Tips on how to get an old Toshiba up and running

Hello, I found a Toshiba Laptop Satellite CDT330 and was able to get Windows 98 on it. However, I cannot go online nor can I get it to recognize any USB. What are some steps I could take in order to update my laptop. Is getting it online first considered priority so that it can get updates easier? if so, How can I get the laptop to work online? It has a modem and ethernet card installed but neither work. Is it possible to hook it up via my home pc? any help will be appreciated, thanks!
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USB beyond a mouse might be iffy. If you've got 98SE, you'd have a better shot at it doing _something_
As for the network card, that's probably a matter of finding drivers.
That and making sure the BIOS setting for the card slots matches up with the card type. Try going into the BIOS settings (press <Esc> as you power up the computer) then look for the PC Card Slot settings and try the various options, I think you should have Auto - PCMCIA - Cardbus, although it's been a few years since I looked.
For some of those machines, the Auto setting didn't always work, so it's possible that you may need to set it to the PCMCIA or Cardbus settings depending on the type of network card you have.

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