Toshiba shuts the lid on laptops after 35 years

[iko22]

The Japanese giant Toshiba has sold its final stake in the personal computer maker Dynabook. It means the firm no longer has a connection with making PCs or laptops.

Source: Toshiba shuts the lid on laptops after 35 years | BBC

 

[file3456]

Many years ago a computer tech told me that Toshiba made the first laptop. Researching now, that doesn't look to be the case.

 

[Bree]

Many years ago a computer tech told me that Toshiba made the first laptop. Researching now, that doesn't look to be the case.

A lot depends on how you define 'laptop'. If you narrow it down to an IBM compatible machine then 1985 saw the first two, one of which was from Toshiba...

Kaypro 2000

Possibly the first commercial IBM-compatible laptop was the 8/16-bit Kaypro 2000, introduced in 1985. With its brushed aluminum clamshell case, it was remarkably similar in design to modern laptops. It featured a 25 line by 80 character LCD, a detachable keyboard, and a pop-up 90 mm (3.5-inch) floppy drive.



Toshiba T1100, T1000, and T1200

Toshiba launched the 8/16-bit Toshiba T1100 in 1985, and has subsequently described it as "the world's first mass-market laptop computer".

History of laptops - Wikipedia

 

[strollin]

My first laptop was a Toshiba but I haven't seen a Toshiba laptop in years, didn't even realize they were still making them.