The Toshiba T1200 is a discontinued laptop that was manufactured by the Toshiba Corporation, first made in 1987. It is an upgraded version of the Toshiba T1100 Plus.
 Toshiba T1200 | |
| Manufacturer | Toshiba Corporation |
|---|---|
| Product family | Toshiba T series |
| Type | Laptop |
| Release date | 1987 |
| Introductory price | US$6,499 (equivalent to $17,400 in 2023) |
| Operating system | MS-DOS 3.3 |
| CPU | Intel 80C86, 4.77 or 9.54 MHz switchable |
| Memory | 1 MB RAM |
| Storage | 20 MB hard drive; internal 3.5" floppy drive, 720 KB; external 5.25" floppy drive, 360 KB |
| Display | Textmode: 80×25 |
| Graphics | 640×200 (CGA) |
| Input | Keyboard 83 keys, QWERTY |
| Mass | 4.1 kg (9.0 lb) |
| Predecessor | Toshiba T1100 Plus |
It is equipped with an Intel 80C86 processor at 9.54 MHz, 1 MB RAM of which 384 KB can be used for LIM EMS or as a RAMdisk, CGA graphics card, one 720 KB 3.5" floppy drive and one 20 MB hard drive (Some models had two floppy drives and no hard drive controller card.) MS-DOS 3.30 is included with the laptop. It is the first laptop with a swappable battery pack. Its original price was 6499 USD.
The T1200's hard drive has an unusual 26-pin interface made by JVC, incompatible with ST506/412 or ATA interfaces. Floppy drives are connected using similar 26-pin connectors. The computer has many unique functions, such as Hard RAM - a small part of RAM is battery-backed and can be used as a non-volatile hard drive. Another function allows to suspend the system or power control the hard drive (which is still dependent on the hard disk's on/off switch).
The Toshiba T1200xe is an upgraded model of this laptop, which contained a 12 MHz 80C286 processor and a 20 or 40 MB hard disk drive. It also has 1 MB of RAM expandable to 5 MB. The floppy drive was also upgraded from 720 KB to 1.44 MB.[1]
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edit- ^ TOSHIBA T1200XE SPECIFICATION SHEET
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