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From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Subject: Re: PCMCIA slot in Toshiba 3300SL
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:45:12 GMT

In article <wHJiqB2w164w@cellar.org> stencil@cellar.org (Stencil) writes:
>grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
>
>> 
>> Does anyone know of any non-modem devices for the Toshiba PCMCIA slot? 
>I am curious also.  Is there any third-party support for this interface yet?

A PC-Week article on PCMCIA mentioned that IBM, Megahertz, IQ, Dlink,
and Xircom were all working on network adapters (ethernet, token ring,
arcnet, etc).

I suppose other devices will be coming out eventually, such as SCSI
adapters and audio input/output.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Powerbook 100 bad deal?
From: rstepno@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 1 Sep 92 11:25:54 EDT
Organization: Wesleyan University

Someone talk me out of buying a 2MB 20HD Powerbook 100 for $800 (external
floppy included). I already have a DOS laptop, a Tandy Model 100, and a
"portable" MacPlus with 4 megs of RAM, RAMdisk software and no pesky fragile
hard drive. <grin>
All I do is write stacks of fairly simple declarative sentences with these
things, and keep a text database of names and phone numbers.
Serious questions: 
Can the Powerbook 100 dock to a larger, conventional Mac
hard drive like the one on my SE at the office?
Does its battery have "memory" problems on recharge? What do spare batteries
cost? 
Can the external floppy read DOS disks?
Are 2 meg RAM upgrades user-installable or likely to be available
from the average Mac dealer? ($$?)

Todays New York Times has two ads: $798 for 2/20; $1095 for 4/20 with
ext. monitor adapter.

Bob in CT
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Toshiba Color Laptops?
Keywords: color, toshiba, help
Date: 31 Aug 92 13:07:51 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <Aug.30.20.22.29.1992.16192@math.rutgers.edu> bannon@math.rutgers.edu (Ron Bannon) writes:
>My brother's business needs to purchase three Toshiba color laptops
>within the next week. Where's the best place to buy these machines?

Any place that has them in stock! Good luck.


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From: ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Trouble with Toshiba T1000SE - Can only help?
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:37:07 GMT
Reply-To: ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH


In a previous article, tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Dan Ts'o) says:

>In article <1992Aug25.183720.3770@news.ysu.edu> ae547@yfn.ysu.edu (Ronda Hauben) writes:
>>I have a Toshiba T1000SE that is about 1-1/2 years old. The laptop
>>no longer goes on when I try to put it on. When I have it charging,


Thanks to the different people who responded online and also who sent me
email. 

I did manage to check the power supply and that tested at 11.98 which
seemed ok.

Then we tested the battery on a volt meter and it test 5.98 but the 
battery pack said that it shouild be 7.2.

We took the battery out, plugged the machine in, then shut it off and 
put the battery pack back in. 

turned it on again and it went on and it was possible to use the machine
with the plug in - but not with the plug out.

We have it plugged in now and are trying to charge the battery which shows
orange.

We will test the battery again with the volt meter to see if it does better than
5.98 after it gets somecharge, but we don't know why it should be 
reading low.

>
>	As I'm sure people have told you, you need a new battery which can be
>purchased from most mail-order laptops places. I never had trouble with
>Toshiba service. In fact, several batteries have died similarly over the past
>2 years and each time, I call Toshiba and they have sent a new one free.

Does anyone know why it is so hard to call Toshiba on their 800 number
or even on their long distance number? It seems inconsistent for them
to only provide service to those who can afford expesive long distance calls 
and then to be kept on the line for an indefinite wait. 

                               Ronda

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From: jpgraham@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John P Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: ACROS notebooks
Date: 31 Aug 92 21:08:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Ohio State University

Does anyone out there know of a company called ACROS?
Any info. wrt the standard of their products .. in particular
notebook computers .. would be greatly appreciated ..
( I am looking at an ACROS 386SX 25MHz notebookat present but
have never heard of ACROS) ...
Many thanks .. John.
From: james.roy@synapse.isis.org (James Roy) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: PC Brand. A dream machine
Date: 26 Aug 92 12:03:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SYNAPSE BBS - GATINEAU, QUEBEC - 819-561-4321
Reply-To: james.roy@synapse.isis.org (James Roy) 

TO:yogi@cs.ubc.ca (Yossi Gil)
YG>Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
YG>Subject: PC Brand. A dream machine for $2,460? Wht's the catch?

YG>I got an offer for a

YG>        80486/SLC.
YG>        4MB Ram,
YG>        120 MB HD,
YG>        Modem/Fax,
YG>        Extra Battery + External charger.
YG>        DOS 5 + Windows 3.1.

