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    NanTan Early 1990's laptops Guide (386/486/Pentium)

    I have looked into ProStar before - I think I briefly checked out their website. What I have seen plenty of is their print advertising - here's some samples:
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    NanTan Early 1990's laptops Guide (386/486/Pentium)

    Big discovery today... finally after multiple years of searching, I found Nan Tan's logo. It was printed in this advertisement, which is something I would have been looking for, if not for the fact that I didn't think any direct Nan Tan advertising existed! Of all the ODMs I have researched...
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    Nan Tan 9500 Dx4 Questions

    You should be able to directly replace the NiCad cells with NiMH without much trouble. At worst, they might not charge fully correctly - you'll just have to see. The floppy drive (if I remember right) has a belt-driven spindle motor, so you won't find a working spare. 100% of them will need new...
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    MacDat Vintage Laptop Documentation Project - Main Thread

    The June site update is now live! May got skipped as I was busy with half a dozen other things, but rest assured, there's still a lot of new stuff in this update. Laptop Database Updates: 279 new laptop models have been added to the database, along with 189 new laptop specsheets! This brings...
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    Documenting obscure 90s laptop brands - CTX EzBook

    @DeltaDon sent me a copy of the EzBook 700 manual, which I subsequently scanned and uploaded to the internet archive :) It will be added to MacDat soon as well. https://archive.org/details/ctx_ezbook_700_user_manual
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    Restoring a 486 laptop

    I'm going to need to source a parts machine to swap the LCD and cable over to mine - there's one on eBay right now but I just haven't gotten around to buying it yet.
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    Restoring a 486 laptop

    I have not replaced the battery. At some point I'm going to have to take my unit fully apart to upgrade it to a TFT screen, so when that day comes I'll look for where the actual CMOS battery may be/not be.
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    Documenting obscure 90s laptop brands - CTX EzBook

    If it’s just for cost of shipping then sure! Would at minimum allow me to better document it, get photos of the motherboard, etc. I saw your email - if that sounds ok to you, I can send my shipping details there.
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    Suitable TFT LCD screen for Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4ND?

    Ah, I see! If they're labelled the same, they're probably compatible.
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    Suitable TFT LCD screen for Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4ND?

    https://adnoteh.ro/retrowikid/index.php/Siemens-Nixdorf_PCD-4ND Per this page, there is a TFT version of this laptop (either 9.5 or 10.2 inches). You will probably need to find one of these - it is unlikely that the PCD-5ND used the same display connector at the motherboard level. Edit: I was...
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    Restoring a 486 laptop

    What laptop was that? That definitely isn't common.
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    Restoring a 486 laptop

    The information is from me having a SENS 800 - the Pentium version of this laptop. Plenty of laptops used multi-cell NiMH or NiCad batteries as clock backup. It might have doubled as a reserve/hibernation battery, but to my knowledge it's the only battery in these Samsungs. This is a photo of...
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    Suitable TFT LCD screen for Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4ND?

    The cable for a TFT model of that laptop is going to be different from the STN model, so your best bet is to find a whole donor laptop. Did the PCD-4ND have an active matrix version, or was it STN only?
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    Restoring a 486 laptop

    Some more information on this laptop: The Megabook 770 is a rebadged Samsung SENS 700, specifically the alternative (and I think better looking) case variation. I've not actually seen a Samsung-branded version in this case yet, only MegaImage and also AST (Advantage! Explorer DX4-100). The...
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    MacDat Vintage Laptop Documentation Project - Main Thread

    This month's update went live tonight. Here's what's new: This year's goal: Add as many models as possible to the database I want it to be the case that you can search any laptop model name that you find into the database, and it will at least show up - even if there's no specsheet yet. This...
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