blk@mbunix.mitre.org (Kahn) (02/03/90)
I don't understand why this newsgroup is so infatuated with the T1000. Seems to me that the new Panasonic offers more for the same money, and the Tandy 1100FD offers a bunch more for a under $1000. Have people seen these two machines and rejected them in favor of Toshiba, or are they just little known? -- B< Brian Kahn blk@security.mitre.org "may the farce be with you"
jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck) (02/04/90)
In article <93864@linus.UUCP> blk@mbunix.mitre.org (Kahn) writes: >I don't understand why this newsgroup is so infatuated with the T1000. >Seems to me that the new Panasonic offers more for the same money, >and the Tandy 1100FD offers a bunch more for a under $1000. >Have people seen these two machines and rejected them in favor of >Toshiba, or are they just little known? For one thing, the Toshiba 1000 was the first of its class, and so has been around longer. It also has proven itself to be highly reliable. It is well-thought-out and a pleasure to use. I am not familiar with the Panasonic, but have seen the Tandy at my local Radio Shack. The Tandy is nice, but given the fact that you can't buy it at mail-order discounts like you can the Toshiba, it loses its edge, IMO. Also, the T1000 with the 768k memory module offers a feature that none of the others have, namely a 620k non-volatile ram disk in addition to a full 640 k of conventional ram. And that ram disk can alternatively be set up as expanded memory. -- John Dudeck "You want to read the code closely..." jdudeck@Polyslo.CalPoly.Edu -- C. Staley, in OS course, teaching ESL: 62013975 Tel: 805-545-9549 Tanenbaum's MINIX operating system.
farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) (02/04/90)
am I wrong in the belief that the 1000se does not have the large non volitile memory option? Dave David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele: 215-898-9508(off); 215-274-8292 (home); FAX: 215-898-0587; Cellular: 302-740- 1198 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman
clyde@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Clyde Higashi) (02/05/90)
The base configuration T1000SE comes with 1M RAM (everything above 640K
can be used as LIM EMS 3.2 memory or HardRAM) and has a slot for one
memory card. Toshiba sells 1M and 2M memory cards, which resemble those
credit-card calculators in size and shape. With the 2M card, the SE
supports a maximum of 3M RAM. RAM is cmos and unfortunately very
expensive (I think the 2M card lists for $1200, though I was able to
buy one at a discount). "Non-volatile" RAM is backed by the SE's internal
batteries (main and backup NiCd), so data cannot be maintained when the
card is removed from the T1000SE. The memory slot is accessible through
an external (friction-held) cover, an improvement over the T1000, which
required you to open the entire case and disconnect the battery before
installing the 768Card.
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UUCP : {backbone}!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!clydeseven@nuchat.UUCP (David Paulsen) (02/05/90)
In article <93864@linus.UUCP> blk@mbunix.mitre.org (Kahn) writes: > >I don't understand why this newsgroup is so infatuated with the T1000. >Seems to me that the new Panasonic offers more for the same money, >and the Tandy 1100FD offers a bunch more for a under $1000. > >Have people seen these two machines and rejected them in favor of >Toshiba, or are they just little known? >-- >B< Brian Kahn blk@security.mitre.org "may the farce be with you" I have a T1000, and have been very pleased with it. What sold me was the bang-for-the-buck: $650 mail order (even cheaper now). At the time I bought it laptops started about $1100, and went up up up.. Toshiba gave me a one-year "extended care" warranty, which guaranteed me a working computer within 48 hours of my reporting a failure. I would have had to send the unit at my expense, but Toshiba pays the shipping back.. Federal Express overnight. (Of course, I would probably never see "my" computer again; they must have a stable of refurbished units they recycle for the extended care program.) The warranty is in itself pretty amazing, but something else is even MORE amazing: Toshiba honors its warranty no matter WHO SELLS YOU THE MACHINE. I didn't know it at the time, but many manufacturers will not honor their own warranty unless you buy from an official dealer. I doubt very seriously if the folks who sold me my T1000 are "official Toshiba dealers", but the issue never came up... and it wouldn't have mattered anyway. I also got Super-PC Kwik with my machine, free of charge. This has got to be the nicest ramdisk/cache program available.. and retails for $79. You'd be surprised what a 64K disk cache can do for a slow 720K floppy; it's almost usable! Seriously.. it eliminated disk-thrashing entirely. This wasn't just a dealer-bundle, since the whole manual had been rewritten for the Toshiba computer, and the software itself won't boot on a non- Toshiba machine. (I had to re-buy Super PC-Kwik when I got my AT. :) I know my T1000 is slow, and when I'm not using my $79 magnavox monitor I get whanging headaches from squinting at the display.. but that li'l machine has survived hurricanes and car-wrecks and careless waitresses at Denney's and REALLY screwed up floppy disks and... and.. Anyway, I like it. David -- David Paulsen ..uunet!nuchat!seven ||| The Curiosity Shop BBS, 713/326-3729 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: What do you get when you cross a dyslexic with an atheist? A: Someone who doesn't believe in dogs.