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From: cracraft@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Toshiba T1000
Message-ID: <5894@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 90 23:31:58 GMT
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In article <2714@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> jst@cca.ucsf.edu (Joe Stong) writes:
>
>The light weight and low price of the Toshiba T1000 (and the reasonable
>configuration, one floppy and a floppy's worth of ramdisk, and the 
>DOS on rom) make it desirable to me, with two exceptions:  the DOS on
>rom is quite old, like version 2.1 or so, and the keyboard feel is such
>that I end up losing space characters quite often.  I don't have the problem
>with the T1500, which has a nice key feel to me.  Even if I were willing
>to pay the additional money, the 1500 weighs a lot more. 
>
>Can transplants be done?  Has anyone done them, on the keyboard or on
>the DOS rom?  Are there after-market fix ups for this machine?
>
>          Joe Stong       jst@cca.ucsf.edu

The T1000 is a good work-horse of a machine. You may be able to 
upgrade the ROM, but should call Toshiba at 714-583-3000 and
ask for laptop sales. If you want more technical advice, call the
same number, but ask for laptop tech support.

There is no "T1500", you must mean the T5100. I inferred this
because the T1200 doesn't way all that more than the T1000 and
you emphasize the additional money and the weight. The 5100
is a heavy-duty machine. I've used one for a bit over a year,
and think it's pretty good. My only nit is that disk drives
in the PC industry seem to have less stability that I'd
prefer, and coming from the mainframe world, I always wonder
why people put up without good solid disks.

	Stuart Cracraft
	Toshiba