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Yes it's the very first LAPTOP, twin floppies and all, complete with original carry bag and Portable printer.
Details on the Laptop can be found here:
http://oldcomputers.net/data-general-one.html
Enjoy
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you must have floor to ceiling cupboards in your place 
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Robev
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| Neon_WA wrote: | | you must have floor to ceiling cupboards in your place |
Just one BIG Cupboard 
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Robev
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| johnorun wrote: | A real museum piece.
Does it still work? ..and what is the CPU?  |
At the moment the screen seems a bit dickie so I am disassembling to see if I can get it right. These were notorious for hard to read screens in any case as the contrast is really bad on them............but its pristine inside, hardly a speck of dust anywhere and here is a piccy of the processor, a nice socketed 80C88 
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Robev
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Left the T1200 on Charge overnight and just checked it.
Battery has charged up nicely and it is now running on Battery Beautifully
Cannot Believe it really as it is a good 12 years or more since it was last run.
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| Dont expect it to last. Depending on environmental conditions the seals will eventually go on the battery cells. Other components like electrolytics will also also age. As for the rest, oxidisation, circuit join failure, chip/sub-circuit failure from voltage spikes/static, etc.. will knock it out. It will probably limp on for many many years, but eventually it will not work at all. Kinda like the human body. |
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Robev
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| JAC wrote: | | Dont expect it to last. Depending on environmental conditions the seals will eventually go on the battery cells. Other components like electrolytics will also also age. As for the rest, oxidisation, circuit join failure, chip/sub-circuit failure from voltage spikes/static, etc.. will knock it out. It will probably limp on for many many years, but eventually it will not work at all. Kinda like the human body. |
If it is anything like the human body it may last "3 score and ten" and of course some live to become centenarians.
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Robev
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I sold the Toshiba T1200 on eBay a couple of days ago US$380
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Neon_WA
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good going.. whole computers are generally a hard sell due to shipping
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wepwawet
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:39 am Post subject: |
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oh wow, I should go up on my attic and see if mine is working:-)))
But I'll keep it, it's old enough;-)
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wepwawet
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And the Oki 8088 is a real beauty!
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