YG>for $2,468 (US). This seems to be too good to be true.  I wonder what
YG>the catch is:

You'll find a write up on it in PC Mag a few weeks ago - they did a big
review of notebooks.  This one is quite new so it go only a passing
mention not a full review.

The catch is that the "486" is a Cyrix clone which has only a 1K cache
on board and is really a 386 running 486 code.  Compatibility seems OK
but it hasn't been fully tested.  The real kicker is the speed - PC
Brand claims it beats the hell out of 386SX-25's but PC Mag was not so
happy with the speed and generally found the implmenentation of the
chip not optimized for the best speed capable from the chip.

That being said, the price is right given everything offered.






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YG>6356 Agricultural Road., Univ. of B.C.,             Tel: +1-604-822-8175
YG>Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z2, Canada.       Fax: +1-604-822-5485
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III)
Subject: Toshiba 3300SL memory
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:41:09 GMT

I'm looking for a 'best price' from a reputable mail order dealer for
Toshiba 3300SL notebook memory.  A 6mb card is what I'm specifically
interested in.  The best price I've seen is from SHECOM (advertised in
Computer Shopper).
-- 
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grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu                                   (614) 292-0056
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III)
Subject: Re: PCMCIA slot in Toshiba 3300SL
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 04:32:26 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.002716.17247@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
>In article <wHJiqB2w164w@cellar.org> stencil@cellar.org (Stencil) writes:
>>grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
>>
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know of any non-modem devices for the Toshiba PCMCIA slot? 
>>
>>
>>I am curious also.  Is there any third-party support for this interface yet?
>
>I got a less-than-useful reply on Toshiba's forum on CompuServe.
>I asked if the memory and modem slots were any different. They told me
>a PCMCIA slot is a PCMCIA slot is a PCMCIA slot. So I asked, can I plug
>a second RAM card into the modem slot? NO clear answer ... something about
>firmware support ... and I stopped pursuing this avenue.
>

It's almost torture for someone to beat around the bush like that (w/
regards to the PCMCIA modem slot supporting RAM or such).  Imagine a
2mb+16mb+16mb 3300SL. 

"Hey, how much memory you got in that little guy, mister?"
"Oh, 34 meg".   :)             

Not on my salary.   The only 16meg card I've seen is VERY expensive.  <<drool>>
-- 
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grichard@cis.ohio-state.edu                                   (614) 292-0056
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: ematias@dgp.toronto.edu (Edgar Matias)
Subject: Re: Portable pointing devices
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:30:03 GMT


In article <1992Aug27.111446.722@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk>
adrian@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone) writes:
>
>I own a portable trackman, and Iwould cheerfully replace my workstation mouse with
>it standing on its end.

That's very interesting, though I don't understand why you would want to do this.
A mouse is a better all-around input device than a trackball.  Why would you want
to replace it with something that's worse?

Edgar
From: Guy_Saffold@mindlink.bc.ca (Guy Saffold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Portable pointing devices
Date: 30 Aug 92 22:07:08 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

I've followed the discussion of Logitech Trackman portable mouse with
interest.  I just bought two of these units and find there are problems
with both.  The "sticking" problem is especially annoying and seems to
be sensitive to heat or use as it usually develops after 30 to 45 minutes of
use.  The mechanism inside appears to be so flimsy that it is hard to imagine
that the unit could give reliable service for very long.

I'm not out to flame Logitech, here, but have a more serious concern as I would
like to acquire a reliable pair of pointing devices and don't want to waste
time with replacement Logitech units unless there is reason to think that the
unit is actually sound and it is more a matter of my having some poor
experience with a bad unit or two.  Anybody have any good experience with the
Trackman portable?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: sknapp@iastate.edu (Steven M. Knapp)
Subject: Re: T1000SE...Plugged in/ 8MB RAM info
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 21:52:42 GMT


>
>	yeah, i wonder if one can get an 8 meg card for it...	
>	also, windows 3.1 does not run on the tosh... :)
>chow
>-- 
Yes, but the 8MB card last I looked was more than a new laptop!
If you want to do it, there are drivers. It will not be hardRAM, but instead
Ram disk ala dos. Resume keeps it alive. Drivers are on Compu$erve last I
checked.
________________________________________________________________________ 
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sknapp@iastate.edu	            President Cyclone Amateur Radio Club
KA9QOA@N0AN.IA		                 Iowa State University; Ames, IA
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From: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Subject: Re: Telnet & Telephone
Keywords: telnet modem
Reply-To: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 07:13:58 GMT


dial (313)-577-0321 to connect to a 300-to-9600 bps modem.
it connects you to the MERIT network.  At the terminal prompt
type in the terminal type (I use kermit with vt100).  Then at
the which-host prompt, type in `telnet <complete internet address>'

TO get the MERIT dial-up access number in YOUR city in USA, type HELP
instead of `telnet....'.  Then follow instructions and choose options...

