limhl@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Hui Lin Lim) (12/13/90)
I don't know why I haven't seen anything about it here but I just saw the long awaited Toshiba 366SX notebook at a local computer show. I appears to have the form factor in between that of the 1000[SX]E and the 1200XE. Other specs are: 386SX - 16MHz 2M RAM 20/40M hard disk 1.44M floppy disl NiH battery (3hour life) that runs the full width of the system side light VGA display 1 Toshiba D slot (I don't know what that means) Besides all the standard Toshiba features it also has a sleep mode. Price is said to be S$7000 (the current exchange rate is ~US$1 = S$1.72). I suspect that this is an undiscounted price as they only have 2 pcs in Singapore (supposedly arrived yesterday) and are not going to get more till February. As a point of interest, Everex showed a pre-production notebook that looked very much like the Zeos (I've only seen the Zeos in photos) that was supposed to be a 386SX. No details available and it will not be available till February. Also seen was a very compact notebook from Grasshopper. A 286 was on display but they too will be releasing a 386SX in (you guessed it) February. As a Wordperfect user I find it very strange that so many laptops require you to turn on NumLock then hold a Fn key to get the equivalent of a Grey+. Toshiba seems to be one of the few that lets you get away with Fn+.