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From: coryc@sequent.com
Subject: Re: Toshiba 1000 accessories
Organization:  Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 17:29:15 GMT

In article <631@grivel.une.oz.au> gantony@metz.une.oz.au writes:
>From article <!msjc+_.harve@netcom.com>, by harve@netcom.com:
>>      Also, is it possible to take the old cpu out and replace
>> it with one of the more efficient Nec v30's?  or is the
>
>Isn't the 1000 using an 8088 ?  If so, then a V20 should be in order.
>
>I have no experience with the 1000, but I did plug a V30 into a T2100 in
>lieu of the 8086, without changing anything else.  Norton's Sysinfo
>thought that the V30 was running at 10MHz, suprising enough, considering 
>that the T2100 is a 7.16 MHz machine.  
>
>Still, the broad range of testing programs that I
>tried indicated an across-the-board improvement in performance of some
>10-15 per cent.

Yep, the T1000 runs an 80C88 at 4.77 MHz.  I'd also love to hear about
anyone who's successfully replace the CPU with a V20.  I had considered
trying it, but I don't know enough about the NEC chip:  I assume it's
pin-for-pin compatible with the 8088, but is there a CMOS version
available, and does it have the same form-factor as the 80C88?

Another niggly little detail that I'm not sure I remember correctly: I
think the T1000's CPU is surface-mounted, not socketed.  I'll have to
remember to check next time I pull "Old Faithful" apart.

-coryc

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|Cory R. Carpenter, Tech Writer |"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate    |
|Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. | things."       -- Vice President Dan Quayle |
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From: do@acsu.buffalo.edu (Huy T. Do)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: What is "Toshiba-compatible" expansion bus ?
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:01:54 GMT
Organization: Univ. at Buffalo

I'm new to laptops world and don't know much the technology.
Could someone kindly explain what Toshiba-compatible expansion bus is ?
I heard that we have to buy a so-called docking-station in order to have
an expansion slot.  
Do all today's notebooks have slot for expansion slots ?

What I'm concerned is that I want to use my notebook as my desktop machine
and like to attach my scanner to it.  Can I plug any accessories to the
Toshiba-compatible bus?  What if the notebook does not have the Toshiba-
compatible bus, what should be done in order to approach this?

Thanks very much for any info/advice.



-- 
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v055reem@ubvms.bitnet     *      do@cs.buffalo.edu      *      CIS : 71477,1356
----   "Imagination is more important than knowledge."   --  Albert Einstein --
  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: eric@zen.maths.uts.edu.au (Eric Lindsay)
Subject: Re: Zenith ZL-1 Minisport Laptop - advice wanted.
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 16:31:13 GMT

>leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt) writes:

>>Hi, all.  I'm considering purchasing a the above laptop to haul
>>around with me to and from class and take notes on... any advice on it?

I've had good use from a ZL-2 over the past two years, with no reliability 
problems.  I sometimes kill the batteries (carelessness in not recharging 
when I should).  The disk drive is too damn slow, so I try to use ramdisk 
resident software for my editing.  Currently use Qedit ($50 aprox).  
To keep it easy to use I added 4Dos and its help system (so I don't need a 
manual when I forget the syntax of something).  Also a bunch of Unix 
derived utilities like grep and cut for rough data seeking.  If you can 
get it, the 2 Mb version would be more use, I feel.  For fancier printing 
(I don't own any other MessyDos systems) I load up Better Working Word 
Publisher V5.0, (less spelling checker, thesurus and anything else I can 
exclude) and generate Postscript.  There are times when a hard disk 
version would be a nicer idea.

--
eric@zen.maths.uts.edu.au  Eric Lindsay, Sch of Maths, Uni of Tech
Don't take life too seriously.
It is only temporary.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards)
Subject: Re: IBM PC convertable help!
    <1992Apr10.123226.15520@ms.uky.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 20:50:04 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Bytes: 

jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards) writes:

>A company in Garland Texas by the name of Computer Reset sells PC Convertible
>accessories, supplies, and machines.  I will post the number tonight.

