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From: creasyg@bionette.CGRB.ORST.EDU (Glen L. Creasy)
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Subject: Re: T1000
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In article <2486@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> bob@cluster.cs.su.oz (Bob Kummerfeld) writes:
>I have an old Toshiba T1000 (512kb memory, 720kb floppy), bought several
>years ago it is probably almost worthless now. I use it occasionally and
>it's still useful so I don't want to junk it.
>
>Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade the floppy drive to 1.4Meg
>and increase the memory size? Any other upgrades available?
>

I've had a T1000 for over 2 1/2 years, and while it's slow and large,
there's still nothing like it on the market (when are they going to make
us an 8088, 8"x11"x1", 3lb, DOS machine that has 4megs RAM and a 6 hour
battery life?  Who needs a 386 to tote around?)

I remember looking around in magazines soon after I got it, and I saw
a write up on a company that would install backlighting ($295) and a 
battery upgrade ($80 -adds 4 oz.  Don't know how much the backlighting
adds).  'Course, for that kind of money.....:-)

The company is (was):
     Axonix Corp.
     2257 S. 1100 East St.  #2C
     Salt Lake City, UT  84106
     (801)466-9797

Have no idea if it's still around.

I've often thought of upgrades that I would like (DOS 3.3, 1.44 Mb drive,
etc.), but then I think, nahhhhh.  Why bother?  I really *would* like a
memory expansion card bigger than 768K, though.


-Glen -purveyor of useless information...

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