I found information on how to access (atleast how to start going about this way)
internet from India, using the HELP option.  It gives information about
ALL dial-up connections in ALL countries...

BTW, dont use this number regularly.  You could be trespassing detroiters
property.


Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
From: jih@cato.aa.ox.com (John I. Hritz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: More T1000SE Laptop questions....   "CHAD"?
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:26:26 GMT
Organization: OTA Limited Partnership, Ann Arbor MI 48104 USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: cato.aa.ox.com

In article <1992Aug31.194314.1427@ns.network.com> guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) writes:
>Well as you might have guessed, I have a T1000SE but not a manual in sight!  I
>am hoping the previous owner may eventually find it.... :-(   Anyway would 
>someone be so kind as to tell me what some of the "special" programs do in the
>DOS 3.3 of ROM?  CHAD doesn't ring a bell here, some of the other programs, such

From the manual:  

	CHAD lets you change how the LCD interprets color for applications
that use color.  You can:
	
		Use CHAD as TSR and interactively change colors within an app
		Put it in a batch file preceeding a recalcitrant command
		Run it from the command line.

	Running CHAD with no arguments runs it as a TSR.  Pressing
	Alt + PrtScrn will display the chad window and will allow you to alter
	the color mappings.

	Alternatively CHAD c,b [W], where c is color on color, b is color on
	black, and the optional W writes the changes so they are not wiped out.
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From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Feedback requested on Toshiba T4400SX b/w laptop
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:30:02 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <1992Sep2.201709.1@amherst.edu> nwbernstein@amherst.edu writes:
>I'm looking for a good-quality laptop, to use mostly for word-processing and
>modeming.  Looking through PC Magazine and various dealers, I settled on the
>Toshiba T4400SX.  I would really appreciate hearing its praises and its 
>drawbacks before I commit.  Thanks!

Drawbacks: thinker, heavier than most notebooks.
Still uses nicad batteries - Toshiba is slowly moving to nickel hydride.

For word processing and modeming, a machine costing one-third the price
of this model would be adequate!


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From: sproles@pine.circa.ufl.edu (SPROLES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: ZEOS pocket pc
Keywords: ZEOS, pocket pc, sub-notebook
Date: 30 Aug 92 15:19:55 GMT
Reply-To: sproles@pine.circa.ufl.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Florida  (ufl.edu)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4



Does anyone have any comments on the new zeos subnotebook.

It seems perfect fr student use to take into the stacks at the library for
note taking etc.  Has anyone played with one yet???

Please reply e-mail, I'll post a summary.  Thanka!
Judy Sproles
+++++++++++++
SPROLES@PINE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU

Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: keivjam@elof.iit.edu (James Keivom)
Subject: HELP ME WITH MY NI-CAD BATTERY PLEASE!!!!!!
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 15:43:20 GMT

Since most laptop users are familiar with ni-cad batteries, I thought I might ask for help.
The other day I think I used the battery on my video camera till it was completely used
up, or "discharged completely" as the manual warned against.  After that, I left it without
charging it up.  Two days after that, I decided to charge it, but now, after 28 hours of
charging, the most power the battery will provide the camcorder is about 7 seconds of
power.  Is there a way to bring the ni-cad battery back to full capacity.  Is this the memory-
effect that ni-cads have?  

Thanks for any help,.

Jim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: digdug@iastate.edu (Doug V Tran)
Subject: HD for Zenith Supersport286 laptop
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:06:18 GMT

When replacing a harddrive for a laptop, what should you be aware of?

Would any drive work or does it have to be specific?

thanks,
later,
doug

Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: wwhitman@nevada.edu (MICHAEL WISE)
Subject: Re: Transporting notebooks in the winter
Keywords: PowerBook LCD freezing Jack Frost I hate Chicago winters
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 06:58:58 GMT

To: bhuber@ldgo.columbia.edu
Subject: From Cold to Hot  (was Transporting notebooks in the winter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Cc: 
Bcc: 

Living in Las Vegas is learning to live with the heat. Today the
temperature was up around 105. I have had a laptop for about a 
year now, and although it cost me a pretty penny, I don't think
much about exposing it to the heat (actually, I don't have much
choice, since the alternative is to leave the thing on my desk 
at home). One thing I've noticed is that the battery is pretty 
well shot. It holds a charge for all of fifteen minutes. Laptops
do get warm on their own, so the combination of laptop heat and
desert heat, I figure, have been the demise of my battery (assuming
all other things being equal). So it's probably a good idea to 
protect your battery from the heat. Just taking it out of the 
computer on a hot day could save its life.

