The USB ports on these laptops do not function correctly. Since then Toshiba has rolled to Revision 002 and later, which do work correctly. CD A check with Win98 shows that the USB on my Satellite 2100CDT does not work with the HP ScanJet 6200xi, putting it in this category. The Toshiba specs do not specify the USB controller chip. Here's a local copy of the modem driver .
Parallel Port Works for printing.
The screen sleeps and wakes up, and shutdown truly shuts down. There is a Toshiba sponsored site . You might also want to take a look at Linux on the Compaq LTE5200 . Here's a local copy of the modem driver . I also think it is handy to compare with someone else's boot output when bringing up the same or similar laptop.