<s>
The	O
Toshiba	B-Device
T1000	I-Device
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
laptop	O
computer	O
manufactured	O
by	O
the	O
Toshiba	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
similar	O
specification	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
Convertible	I-Device
,	O
with	O
a	O
4.77MHz	O
80C88	O
processor	O
,	O
512	O
KB	O
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
monochrome	O
CGA-compatible	O
LCD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
Convertible	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
standard	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
and	O
parallel	B-Device
port	I-Device
,	O
connectors	O
for	O
an	O
external	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
real-time	O
clock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unusually	O
for	O
an	O
IBM	O
compatible	O
PC	O
,	O
the	O
T1000	O
contains	O
a	O
256	O
KB	O
ROM	O
with	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
2.11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
read-only	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
T1200	B-Device
and	O
earlier	O
T1100	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Toshiba	B-Device
T1000	I-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
computers	O
to	O
feature	O
a	O
"	O
laptop	O
"	O
form	O
factor	O
and	O
battery-powered	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
in	O
1988	O
named	O
the	O
Toshiba	B-Device
T1000	I-Device
an	O
"	O
Editor	O
's	O
Choice	O
"	O
among	O
12	O
tested	O
portable	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
in	O
1989	O
listed	O
the	O
T1000	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
Excellence	O
"	O
winners	O
of	O
the	O
BYTE	B-Application
Awards	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
takes	O
portability	O
to	O
the	O
limit	O
...	O
as	O
self-contained	O
as	O
you	O
can	O
get	O
and	O
still	O
have	O
a	O
real	O
computer	O
that	O
can	O
handle	O
real-world	O
workloads.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
acknowledging	O
that	O
it	O
cost	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Operating_System
Model	I-Operating_System
100	I-Operating_System
and	O
NEC	O
PC-8201	O
,	O
he	O
believed	O
that	O
"	O
you	O
get	O
quite	O
a	O
lot	O
for	O
the	O
added	O
weight	O
and	O
price	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
reported	O
that	O
"	O
Many	O
writers	O
swear	O
by	O
the	O
T1000	O
.	O
</s>
