pan@skat.usc.edu (Jason C. Pan) (02/11/90)
In article <CWILLIAM.90Jan26174944@brillig.umd.edu> cwilliam@brillig.umd.edu (Christopher 'Merlin' Williamson) writes: >What factors are >influencing your decision? I can get a used T1000 with a RAM card for >$500, while a T1000SE (with 1MB) runs $1300 new. Is the 1000SE worth >this additional price tag? My cheapness has me leaning toward the >T1000. I have access to PS2s and other goodies at home and work and >just need a light machine for note-taking, etc... > Four reasons why I upgraded to T1000SE: 1 Better display (640 X 400 is nice!) 2 1MB of RAM (640K Base and the rest as a RAMDISK) 3 1.44MB Floppy. (Now you can store twice as much) 4 Removable battery packs. Our school is selling the SE for about $1000, so instead of paying $275 for a 768K display card and $175 for an external floppy, I sold my T1000 for $550 and bought the SE for how much I would have paid to enhance it. (550+175+275=$1000) The only complain I have about the machine is the space bar, it is about half the size of a "standard" space bar on a "standard" keyboard. If you don't need the extra options/features now, I recommend the T1000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jason C. Pan Internet: pan@usc.edu Unix/Vms Consultant UUCP : ...!uunet!usc!pan University Computing Services Bitnet: pan@uscvm University of Southern California CIS : 73307,204 (213)743-2957 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hkall@garnet.berkeley.edu (02/12/90)
The T1000 SE memory setup is the same as T1000, instead of 512K + 768K LIM/EMS, it is 640K +2.4MB LIM/EMS. I had it as 640K + 2.4MB Hard Ram (non-volatile) storage. After loading my essential software, I still have 1.7MB for data, good enough for my needs. From my experience with T1000, I always have a disk in the 1.44 Drive to store programs I ocassionally use and declare a:\ in the path statement so that they are accessable when required e.g. dictionary. Also use Pkzip to backup my data files when not currently used from each directory with batch files (using the update function of pkzip) on HD floppies. Please note I use an editor QEdit (47K) on it rather a word processor and port the text files back to WordPerfect on desktop before formatting (underline, bold face, center etc) and printing. If I need word processing on the laptop, I used WPExecutive's wp (58K) in drive a:. The floppy on T1000 SE has an access time of 94ms, significantly faster than T1000 and is bearable for ocassional use. With all these storage saving techniques and carrying ten HD floppies around, there is no tremendous handicap as compare to desktop and no need for a hard disk. There is no room for a hard disk on it. The battery doesn't seem to last very long, talked to Toshiba technical support, they claim 2-1/2 hours with hard ram and 2 with 10 percent floppy use. I'm using 2 hours as my upper limit with hard ram. I bought an extra battery pack for $59. Will be exploring sealed NiCd batteries intended for alarm systems and camcorders for extended non-AC use. The current requirement seems to be .74 amp at 12 volt (AC adaptor output) which should not be difficult to reproduce with sealed NiCd's plugged into the adaptor socket. I got my machine from ICC (818 894 1100 voice, 891 3285 fax) near LA at $1090, an authorized Toshiba dealer who is asking $1195 for it now and $750 for the 2MB memory module. If hard disk is a must, go for the Compaq LTE/20 (8086 version with 20 MB hard disk) which has a street price of $2350. I chose T1000 SE because weight, screen and keyboard is more important to me than storage and I can handle the storage limitation with the methods described above. Charles Wong.
aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) (02/14/90)
In article <22818@usc.edu> pan@skat.usc.edu (Jason C. Pan) writes: >Four reasons why I upgraded to T1000SE: > >1 Better display (640 X 400 is nice!) >2 1MB of RAM (640K Base and the rest as a RAMDISK) >3 1.44MB Floppy. (Now you can store twice as much) >4 Removable battery packs. Other biggies: 1) can take up to 3MB of memory using non-volatile RAM cards -- therefore, you can have RAM disk space that is preserved when powered off 2) DOS 3.3 in ROM (vs. 2.1 for the T1000) 3) size (the T1000SE is almost the exact same length&width as the Zenith Minisport, but it has a standard 3.5" drive >Jason C. Pan Internet: pan@usc.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan S. Denney # Informix # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "The driver says, 'One more cup of coffee and I'll be all right...' 'Pop a Bennie, another Bennie'..." - The Bobs, "Bus Plunge"