Computer Reset
P.O. Box 461782
Garland Texas 75046

(214) 276-8072
Fax & BBS (214) 272-7920 (BBS 8 bits, 1 stop, no parity)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: WANTED: LCD for Panasonic laptop 150
From: deanaj@elec.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:09:26 +1200
Organization: Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

[Please excuse major blunders, this is my first posting (ever!)]
I have been silly enough to buy a Panasonic 150(D?) laptop with a smashed LCD
from a fire sale. Local distributors can supply a replacement, but at the
utterly ridiculous price of $NZ680 (which is over 75% of the retail price of
the entire laptop). And I was hoping it wouldn't be more than $150 (about
$US75?)...

The display is made by Sharp and has a 640*200 resolution. Possible part
numbers are: "LM 640 572", "F1077CP-1" and "HCN24V" but I have no idea which
(if any). The thing includes the driver boards (probably more expensive than
those 2 slabs of glass!), so I could even have a go at attaching them to an LCD
with blown drivers (lucky they've just built a new IC lab around here). Though
it's not something I'm really looking forward to!

I am willing to pay about $US100 (depending on postage, insurance, etc) for a
usable panel whether it be new, used, or just lying around.

Thanks (in advance)
Antony.
deanaj@elec.canterbury.ac.nz
From: roise@sumax.seattleu.edu (Linda Roise)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Large cursor--ftp site available?
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:34:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: sumax.ROISE.92Apr6153403
Organization: Seattle University

Does anyone know an ftp site that might have laptop utilities?  In
particular I'm looking for a larger block cursor.  I'm without my main
laptop for at least two more weeks and I'm trying to get by with a
screen on my backup machine that's going out, so an already hard to
find cursor is causing many curses.

Thanks for ANY help you can offer!
--
   _________________________________________________________________
*<<________ Linda Roise ___________ roise@sumax.seattleu.edu _______>>*
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 6 Apr 1992 16:51:47 CDT
From: <U43610@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject:  Data General DG-1 Parts WANTED..

I am looking for DG1-1 parts.. anyone have a broken-down DG1, or know of a sour
ce for parts, please send me mail.
(U43610@uicvm.uic.edu)
(U43610@uicvm.uic.edu)
Kenneth Ameika
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: coryc@sequent.com
Subject: Re: external floppy or harddisk, info needed
Keywords: floppy, external, harddisk
Organization:  Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 17:42:53 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.144733.10993@athena.mit.edu> crispy@space.mit.edu (Chris Pak) writes:
>
>I am looking for a cheap external floppy or harddisk for my 8086 notebook. My 
>notebook has serial, parallel and a connection for external floppy. Any advice?

For starters, I'd suggest you tell people what make and model it is.  `^)

If it's a Toshiba, I can probably set you up with instructions on how to
build a $25-$50 external floppy drive.  I've also been working on the
problem of interfacing an external hard disk without additional
hardware, but that research has been stalled for awhile.

-coryc

-- 

|    >> Disclaimer: I speak for Sequent only in our hardware manuals <<       |
|Cory R. Carpenter, Tech Writer |"I wish that I could go where no man has gone|
|Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. | before, but I'll probably stay in Aurora."  |
|    coryc@sequent.com          |                --Garth from "Wayne's World" |
From: rrosen@cesl.rutgers.edu (Robert Rosenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: where can I get a cheap laptop w/expansion slots?
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:10:52 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

jmb5b@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (John M. Bozeman) writes:

>I would like to procure a laptop with a HD and at least one half-card
>expansion slot (my goal is to do text scanning).  Is this practical?  Does
>anyone have any (fairly) low-cost suggestions?  I am told that all scanners
>(hand scanners) now require a card before use.

I asked this same question when I was helping a friend buy a laptop.   Here's
what I came up with:

Many laptops in the 13lb range have a half card slot.  These are also among
the least expensive of laptops, because they are twice as heavy as the
notebook computers in th 6lb range.  Another friend of mine bought the Epson
laptop (don't remember the model, but PC mag has and ad from Texas Microcenter
which sells it for $1500), and it would not fit in his briefcase.  It was
also too heavy to carry on long hauls.

