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The Toshiba T3100 is a discontinued portable PC manufactured by Toshiba released in 1986. It features a 10 MB hard drive, 8 MHz Intel 80286 CPU and a black & orange 9.5" gas-plasma display with a resolution of 640 × 400 pixels.[2]
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| Developer | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Toshiba |
| Product family | Toshiba T series |
| Type | Laptop |
| Release date | 1986[2] |
| Operating system | MS-DOS 3.2[2] |
| CPU | Intel 80286 @ 8 MHz[2] |
| Memory | 640 KB RAM (upgradable to 2.6 MB)[2] |
| Storage | 10 MB hard drive; internal 3.5" floppy drive, 720 KB; connector for external 5.25" floppy drive, 360 KB[2] |
| Display | monochrome 9.5" orange gas-plasma display[2] |
| Graphics | 640×400; 640×200; Textmode: 80×25; T3100SX: 640x480 VGA |
| Input | keyboard - 83 keys, QWERTY |
| Connectivity | external monitor via 9-pin RGB port[2] |
| Dimensions | 31.0 x 36.1 x 7.9 cm[2] |
| Mass | 7.5 kg (17 lb) |
The portable has a special high-resolution 640 × 400 display mode which is similar to and partially compatible with the Olivetti/AT&T 6300 graphics.[2] The base model has 640 KB memory. There is a single proprietary expansion slot for 1200 bit/s modem, expansion chassis for 5x 8-bit ISA cards, Ethernet NIC, 2400 bit/s modem, and a 2 MB memory card (thus 2.6 MB in max total).[2] T3100e model has 1 MB of memory, which can be upgraded to 5 MB.[3][4]
Toshiba T3100 is not a true portable, because it needs an external power source in all except the last version.
Five versions exist:
- The T3100/20 is essentially the same as the base T3100 but with a larger hard drive (20 MB instead of 10 MB).
- The T3100e has a 12 MHz 80286 CPU (switchable to 6 MHz), 1 MB RAM and a 20 MB hard drive.[5]
- The T3100e/40 is the same as the T3100e, but with a larger 40 MB hard drive.
- The T3100SX has a 16 MHz i386SX CPU, 1 MB RAM and a 40 MB or 80 MB hard drive, a VGA 640 × 480 × 16 shade black & orange gas plasma display or black & white LCD, and also included an internal rechargeable battery, for true portability.[6]
- The J3100 is a version of the T3100 that was marketed and sold in Japan only.
Reception
editBYTE in 1989 listed the T3100/20 as among the "Distinction" winners of the BYTE Awards, citing its "amazingly clear" display and hard drive.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alsop, Stewart; Bill Machrone (January 27, 1987). "Awards for Technical Excellence". PC Magazine. 6 (2). Ziff-Davis: 164–190 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Toshiba T3100". Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
T3100, released in 1986, consisted of an 80286 CPU running at 8MHz, but could be slowed to 4.77MHz using a keyboard shortcut. It also had 640KB system memory, which could be upgraded to 2.6MB. It shipped with MS-DOS 3.2.
- ^ "T3100e product brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2004-05-15. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Toshiba T3100e Memory Upgrade". Vcfed.org. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Manual" (PDF). www.minuszerodegrees.net. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Maintenance Manual" (PDF). www.minuszerodegrees.net. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "The BYTE Awards". BYTE. January 1989. p. 327.