dean@cbmvax.commodore.com (Jeff Dean - LSI Test) (04/24/91)
Does anybody know the manufacturer of the laptop I see in Computer Shopper? It's an OEM box, re-marketed by at least six different companies (Blue-Star and Tri-Star come to mind). It's a '286 or '386sx, vga/32, 1-5meg, 20M hdd, 1.44M fdd, and looks a LOT like the Toshiba 2000. It has five little holes (for LEDs I assume) between the display and the keyboard. The Toshiba 2000 has nine similar holes as I recall, and a very similar keyboard with a very short (about 1/2 normal) spacebar. The advertised price for the '286 is usually ~$1600, and the '386sx ~$2k. Is it a Toshiba? Does anybody out there have one? jd -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | There is a curious paradox that no one can explain | | Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain | | Who understands why spring is born out of winter's laboring pain | | Or why we must all die a bit before we grow again | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Jeffrey Dean 1200 Wilson Drive | | Commodore Technology West Chester, PA 19380 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!dean dean@cbmvax.commodore.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
molta@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (04/25/91)
n article <20910@cbmvax.commodore.com>, dean@cbmvax.commodore.com (Jeff Dean - LSI Test) writes: > Does anybody know the manufacturer of the laptop I see in Computer Shopper? > It's an OEM box, re-marketed by at least six different companies (Blue-Star > and Tri-Star come to mind). > > It's a '286 or '386sx, vga/32, 1-5meg, 20M hdd, 1.44M fdd, and looks a LOT > like the Toshiba 2000. It has five little holes (for LEDs I assume) between > the display and the keyboard. The Toshiba 2000 has nine similar holes as I > recall, and a very similar keyboard with a very short (about 1/2 normal) > spacebar. > > The advertised price for the '286 is usually ~$1600, and the '386sx ~$2k. > > Is it a Toshiba? Does anybody out there have one? I took a look at this unit at a computer store in Dallas and it looks pretty good. I don't think it's a Toshiba product, though I agree there is a significant resemblance. It's made in Taiwan and, as you say, is sold by a number of vendors. The dealer I talked to was willing to sell me a 16 MHz 386sx with 3 Megs of RAM for $2000. Positive points: ---------------- * Good price * RAM expansion is reasonably priced ($100 per meg at the dealer I talked to) * 2 serial ports, parallel, external FDD, numeric keypad, VGA port * AMI BIOS * Good feature set (power saving, screen modes) * Relatively small (compared to ZEOS/Sanyo) power supply * Decent keyboard feel and layout Negative points: ---------------- * Clone origin (limited resale value?) * limited memory expansion (5 Meg) * no external keyboard port * no expansion chassis * no internal modem slot * 20 MB drive * 2-hour recharge time I've been tempted to buy one, but a voice inside me says to spend a few hundred dollars more for the ZEOS, Everex, or AST. Anyone have any advice? -Dave Molta University of North Texas