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