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From: schatz@cs.arizona.edu (Bruce Schatz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Advice sought for a laptop companion to a Mac II
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Date: 21 Aug 90 23:41:39 GMT
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I also was looking for a lightweight companion to a Mac II.
What I needed was a terminal/modem and word processing.
I bought a Toshiba T1000SE and have been largely satisfied with it.
The keyboard and screen are fine.  It only has a single disk (making
it lighter) but runs a terminal emulator and MS Word at good speed.
The major deficiency is that the modem (Toshiba 2400 baud) is very
sensitive to radio signals -- you can hear radio stations when dialling
and the line noise is very bad as a result.
I have also had difficulty getting parts -- the adapter cable was defective
and Computerland had to order it from Toshiba from Japan which took 2 
months by slow boat.