That was the good news.  The bad news is that even those laptops with a slot
apparently cannot use a scanner.  This information comes from a salesman
at J&R music world, which has a decent computer department.  The salesmen
there are not experts, but they were far more knowledgable than most
computer salepeople.  Even so, I would not usually take his word it, but
he claims that the person in charge of computers at J&R had spent quite
a lot of time and money on the question, and eventually paid over
$5000 just to get a portable with the capability of using a propriety
scanner.

I know I haven't given a lot of specifics, but I'm working from memory.
If you can prove me wrong, please let me know.  I would be very interested
to know how it could be done.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: mats@netcom.com (Mats Wichmann)
Subject: high-speed parallal
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 13:35:08 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa

Sorry to take up bandwidth for this...I remember seeing some mention
(perhaps in another group, perhaps in a magazine, perhaps even here...)
of a new "standard" for high-speed parallel ports that has emerged for
use with laptops.  Compatible with existing parallel, it apparently
provides for high enough speeds that it's possible to run ethernet
devices and maybe even disks off it at somewhat reasonable performance
rates.  Can someone who's familiar with this please email me some
references?  Is Xircom involved in this "standard" or was I just
dreaming it all?

I'd like to know (a) what to ask for when looking at laptops and
(b) know what it is I'm recommending to a company I'm doing some
consulting to.

thanks,
-- 
Mats Wichmann
Systems Software Consultant
alruna!mats@ossi.com (or mats@netcom.com)
From: covey@cobber.cord.edu (Mark Covey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: T1000 Batteries; Pointers/Suggestions for Replacements?
Keywords: T1000, batteries
Date: 12 Apr 92 15:32:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: cobber.1992Apr12.153248.666
Organization: Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

Greetings.

I lent my trusty T1000 to a friend who left it plugged in all the time and
gave the Nicads an "unforgettable memory" such that I only get about 50 
minutes before recharging.

I'd be interested in any information about rejuvinating the Nicads or, 
better yet, replacing them with cells with even a higher capacity.

So, thanks in advance.

Mark Covey
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: toader@athena.mit.edu (Florin C Toader)
Subject: Differences between TI Travelmate 2000 & Sharp 6220 ?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 03:57:26 GMT

I am interested in buying a 286 laptop and I have narrowed it down to
either the TI 2000 or the 6220. From what I have read about these
two machines they are very similar; does any one know of any
advantage one might have over the other ? Do both processors run at
12 MhZ ? Is this the same speed of the internal bus ?

Thanks in advance,
toader@athena.mit.edu
From: deanc@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Dean Cashen)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 20:02:36 GMT
Subject: Re: 386 SL v. 386SXL (Was: Re: Compudyne Slims, anybody received one yet?)
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops

In comp.sys.laptops / steve@europa.esd.sgi.com (Steve Valin) asks:

>I wonder if Intel is working on a 486SL?  This would be a hot setup.
>----------

Intel was out here and gave a presentation a short while back.  They
are indeed developing a 486SL.  I don't know any more than that, 
although it was mentioned the chip would be out later this summer.

Dean Cashen
-- Boise

--------<disclaimer>----------
HP and I share some views, but
the ones above are all mine...
From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul H. Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: NEC Ultralite SX/20
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:07:21
Organization: CSUA/UCB
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: dfl@panix.com's message of 9 Apr 92 00:36:36 GMT

I don't know anything about the NEC but I've seen some other notebooks
advertised with a SCSI port.  Don't have the names handy but there is
one that advertises in Computer Currents around here, for example.
From: harder@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Laptops on Amtrak (AC available)
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:13:23 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

About a month ago someone posted about the availability of 
120V outlets on Amtrak trains.  

What my non-systematic study of the Crescent (train #19 going
south and #20 going north) reveals is the following:

The seats with outlets are most likely to appear in the 
rearmost position on the left, and the second from the
front on the right.

It seemed that this was true for all the cars I wandered through
on my last trip.

When I got on, someone had just settled into one of the seats
with the outlets, so I quickly asked her if she would trade.
Luckily, she said yes, and I was set.  The power did cut off
a couple of times, but then my battery kicked in, so I was
OK.

Hope this enables other train travelers to be more productive.

