Toshiba Tecra 750CDT PA1253U-T2N Pentium 233MHz 32MB RAM 5GB HDD CD-ROM Laptop

Toshiba Tecra 750CDT PA1253U-T2N Pentium 233MHz 32MB RAM 5GB HDD CD-ROM Laptop

The Toshiba Tecra 750CDT is a late-1990s business-class laptop built around an Intel Pentium 233MHz processor. This unit carries part number PA1253U-T2N, as confirmed on the bottom label. It is configured with 32MB of RAM and a 5.0GB hard drive, along with an integrated 20X CD-ROM drive — a standard optical drive for its era. The Tecra 750CDT was Toshiba's flagship business notebook line in the mid-to-late 1990s, designed for corporate mobile computing.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: Tecra 750CDT
• Part Number: PA1253U-T2N
• Processor: Intel Pentium 233MHz
• RAM: 32MB
• Hard Drive: 5.0GB HDD
• Optical Drive: 20X CD-ROM (integrated, visible in left-side bay)
• Floppy Drive: 3.5-inch floppy drive (visible on right side)
• Display: 13.3-inch active matrix TFT LCD
• PC Card / PCMCIA slot (visible on right side panel)
• Rear ports: Serial (DB9), Parallel (DB25), S-Video, Composite Video (RCA), headphone/microphone/line audio jacks
• Left side: Docking connector / port replicator interface
• Power input: DC 15V (per bottom label)
• Assembled in the USA — Toshiba America Information Systems

Applications

The Toshiba Tecra series was Toshiba's premium corporate laptop line through the 1990s, competing directly with IBM ThinkPad and Compaq Armada in the business notebook market. The 750CDT, introduced around 1997–1998, ran Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 and was targeted at mobile professionals who needed a reliable, full-featured notebook for office productivity, presentations, and corporate network connectivity. Today, units like this are sought by vintage computing collectors and retro PC enthusiasts, as well as by those maintaining legacy software environments, DOS/Windows 95 era applications, or older industrial and measurement software that requires period-correct hardware. The S-Video and composite video outputs also made the Tecra 750CDT useful for presentations, which was a key selling point in the late-1990s business market. The parallel and serial ports on the rear panel support connection to legacy printers, instruments, and other period peripherals — connections that modern laptops no longer provide.