Toshiba T3100

Toshiba T3100
Developer
  • Toshiba
  • Tetsuya Mizoguchi
  • Haruhiko Banno
  • Yasuo Suzuki: 172 
ManufacturerToshiba
Product family
Toshiba T series
TypeLaptop
Released1986; 40 years ago (1986)
MS-DOS 3.2
CPUIntel 80286 @ 8 MHz
Memory640 KB RAM (upgradable to 2.6 MB)
Storage10 MB hard drive; internal 3.5" floppy drive, 720 KB; connector for external 5.25" floppy drive, 360 KB
Displaymonochrome 9.5" orange gas-plasma display
Graphics640×400; 640×200; Textmode: 80×25;
T3100SX: 640x480 VGA
Inputkeyboard - 83 keys, QWERTY
Connectivityexternal monitor via 9-pin RGB port
Dimensions31.0 x 36.1 x 7.9 cm
Weight7.5 kg (17 lb)

The Toshiba T3100 is a discontinued portable PC manufactured by Toshiba released in 1986. It features a 10 MB hard drive, 8 MHz Intel 80286 CPU and a black & orange 9.5" gas-plasma display with a resolution of 640 × 400 pixels.

The portable has a special high-resolution 640 × 400 display mode which is similar to and partially compatible with the Olivetti/AT&T 6300 graphics. The base model has 640 KB memory. There is 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 2 MB memory card (thus 2.6 MB in max total). T3100e model has 1 MB of memory, which can be upgraded to 5 MB.

Toshiba T3100 is not a true portable, because it needs an external power source in all except the last version.

Five additional versions exist:

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.

Software

There are 23 games on this list.

Title Japanese title Product code Publisher Year
Balance of Power ASCII 1989
Best Play Pro Yakyu ベストプレープロ野球 ASCII
Caveman Ugh-Lympics JD302G Acclaim Japan
Columns: Taisen Mode-tsuki コラムス 対戦モード付 JAN 4988697890011 SystemSoft 1991
Igo II 囲碁Ⅱ JAN 4988606204854 ASCII 1990
Kitahei 棋太平 GS-072 SPS
Laptop Chess Corridor
Lemmings レミングス Imagineer 1991
Minigolf Jelly Beans
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sengoku Gunyuuden 信長の野望・戦国群雄伝 Koei 1990
Pinball Wizard Jelly Beans
SimCity シムシティ Imagineer 1990
SimEarth シムアース Imagineer 1991
Sokoban Perfect 倉庫番パーフェクト Thinking Rabbit 1989
Sokoban Revenge: User no Gyakushuu-hen 倉庫番リベンジ ユーザー逆襲編 Thinking Rabbit 1991
Solitaire Royale Corridor
Super Daisenryaku Super大戦略 SystemSoft
Super Shanghai: Dragon's Eye スーパー上海 ドラゴンズアイ HOT-B 1991
Tenka Toitsu 天下統一 JAN 4988697870013 SystemSoft 1990
Tetris テトリス Acclaim Japan 1988
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge ウィザードリィ BCF ASCII
Zan: Kagero no Toki 斬 陽炎の時代 ダイナブック版 JAN 4988160940090 Wolf Team 1989
Zan: Scenario Collection Vol. 2 (expansion) 斬シナリオコレクション VOL.2 JAN 4988160940151 Wolf Team 1990


See also

References

  1. ↑ Alsop, Stewart; Bill Machrone (January 27, 1987). "Awards for Technical Excellence". PC Magazine. 6 (2). Ziff-Davis: 164–190 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Toshiba T3100". Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2016-04-11. T3100, released in 1986, consisted of an 80286 CPU running at 8MHz, but could be slowed to 4.77MHz using a keyboard shortcut. It also had 640KB system memory, which could be upgraded to 2.6MB. It shipped with MS-DOS 3.2.
  3. ↑ "T3100e product brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2004-05-15. Retrieved 2017-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Toshiba T3100e Memory Upgrade". Vcfed.org. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Manual" (PDF). www.minuszerodegrees.net. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Maintenance Manual" (PDF). www.minuszerodegrees.net. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  7. ↑ "The BYTE Awards". BYTE. January 1989. p. 327.
  8. ↑ Balance of Power: DynaBook J-3100SS/GS (Box, disk label and reference-guide cover) (in Japanese). ASCII.
  9. ↑ "プロ野球シミュレーション「ベストプレープロ野球」の最新版". PC Watch (in Japanese). 1999-03-11. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  10. ↑ Caveman Ugh-Lympics: J-3100 series edition (Box and manual) (in Japanese). Acclaim Japan.
  11. ↑ "コラムス 対戦モード付". Game Preservation Society (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  12. 1 2 3 SOFTWARE CATALOG (PDF) (in Japanese). Vol. 14. SystemSoft. February 1992. Final page (PDF page 11), J-3100シリーズ.
  13. ↑ "囲碁Ⅱ". Game Preservation Society (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  14. 1 2 "ソフトウェアカタログ：J-3100/SSシリーズ" (PDF). TAKERU PRESS (in Japanese). Brother Industries. June–July 1992. Final page (PDF page 8).
  15. 1 2 3 "テレビゲーム". さくらマルシェ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  16. ↑ "Super大戦略". Game Preservation Society (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  17. ↑ "Super大戦略". Game Preservation Society (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  18. ↑ "天下統一". Game Preservation Society (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  19. ↑ "斬 陽炎の時代 ダイナブック版". Game Preservation Society (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
  20. ↑ "斬シナリオコレクション VOL.2". Game Preservation Society (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-10-07.