General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING, CORD, METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.0 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Toshiba

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1988-1989

Canada

JAPANESE-MADE COMPUTER USED IN CANADA FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES BY DONOR, WHO IS FREE-LANCE CANADIAN WRITER WORKING AT HOME. HE HAS ALSO BEEN WRITER FOR CBC IN MONTREAL. THIS COMPUTER REPLACED HIS OSBORNE-1 IN 1988 (960014), & WAS ITSELF REPLACED BY MACINTOSH SE IN 1989. IT WAS USED WITH ROLAND DOT-MATRIX PRINTER.

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS, PROCESSES, & DISPLAYS DATA, PORTABLE SO AS TO BE USABLE ANYWHERE.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LATE 1980'S LAPTOP COMPUTER. DEVELOPMENT OF INCREASINGLY SMALLER PCS WAS ENABLED BY INTRODUCTION OF LCD SCREEN & SMALLER DISK DRIVES, BOTH REQUIRING LESS POWER (+ SO SMALLER POWER SUPPLIES ETC.) BATTERY TECHNOLOGY ALSO IMPROVED. UNDER 1986 AGREEMENT WITH IBM, TOSHIBA PRODUCED FIRST PC-COMPATIBLE LAPTOP (SOLD ONLY IN JAPAN). TOSHIBA PORTABLES RAPIDLY BECAME MARKET LEADERS DUE TO FEATURES & PRICE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S LABEL MISSING/ MOULDED 'TOSHIBA' & GREY 'T1000' ON CASE EXTERIOR/ SYNTHETIC PLATE ON SCREEN PANEL READS 'TOSHIBA'/ BLACK HANDWRITTEN LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS 'B. LAZAR/ CBC RADIO/ OR CANADA (514) 285-2471/ HOME (514) 488-5235'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BUFF CASING & INTERIOR/ TEXTURED GREY SYNTHETIC SCREEN PANEL/ BUFF & GREY KEYS

Decoration

N/A