> One of the reasons it's still alive is probably due to the fact it's never really
> been feasible to upgrade it! Aside from a 3.5" floppy drive, there really isn't any
> other way to transfer files. It does have 2 PCMCIA slots, but I don't have anything
> else which uses these (I do have a PCMCIA hard disk which I found a few years ago,
> and Windows detected it and installed without fault or even needing to use the
> nonexistent CD-ROM!). The main drawback with it being a base model 440CX is that the
> default CD-ROM drive (included in the Toshiba Satellite 440CDX) is replaced with on
> onboard floppy, whereas the CDX has a tray-loading CD drive and an external floppy.
At one time, I had an ancient Winbook XP5 laptop with Windows 95. I used to have a PCMCIA ethernet adapter which allowed me to connect to my network and access the internet.
This is the adapter I had... http://cgi.ebay.com/?ViewItem&item=190776202338
My laptop didn't have a CD-ROM drive or USB, so that was the only way to really get files onto it other than the floppy drive.
On a tangentially related note: If you install the Windows Desktop Update on Windows 95, the shell has most of the features of Windows 98, which makes it much more useable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Desktop_Update
More info...
http://www.petri.co.il/install_active_desktop_on_nt_40.htm
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