--Joe Harder
Harder@Wharton.Upenn.Edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: ST402248@brownvm.brown.edu (F. Scott Porter)
Subject: Re: Help:  Need Compaq vs. Zenith Advice
Organization: Brown University
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:42:36 GMT


>I'm trying to decide between purchasing the Compaq LTE/Lite 25 and the
>Zenith MasterSport SL.  Money is no object, I want the machine that
>best fits my purposes; this will be my sole MS-DOS platform, on the
>desk as well as on the road.  My background is primarily Unix and
>Macintosh; it's been about four years since I last worked regularly on
>a DOS machine, but I still know my way around after a fashion (just
>don't know the latest, greatest stuff).

If money is no object then buy the Toshiba T4400SX. It had the longest
battery life and by far the highest performance than any other laptop
according to PC magazine (April 2?).  It is a 486SX/DX and thus has
enough horsepower to do just about anything that you like.  It beat
all of the 386SL machines for battery life.  The battery status can
be obtained with a builtin function key in DOS or using my utility
WinBatt in Windows.  While the 386SL machines can stop the clock
on te CPU the Toshiba is capable of slowing the clock way down
during periods of light use.

                                -- Scott
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: chen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Hua Chen)
Subject: Help! boot TI2000 
Organization: Institute for Astronomy, Hawaii
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:26:15 GMT

Hi, I somehow screw the config.sys on my TI2000 machine, I cannot boot
from harddisk c:, and I don't have the external floppy driver.  Any 
suggestion about what I can do to reboot the machine.

Thanks a lot

-Hua 
chen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: kurio@hai.asd.sgi.com (George Kurio)
Subject: Altima 386SX Notebook 
Keywords:  386SX Notebook
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 18:40:21 GMT

I am posting this for a friend.  Please reply directly to him.

Altima 386sx Notebook
80386sx 20MHz Microprocessor
80387sx Math co-processor installed (supports 32 bit)
2 MB RAM / 40MB internal hard drive (23 ms access)
2400 bps / 4800 bps modem / send fax card (Hayes compatible)
CCFT Backlit LCD Screen / VGA compatible  / 640x486 res/32 levels gray scale
3.5" 1.44 MB internal floppy drive 
I/O ports:
	VGA monitor output port 
	Parallel printer port
	RS 232 serial port
	External keyboard port
Microsoft ball point mouse included
Bundled software includes:
	DOS 4.01
	Procomm Plus
	Wordperfect 5.01
	Quattro-pro (spreadsheet)
	Fastback Plus
	Norton Utilities
	Pathminder 4.1
AC/DC Charger Adapter
Targus carrying case
Extra disks

Asking $2,675.00
CONTACT:  Micheal West
Phone: (510) 825-8447,  Please leave a message.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards)
Subject: Re: IBM PC convertable help!
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:32:26 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Bytes: 

<KYE101@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>Ok, maybe this group can help! I recently bought an IBM PC convertable from my
>neighbor (I Know!!! I Know!!! It's an antique, but all it has to do is
>process words!!!) and I was wondering:
>               1. Can the memory be upgraded beyon 640k?
There is a way to upgrade the memory to 768K.  It involves making a special
connector and using the space normally occupied by the internal modem to
hold another memory module.  If you are interested, let me know and I can
send you details.
>               2. Can I pop in a faster processor (currently 8088)?
No, unless you want to unsolder the chip that's there and solder in a new one.
It's surface mounted...

I seem to remember seeing reports from people who successfully upgraded the
crystal that drives the system, thereby increasing the clock rate.  Again,
send me e-mail if you'd like details.
>               3. Does anyone know where I can get the origional modem?
>               4. Does anyone know if the battery packs are still around?
>               5. How about the origional printers?
A company in Garland Texas by the name of Computer Reset sells PC Convertible
accessories, supplies, and machines.  I will post the number tonight.
From: do@acsu.buffalo.edu (Huy T. Do)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: advice on notebook pc
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:24:20 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: UB

In article <1992Apr7.191119.12626@engage.pko.dec.com> turner@via.enet.dec.com () writes:
>
>I'm looking for a cheap ( under $1000) notebook pc. I'd like a 286, 2mb ram
>40 mb disk. Can such a machine be had for under a grand or should I set my sights
>lower (a definite possibilty). What are some reliable models? Any advice would
>be appreciated.
>	Thanks,
>	  George


In these days, a 286-12, 1-2mb RAM, 20 -40mb HD notebook for $1000 or under
is not hard to find at all.  Damark does sell those, and Tredex in Computer
Shopper does as well.  One thing is that these models might be
discontinued.  If you search hard enough, I'm sure you could find some
brand name models in that price range.  I don't remember where at the moment.

