may be repairable with some 3D printing. I recall the failed part being a plastic rectangle with holes which held metal parts of the screen hinges and case together by screws.

Toshiba Satellite 1800

$40

For your retro interest. Not a suitable daily driver in 2023

• Intel Celeron 796.8Mhz (Pentium III generation). Original CPU died of overheating, replacement was installed via ZIF socket!
• 512MB RAM (SDRAM)
• Missing many keycaps, but keyboard works
• 28GB PATA/IDE hard drive with a Debian 7 installation
• Loose and exposed hinges
• Dead battery, original pack included
• No wifi
• Exposed hinges with a very loose feel at times
• Original power supply included (not shown)
• Composit and S-video connectors
• Padded black sleave included (not shown)
• 3.5" floppy drive