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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/LAPTOP
- DATE
- 1989
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0050.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Toshiba Corp.
- MODEL
- T1200/ PA7048U
- LOCATION
- Tokyo, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1019745
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC CASING, SYNTHETIC SCREEN & PARTS, METAL PARTS, RUBBER? FEET
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
- 30.5 cm
- Height
- 8.0 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
- 1989-2000?
- Canada
-
JAPANESE MADE LAPTOP, USED IN CANADA BY CURATOR OF DECORATIVE ARTS AT MCCORD MUSEUM IN MONTREAL. LAPTOPS SUCH AS THIS WERE USED BY PROFESSIONALS & ACADEMICS WHO TRAVELLED FOR WORK. DATA COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO/FROM DESKTOP COMPUTERS BUT LAPTOPS WERE NOT THEN POWERFUL ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY REPLACE DESKTOP MACHINES. - Function
-
PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER. ITS SMALL SIZE, INTEGRAL DISK DRIVE, DISPLAY SCREEN & KEYBOARD, & ACCOMPANYING CARRYING CASE ENABLED IT TO BE TRANSPORTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE ITS USER WITH COMPUTER FACILITIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WHILE TRAVELLING ETC. - Technical
-
T1200 WAS SUCCESSOR TO TOSHIBA'S T1000 LAPTOP (960017), WHICH WAS FIRST TRULY PORTABLE COMPUTER. T1200 HAD CONSIDERABLY GREATER COMPUTING POWER; LCD SCREEN STILL SMALL BUT ALLOWING 25 LINES OF TEXT 80 CHARACTERS WIDE WITH SIMPLE GRAPHICS; NICD BATTERY PACK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING INSIDE LID READS "TOSHIBA"; BLACK LETTERING ON KEYS; LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "Toshiba [SCRIPT] T1200SYSTEM UNIT/ MODEL NO. PA7048U CW/ DC 12 V/ 2.2A/ SERIAL NO. 01019745/ TOSHIBA CORPORATION/TOKYO JAPAN" WITH WARNING LABEL & HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "Machine #25".
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BUFF CASING, GREY SCREEN, BUFF & GREY KEYS; BRUSHED METAL PARTS.
- Decoration
- "TOSHIBA" LOGO ON LABELS
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