Toshiba T3100


T3100 was a portable PC manufactured by Toshiba and released in 1986. It featured a hard drive, 8 MHz Intel 80286 CPU and a black & orange 9.6" gas-plasma display with a resolution of 640x400 pixels.
The portable had for the time a special high-resolution 640 x 400 display mode which is similar to and partially compatible with the Olivetti/AT&T 6300 graphics. There's a single proprietary expansion slot for 1200 bit/s modem, expansion chassis for 5x 8-bit ISA cards, Ethernet NIC, 2400 bit/s modem, and a 1 MB memory card. The base model had 1MB of memory, which could be upgraded to 5MB.
Toshiba T3100 was not a true portable, because it needed an external power source in all except the last version.
Five versions existed:
In Japan, the Japanese version of T3100 was marketed as.

Reception

BYTE in 1989 listed the T3100/20 as among the "Distinction" winners of the BYTE Awards, citing its "amazingly clear" display and hard drive.