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The Dell Latitude CPi D300XT is quite similar to the earlier Dell Latitude CP and shares much of the same hardware.

Specs

CPU

300 MHz Intel Pentium II

RAM

128 MiB

Display

1024x768

PCMCIA

Two slots

Expansion Bay

Supports a 3.5" floppy disk drive and a CD-ROM drive

Battery

It not only works -- it lasts for hours

Quirks

• I believe a stock installation of Windows 95 on floppies doesn't detect the PCMCIA controller, but I could be misremembering.
• The modules and adapters from the Dell Latitude CP are compatible.

History

• 2021-03-11: I acquire the computer from Roswell and Marcie. They throw in a PS/2 keyboard because the internal keyboard is oftentimes unresponsive or gets stuck.
• 2021-03-11: The computer is transported to my apartment.
• 2021-05-10: The external keyboard works great until the broken internal keyboard turns evil. It becomes nigh impossible to the use computer.
• 2021-05-19: A cheap spare parts Dell Latitude CPi arrives at my apartment from an eBay seller.
• 2021-05-19: 📈 The keyboard from the spare parts machine is transplanted into the machine I got from Roswell and Marcie. Everything is now perfect.
• 2023-07-26: The computer is temporarily transported back to my parents' place.
• 2023-09-18: The computer is transported to the new home.
• 2023-09-23: ⚠️ A bad crack has developed in one hinge.