Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!srcsip!nic.MR.NET!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ark1!nems!mimsy!haven.umd.edu!cwilliam From: cwilliam@brillig.umd.edu (Christopher 'Merlin' Williamson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Request for info on Toshiba T1000 Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 90 19:55:47 GMT Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Univ. of Md, College Park Lines: 28 I am *VERY* interested in buying a Toshiba T1000. I need a light, small, cheap computer mostly for dumb text entry. Battery charge length most be at least 4 hours and the Toshiba seems to be great for this. I need to know three things though: 1) Can the DOS in ROM be upgraded from 2.11? 2) What options do I have for a RAMdisk to keep MicroEmacs, etc... in. 3) Where can I find one for cheap via mail-order? (i.e. a camera house in New York would be good...) Also, anyone know of a cheap 1200/2400 baud modem I can throw in this thing? If I have to lug an external around when needed I will do so. I *AM NOT* paying the $300 some odd bucks for a 1200 baud modem! Chris /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ What I have said above may or may not be fact, you be the judge... Christopher Williamson | cwilliam@brillig.umd.edu | Arpa/InterNet Human-Computer Int Lab | cwilliam@UMDD | BitNet Univ. of Maryland |...!uunet!brillig!cwilliam| UUCP College Pk, MD 20740 | (301) 454 - 1517 | If all else fails " Horses are born trying to kill themselves. The best we can do is make it difficult for them... "