Toshiba T5100

I have the main unit and orginal bag.

type computer
country Japan
year 1989
os MD-DOS 3.2
cpu Intel 80386
speed 16 MHz
ram 2 MB
disk 3,5″ 1.44 MB
hd 40 MB
graphic 9″ EGA Plasma 640×480
color 4 gray scales
sound beeper
ports rs-232c, centronics, RGB display, disk, expansion, keyboard


The Toshiba T5100 — The High-Performance Toshiba Laptop

The Toshiba T5100 was a high-performance laptop using the full Intel 386DX processor — the most powerful laptop configuration Toshiba offered in the late 1980s. Where the T1600 and T2000SX used the more economical 386SX, the T5100’s 386DX provided full 32-bit processing with a 32-bit external bus, delivering the maximum performance available in Intel’s 386 architecture. For Toshiba’s most demanding professional customers — engineers running CAD software, financial analysts using complex spreadsheet models, or developers who needed maximum processing power — the T5100 represented the state of the art in portable computing performance.

The 386DX Premium

The full 386DX processor commanded a significant price premium over 386SX machines, reflecting both the higher cost of the chip and the more sophisticated engineering required to manage its full 32-bit bus in a laptop. The T5100’s premium positioning reflected Toshiba’s confidence that a market existed for maximum-performance laptops regardless of price — a confidence that proved justified as corporate users increasingly needed laptop performance comparable to their desktop workstations.