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From: rickers@drexel.UUCP (Rick Wargo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Who has experience with TOSHIBA T1000 laptop??
Message-ID: <517@drexel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 16:48:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: drexel.517
Posted: Fri Sep 25 16:48:05 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Sep-87 08:02:08 EDT
References: <3887@ihlpg.ATT.COM>
Organization: Drexel University, Phila., Pa.
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Keywords: laptop toshiba t1000
Summary: Definitely a cute machine...

In article <3887@ihlpg.ATT.COM>, jchvr@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Hartong) writes:
> 
> Amongothers in BYTE I have seen announcements of the TOSHIBA T1000
> that features a laptop ibm-pc compatible with 256kb ROM, 512KB RAM, 
> 720-k 3.5 inch floppy, supertwiste lcd 80/25 or 640/200 screen, build in 
> MSDOS 2.0 etc. etc.
 
We received ours just about a week ago.

> All waying less then 7 pounds and costing probably around $1000,=

We purchased it for $875, without the modem.

> QUESTION: does anyone have experience with this qute little thing?
> Is is robust enough to carry everywhere I go?

small, cute and cuddely (sp?). It is sooo small.  I had lots of fun; it
was the first computer that I have ever seen that required absolutely no
time in setting up.  Just plug it in and turn it on, and viola! it works!
It has a "hard disk" rom.  CHKDSK replies a bit more than 500K free
on 720K rom disk and 492K of 512K ram.  Borland's Sidekick was distributed
with the machine.  it is about the size of a small three ring binder, with
the screen closed.  It has a handle that gets tucked away when not in use,
making it easily portable.

> Is it really (?) compatible?

I haven't used it too much except for the initial confrontation; but I hope
so.  We want to turn it into a litle box that processes and displays
signals.

> Is the screen good and readable?

The screen is capable of CGA 40 and 80 column mode (by 25 lines).  It is
very clear as long as you at you are directly in front of it; as soon as
you look from an angle that is not straight on, the screen becomes much
harder to read.

> what about the optional build in modem? Price, speed?

??? - I forget.  Though it look as though the think lies in there horizontally.

> Any comments please post, I think other might be interested as well.

I was truly amazed that I could take a personal computer out of the box, 
turn it on and use it within a few minutes.  You can set up different
preferences like:  40 or 80 col mode; boot from rom or 3.5" disk always;
where to get config.sys file (rom or disk); and some other nifty ones
that escape me now.  There is also an option to upgrade the internal DOS
to 3.2 for a fee.

> H.F. van Rietschote
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