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From: Joe Studholme
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Toshiba T1000 - Help!
Summary: Need help with T1000
Keywords: toshiba
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Date: 29 Apr 91 18:52:21 GMT
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Reply-To: joes@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Hi.

 I just bought myself a T1000 laptop. "Why?", I hear you asking. "$275" I
answer. However, this bargain price did not include frills like a user manual,
so I have a few questions...

 Q. What is the battery life on this thing? How long do I need to charge it,
while it's on/while it's off? I'm taking the precaution of 'burning in' on my
first charge for 24 hours; hope this doesn't bother the NiCad battery which I
suspect is inside.

 Q. Where is the battery? It doesn't seem to be the type which you can remove.
Does one plug a spare battery into one of the many cryptic ports in this thing?

 Q. Where can I find the fabled "768K memory expansion", which I am told is
must-have accessory (it can act as a RAM disk, I guess - does it have a low
power mode so that the data survives while the power is off?)

 Q. How about the modem? *Is* there some internal modem for this thing? What
does it weigh? Am I better off just dragging my Zoom 2400 box around?

 Q. Software. The screen is CGA, right? (well, without the color...<grin>) Is
there a good, small comm program I can use that will let me dial up my friendly
neighborhood Unix host and do VT100 with it?


 I realize I ask a lot of questions for someone from New Jersey. However, any
help would be much appreciated.

 -Joe Studholme
  joes@phoenix.princeton.edu