Toshiba T series

Toshiba T series
DeveloperToshiba Information Systems Corporation
Type
Release date1981 (1981)
Discontinued1995 (1995)

The Toshiba T series comprises personal computers sold internationally by the Japanese electronics conglomerate Toshiba, under their Information Systems subsidiary (now known as Dynabook Inc.), from 1981 to 1995.

The T series began with desktop computers such as the T100 and T300, both of which were rebranded Pasopia models from Japan for United States markets.[1] Starting with the fast-selling Toshiba T1100 laptop, the vast majority of succeeding entries in the T series comprised portable computers, including laptops, luggables, and notebooks, as Toshiba had largely abandoned the international desktop market, where they had failed to gain much uptake.[2] The T prefix denotes models sold exclusively outside of Japan; within Japan, Toshiba sold these computers with the J prefix instead.[3]

Beginning with Toshiba's T1800 laptop in 1992, Toshiba began introducing brand names to go alongside certain T-series models (in the T1800's case, Satellite).[4] This practice continued until June 1995, when Toshiba's computer division imposed a nomenclature reset which removed the T prefix and dictated that all succeeding models have a brand name.[5]

  1. ^ "10-bit instructions improve efficiency". Electronic Design. 31 (23). Hayden Publishing Company: 15. 1983 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Sanderson, Susan Walsh; Mustafa Uzumeri (1997). Managing Product Families. McGraw-Hill. pp. 52–66. ISBN 9780256228977 – via the Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Staff writer (June 3, 1991). "Toshiba's new program breaks MS-DOS barrier". The Province: 51 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference colorscreen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Lee, Yvonne L. (June 19, 1995). "Toshiba notebooks gain power". InfoWorld. 17 (25). IDG Publications: 39 – via Google Books.