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


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: June 24, 1992 02:04 PM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Investigated further prices of notebook computers for SDS.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Toshiba T4400SXC list price: $4,897
3...Disk Drives
4...Memory
5...Display
6...External CRT
7...Keyboard
8...Modem
9...Mouse
10...Weight


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CONTACTS 
0201 - MicroAge                           415 393 9600 fax 9640
020101 - Mr. William Cimo; Account Executive; Sales Department

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

0505 -    ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - Prices seem to have been reduced by $1,500 for Toshiba notebooks.
050702 - Got a price of $4,897 for basic system, with 12MB ram, it would cost
050703 - $5,497.
050704 -
050705 -
050706 -
0508 -
0509 -
0510 - Evaluation
0511 -
051101 - Biggest drawback is size of hard drive.  We need at least 60 MB for
051102 - C: to run OS2 in 30MB.  This leaves only 60 for the other stuff.
051103 -
051104 - We could get an external modem.  Possibly an external hard disk.
051105 -
051106 -
0512 -
0513 -
0514 - Company
0515 -
051501 - Microtech                               510 685 1433 fax 7339
051502 - 5865 Doyle Street, Emeryville
051503 -
051504 - Talked to Amir.  He said their prices on this item have been reduced
051505 - in response to the recent announcement by Compaq.
051506 -
051507 -
0516 -
0517 -
0518 - Product Demonstration
0519 -
051901 - Toshiba T4400SXC                            list price:  $4,897
051902 -
051903 - 486SX  25 Mhz  120 MB
051904 - 4MB RAM Exp 20 MB
051905 -
051906 -
051907 - Disk Drives
051908 -
051909 - Can get 80 or 120 MB maximum hard drive.
051910 -
051911 -
051912 - Memory
051913 -
051914 - Can get memory upgrades in 4 MB increments.  For
051915 - 8 MB to take us to 12MB ................................. $ 600
051916 -
051917 -
051918 - Display
051919 -
051920 - Amir said it uses the same technology as the T6400DX, which I saw the
051921 - other day and liked.
051922 -
051923 -
051924 - External CRT
051925 -
051926 - Not clear from spec sheet if this thing can connect to an external VGA
051927 - monitor, and what resolution it supports.
051928 -
051929 -
051930 - Keyboard
051931 -
051932 - Need to evaluate:
051933 -
051934 -    Feel of keyboard
051935 -    Size of Enter, Shift, Alt, and Ctrl keys
051936 -    Size of function keys
051937 -    Position of Insert, Home, Delete.
051938 -    Port for alternate keyboard?
051939 -
051940 -
051941 - Modem
051942 -
051943 - For internal modem, only permits 2400 baud.  We really need 14400
051944 - baud.
051945 -
051946 -
051947 - Mouse
051948 -
051949 - Not clear on this point.
051950 -
051951 -
051952 - Weight
051953 -
051954 - Amir says it weighs just under 8#, plus the weight of a power adapter
051955 - and the case, will probably take it to about 10.
051956 -
051957 -
051958 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"