Toshiba laptop history

[bhannebert]

I am starting a mini collection of Toshiba laptops because they are great PCs and very reliable. I have some satellites and some satellites pros but I am very confused as to when they started being sold in the US. Does anyone know where I could find info on the history of the toshiba laptop in general. Is the 405CS really "newer" than the 205CDT?

[EvanK]

Toshiba's first laptop in the U.S. (not sure about overseas) was the T1100 from 1985/1986 (that's also a bit confusing.) A later model was the T1000, from 1987 even though it's a lower model number. Anyway, the 1100 is noteworthy because it seems to be first portable which was actually advertised as a "laptop" computer. The term "laptop" itself began in approx. late 1983/early 1984 however by magazines like Byte, etc., and of course laptops by other names hit the market as early as 1982.