THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: April 16, 1992 10:15 AM Thursday; Rod Welch

Called to inquire about 486 laptop.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Called Computown 415 956 8696
3...Called Microage 415 393 9600
4...ACER Systems - 408 734 9797 page 95.
......Toshiba
......NEC
......IBM
......Compaq
......Sharp
5...Whole Earth Access - Daryl Janick - 510 843 1700
....Toshiba
6...Fry's Electronics 415 496 6000
....Toshiba


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Computerland                       415 956 0100
020101 - Mr. Jan Dugger; Account Manager; Sales Department  fax 415 677 9254

SUBJECTS
Laptop Computer, to demonstrate SDS
Presentation Tools, e.g. Color
Notebook Computer

0505 -    ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - Talked to Jan Dugger again at Computerland.
050702 -
050703 - Jan - he tried to call me several times.  Turned out he had the wrong
050704 - phone number.
050705 -
050706 -       He will mail today the information he has collected.  I should
050707 -       have it tomorrow on:
050708 -
050709 -                    NEC, IBM, Dell, Toshiba.
050710 -
050711 -
050712 -
050713 -
0508 -
0509 -
0510 - Called Dell Computer - 800 247 9351
0511 -
051101 - Talked to Page.
051102 -
051103 -    386SL 25 MHZ
051104 -
051105 -       120 MB 18 MS.  8MB or 12 MB
051106 -       2400 b  $149                                $5,097
051107 -          Shipping                                     30
051108 -          Tax
051109 -               Total.............................  $5,537
051110 -
051111 -
051112 -    Delivery time is:  2 - 3 weeks.
051113 -
051114 -
051115 -       7.1 #.
051116 -
051117 -       3 hrs battery with drive running constant.
051118 -
051119 -
051120 -
051121 -
051122 - Called Computown   415 956 8696
051123 -
051124 - Talked to Farouk.  They have an AST passive matrix color notebook.
051125 -
051126 -
051127 -
051128 -
051129 -
051130 - Called Microage   415 393 9600
051131 -
051132 - Talked to Casey.  They do not stock color laptops or notebooks, but
051133 - he will arrange with a sales rep to come in next week to demo
051134 - folowing:
051135 -
051136 -                    NEC, Toshiba
051137 -
051138 -
051139 -
051140 - ACER Systems - 408 734 9797             page 95.
051141 -
051142 -
051143 -      Toshiba
051144 -
051145 -      T5200C  200 MB                     $4,485
051146 -      T3200SXC  120 MB                    4,515
051147 -
051148 -
051149 -
051150 -
051151 -      NEC
051152 -      ---
051153 -
051154 -
051155 -
051156 -
051157 -      IBM
051158 -      ----
051159 -
051160 -
051161 -
051162 -
051163 -      Compaq
051164 -
051165 -
051166 -
051167 -
051168 -
051169 -      Sharp
051170 -
051171 -
051172 -
051173 -
051174 -
051175 - Whole Earth Access - Daryl Janick - 510 843 1700
051176 -
051177 -
051178 -    Toshiba
051179 -
051180 -    T6400DXC   486 33 MHZ
051181 -
051182 -       This has full 486 capability - it is 25% faster than the SX. 200
051183 -       MB hard drive 12 MS.  Has separate power adapter.  Battery life:
051184 -       RAM 4MB - will go to 20MB. 8K cache on CPU.  Active matrix
051185 -       screen  8.3 x 6.2 = 10.4 diagonal.
051186 -
051187 -       Supports simultaneous display.
051188 -
051189 -       Weight: 12.9#  including power adapter.    15.4 x 10.5 x 4.1
051190 -
051191 -       Keyboard:  detachable with Alt & Ctrl keys on both ends of space
051192 -       card.
051193 -
051194 -       Cost:                   $7,999
051195 -
051196 -       Modem options:
051197 -
051198 -           Standard            $199     2400 baud
051199 -           Enhanced modem       259
051200 -
051201 -       Availability:  2 weeks to a month.
051202 -
051203 -       Extended warranty:  1 YR = $299; 2 YR = $499
051204 -
051205 -
051206 -
051207 -    T6400SXC       25 MHZ
051208 -
051209 -       This has 486 processor with 386 motherboard.
051210 -       120 MB largest drive.
051211 -
051212 -                                $6,999.
051213 -
051214 -
051215 -
051216 - Fry's Electronics   415 496 6000
051217 -
051218 - They show on page of Apr 13, 1992 Micro Times p 137.
051219 -
051220 -
051221 -    Toshiba
051222 -
051223 -    T3200SXC   386 20 MHZ
051224 -
051225 -       120 MB drive - active matrix color screen
051226 -
051227 -       Cost:                   $5,699
051228 -
051229 -
051230 -
0513 -
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