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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/LAPTOP/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1988
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0017.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Toshiba
- MODEL
- T1000
- LOCATION
- Tokyo, Japan
More Information
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
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