				Michael Wise
				alias O Captain! My Captain!
				of the UNLV English Department
From: tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Dan Ts'o)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: ZEOS Pocket PC (Comments)
Date: 1 Sep 1992 05:31:56 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,Tx

In article <1992Aug31.151547.15624@eng.umd.edu> jeff@eng.umd.edu (Jeffrey Frey) writes:
>Thanks for the comments on the Zeos Pocket PC.

	Yes, Thanks.

>We need a 1# NOTEBOOK-sized computer!

	Again, agreed.

	So anybody able to post a review of the Gateway handbook or the
Dell 320SLi ?
	Any rumors of other subnotebook ? What is the Phoenix Companion supposed
to be like ?


				Cheers,
				Dan Ts'o		212-327-7671
				Dept. Neurobiology	dan@rna.rockefeller.edu
				Rockefeller Univ.	...s5!rna!dan
				1230 York Ave.		tso@rockvax.bitnet
				NY, NY 10021
From: Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU (Conrad C. Nobili)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: HELP ME WITH MY NI-CAD BATTERY PLEASE!!!!!!
Date: 3 Sep 92 09:25:38 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.laptops
Organization: Harvard University Office for Information Technology

In article <1992Sep2.141848.15314@husc3.harvard.edu>,
jiu1@husc9.harvard.edu (Haibin Jiu) wrote:

> Steven is right.  It's an excellent article on NiCad batts.  I think it
> was in the May or June (or April, sigh) issue.  QST can be hard to find,
> though.

February 1992 QST -- page 40 "Getting the Most Out of Nickel-Cadmium
Batteries".

Any good nerdy library should have it.  Check engineering and science
libraries.

Conrad C. Nobili  N1LPM  Conrad_Nobili@Harvard.EDU  Harvard University OIT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: laptop UNIX
From: daniel.moran@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us (Daniel Moran) 
Date: 4 Sep 92 03:41:00 GMT
Reply-To: daniel.moran@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us (Daniel Moran) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Batchelor Pad PCBoard ~ Long Beach, CA ~ +1 310 494 8084

hellers@wisc.edu (Joe Hellerstein) writes:

JH>Any recommendations for a laptop with the power to run some version of
JH>UNIX/X-windows with reasonable speed?  I'm looking in the 2500
JH>range...

Take a look at laptops based on the Cyrix 486SLC chip. They're cheap and
pack reasonable power. PC Brand is advertising one for $1995 right now,
w/a 120MB hard drive. Supposedly it beats a 20Mhz 486SX....

The 486DLC is shipping now as well, which is a true 32-bit chip with a
1K cache, same as the 16-bit 486SLC. Hang a few months, you'll doubtless
see some notebooks incorporating it as well.
From: hellers@wisc.edu (Joe Hellerstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: 32-bit external SVGA coming soon?
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:46:16 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: UW-Madison

Does anybody know of any likelihood of laptops/notebooks being
equipped with serious external video capabilities in the near future
(e.g. 32-bit SVGA port)?  I'm considering buying a notebook and
treating it like a desktop machine a lot of the time.  A friend has
suggested I wait for local bus technology to hit laptops.  Is that a
pipe dream?

Joe Hellerstein
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: jeff@eng.umd.edu (Jeffrey Frey)
Subject: ZEOS Pocket PC (Comments)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 15:15:47 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

Thanks for the comments on the Zeos Pocket PC.  I hope it doesn't take too long
for the manufacturers to understand that there's a demand for a real 
NOTEBOOK-sized computer with a reasonable keyboard that nevertheless
uses PCMCIA cards and runs on 2 AA cells?

After all, 4" X 9" is too big to fit in any (reasonable) pocket, but also
too small for a reasonable keyboard and screen.

We need a 1# NOTEBOOK-sized computer!  (As I've said before, Fujitsu
already makes one, but it only speaks Japanese.  But then again, Poqet
just changed its name to Fujitsu Computer Systems....)

Jeff
From: stencil@cellar.org (Stencil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: PCMCIA slot in Toshiba 3300SL
Date: 3 Sep 92 06:49:55 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:

> 
> Does anyone know of any non-modem devices for the Toshiba PCMCIA slot? 
> 
> 
> --Golden


I am curious also.  Is there any third-party support for this interface yet?

- stencil%cellar@tredysvr.tredydev.unisys.com
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