Good luck.

-- 
Huy T. Do      **   University of New York at Buffalo   *   Fax: (716) 836-0965
v055reem@ubvms.bitnet     *      do@cs.buffalo.edu      *      CIS : 71477,1356
----   "Imagination is more important than knowledge."   --  Albert Einstein --
  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: jeff@eng.umd.edu (Jeffrey Frey)
Subject: PC Convertible, Zenith ZL-1, EZ-PC
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 20:13:02 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

About the PC Convertible:  I'd be interested in finding out how the 
memory can be upgraded to 768Mb.  I never heard of such a thing,
but you never know.  And, how would DOS handle it?  

You can't just upgrade from an 8088 to something else.  You have to make
sure the clock speed (chips, crystal, etc.) matches the processor chip and
anyway the Coinvertible has only the usual PC 8-bit bus--making it impossible
to handle anything other than a faster 8088 (assuming the other conditions
required were met).

As for the other questions, Computer Reset is the only place I know of for
that stuff, but you might want to peruse Computer Shopper carefully.

About the EZ-PC:  That's a dual-floppy desktop PC compatible that I
want to put an HDD in.  I never tried it in the MiniSport--silk purse and
sow's ear syndrome, at least at today's prices for fancier machines--but
it is interesting to find out that it's not as easy as I would have thought!

Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: ih@huey.udel.edu (Charlie Ih)
Subject: Flashdrive problem with Tandom NB386SX (Was Re: external floppy....)
Followup-To: comp.sys.laptops
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Distribution: ih
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:49:06 GMT

In article <92102.203348GAH109@psuvm.psu.edu> GAH109@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>[Original poster needs info about external FD or HD for 8086 computer]
>
> In his BYTE column (Feb 92), Jerry Pournelle (sic) talks about the only
> external HD that I know that's on the market: the Flashdrive from
  The BSE Co. ......
>
> The question that I have is: does anyone have a review of this HD?
>
> The system that I want to "upgrade" is a Tandy 1100FD -- I need my
  WordPerfect 5.1!
  .......

I just got a BSE 60 MB external harddrive.  It works fine with my Poqet,
Toshiba T1000 and T1200.  So I would think it will work with Tandy 1100FD.
Since I have not tried that myself, I cannot be 100% sure.  Call BSE
to find it out.  However, it does not work with the Tandom NB386SX.
The reason is that the Flashdrive works with unidirectional parallel
(printer) but not bidirectional port. The Tandom Bio setup program
does not have a utility to set the parallel port to unidirectional.
(The Toshiba's do).
Since the flashdrv.sys is in the config.sys file, the command to set
the printer port to unidirectional later (for instance, in the
autoexec.bat file) does not work.  I appreciate suggestions to
overcome this problem.  Thanks in advance.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: morrisa@cs.UAlberta.CA (ANDREW Morris)
Subject: Re: Zenith ZL-1 Minisport Laptop - advice wanted.
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:48:06 GMT

leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt) writes:

>Hi, all.  I'm considering purchasing a the above laptop to haul
>around with me to and from class and take notes on... any advice on it?

>I've been offered on for under $250, which is exactly what I can
>afford...

>Thom

OK, I used to own a ZL-2 and had a lot of problems with mine.  The
laptop itself is not that bad, in fact it has a lot of nice features
as far as an XT goes.  Mine I guess was just made on a Monday (or Friday)
and the quality well....  Anyways, as for packing it, it's relatively small
and not that bad for weight (6.5 lbs).  The 2" floppy is a pain (slow) but
still useful.  It has all the ports you could need as well as a slot for an
internal modem.  For $250, it's worth the money.  I bought mine a year ago
and paid $450(Canadian).  I now have a ZL-HD-1, but that's another story...

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