Toshiba Tecra 750CDM PA1259U-T2C Laptop Pentium MMX 233MHz 32MB RAM 5GB HDD

Toshiba Tecra 750CDM PA1259U-T2C Laptop Pentium MMX 233MHz 32MB RAM 5GB HDD

The Toshiba Tecra 750CDM is a mid-to-late 1990s business-class notebook built around the Intel Pentium MMX 233MHz processor with 32MB of RAM and a 5.0GB hard drive. The Tecra 750 series was Toshiba's flagship corporate laptop line of the era, aimed at business travelers who needed a full-featured portable with an extensive port selection and multimedia capability. This unit carries part number PA1259U-T2C and is configured as the 750CDM/5.1 system unit per the bottom label.

Specifications & What's Included

• Make / Model: Toshiba Tecra 750CDM
• Part Number: PA1259U-T2C (Model No. PA1259U XCD)
• Processor: Intel Pentium MMX 233MHz
• RAM: 32MB
• Hard Drive: 5.0GB
• Optical Drive: CD-ROM (visible right side bay)
• Floppy Drive: 3.5" floppy disk drive (visible right side bay)
• Display: Built-in LCD (size not legible from label; Tecra 750CDM typically 12.1" TFT)
• PCMCIA Slot: Present (visible front/left edge)
• Rear Ports: DB-9 serial, DB-15 VGA, DB-25 parallel, S-Video out, composite video out, DC power jack (DC IN 15V)
• Left/Side Ports: RJ-11 modem port, PCMCIA
• Additional Rear Connectors: Two proprietary/USB-style ports and a wide docking/SCSI connector visible on rear
• Power Input: DC 15V, 4.0A (per bottom label)
• Country of Manufacture: Made in USA (per bottom label — Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.)
• Included: Laptop unit only — no AC power adapter included (compatible adapter: Toshiba PA1259U or equivalent 15V DC 4.0A)

Applications

The Toshiba Tecra series was Toshiba's premier line of business laptops through the mid-to-late 1990s, competing with IBM ThinkPad and Compaq Armada in the corporate market. The 750CDM was designed for Windows 95 and Windows 98, and its extensive rear-port complement — serial, parallel, VGA, S-Video, and a docking connector — made it a popular choice for corporate deployments where connection to peripherals and projectors was routine. Today, units like this are sought by vintage computing collectors, retro-gaming enthusiasts running DOS or Windows 95 software, and industrial users who need a period-correct machine to interface with legacy serial or parallel equipment. The Pentium MMX 233MHz platform dates this unit to approximately 1997–1998, the final years of the original Pentium architecture before Pentium II became mainstream.