Toshiba of Canada Ltd. introduces multimedia-ready notebook computer
Markham, Ontario (November 8, 1993)...Toshiba of Canada Ltd., Information Systems Group (ISG),
announced today its new "multimedia-ready" 486 notebook computer. The T4700CT is a high-powered
notebook that incorporates sound and graphic capabilities for multimedia presentations and development.
Toshiba will showcase the T4700CT in the "Toshiba Jet" booth display at the Canadian Computer Show, November 22-25, at the Toronto International Centre.
According to Robert Grossman, vice-president and general manager of Toshiba ISG, "The T4700CT, as a multimedia notebook, demonstrates our commitment to leading the portable computing marketplace. This notebook offers the highly mobile professional and/or power user the power and portability they need for math intensive applications, databases, spreadsheets and multimedia presentations. In fact, the easy portability of the T4700CT should broaden the use of multimedia."
The T4700CT is a logical extension to Toshiba's T6600C mobile multimedia computer which was introduced in July 1993. The mobile T6600C system, based on a i486DX2 processor running at 66MHz , with a standard 510MB hard disk and an optional internal CD-ROM drive, is powerful enough to satisfy the more advanced, technically demanding multimedia users and developers.
In contrast to the 17 pound T6600C portable system, the T4700CT is a notebook computer which weighs less than seven pounds and is ideally suited for less complex multimedia program development and presentation of the multimedia programs produced on the more sophisticated T6600C. The T4700CT will be sold for a suggested list price of $8,999.
For increased productivity for power users and speed for multimedia presentations, the T4700CT is powered by the new SL Enhanced.Intel 486* DX2 processor running at 50MHz, with a 320MB hard disk and an integrated math co-processor.
Stephen Feldman, product marketing specialist at Toshiba ISG, explains that, while the T4700CT does not offer the flexibility of the larger, more powerful T6600C, its design ensures excellent presentation capabilities and uncompromised viewing.
The system's integrated multimedia support includes pre-installed Microsoft Sound System*, built-in stereo speaker and microphone and WAV audio for annotation and recording," explains Feldman.
"Quality presentations are ensured with the T4700CT's high resolution active matrix display with Super VGA colour capabilities and the capacity to display 256 simultaneous colours. In addition, an advanced VESA local bus graphic accelerator facilitates faster redraw in Windows."
To provide storage, expandability and connectivity, for both the conventional and multimedia applications, the T4700CT is equipped with two Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) slots (Type II and Type III compatible, 16 mm ), a dedicated Toshiba "credit card" memory slot, and a bus connector for an optional Desk Station. The PCMCIA expansion slot provides connectivity with other systems through PCMCIA-based network or mainframe emulation cards, or fax/modems cards and expansion via PCMCIA hard disk drives.
Pre-installed software on the T4700CT includes the Toshiba MS-DOS 6.0 operating system, Microsoft
Windows* 3.1, Toshiba Card Manager, Microsoft Sound System* and Windows SVGA Video drivers.
The T4700CT is covered by a three year international limited warranty. Toshiba will begin shipment of the T4700CT notebook computer in December 1993.
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For further technical and sales information, please see the attached product brochure.
For more information, or to interview Toshiba spokespeople, please contact:
Jo-Ann Austin
President,
AustinTayshus! Public Relations
Toronto (416) 596-1390
For demos, or evaluation equipment, please contact:
Joanne Musico
Marketing Coordinator
Toshiba Canada ISG
Markham (905) 470-3478 ext. 274
MarketPlace Backgrounder
Toshiba Multimedia -- Taking the Show on the Road!
The true excitement in multimedia is that it captures the way people want to -- and need to -- learn and communicate in our fast-paced, competitive world. Success for students in the educational system, adults in the workforce, or even in day-to-day consumer life, demands the rapid assimilation of information.
In essence, multimedia marries the audio-visual capacity of television to the information processing power of the personal computer. The result is a computer program that allows even the most novice computer user to access information in an interactive, personalized and dynamic format that combines text, graphics, sound and video.
For corporations and institutions, multimedia offers a number of ways to cost-effectively communicate to (and with) customers, employees and the general public. Many of these common applications for multimedia presentations will benefit from the portability of Toshiba's solutions:
. In-house business television and/or training programs that distribute previously inaccessible video or audio information to employee's desks;
. Desktop video conferencing allowing meetings and collaborative work between remote locations;
. Public information/transaction kiosks or tradeshow displays;
. Customized sales presentations with detailed customer-specific information, such as video-taped testimonials from other customers, or real estate video listings, etc.;
The portability of Toshiba's multimedia systems should both broaden the appeal and lower the cost of multimedia. While sophisticated multimedia sales presentations once required the transportation of hundreds of pounds of desktop computer and AV technology, with a T4700CT the sales representative can carry the same impact in less than 7 lbs.
Toshiba's first portable multimedia offering, the T6600C was launched in July 1993 and incorporates (and is compatible with) the key multimedia hardware and software technologies, thus ensuring that users can develop and access multimedia programs with superior colour, high-quality still imagery, animation, full motion video, stereo sound, CD-ROM storage and playback capability, and built-in networking capability for access to databases and other systems.
On November 8, 1993, Toshiba launched the T4700CT, a "multimedia-ready" notebook for development of less complex multimedia programs and presentation of programs developed on the more sophisticated T6600C.
Toshiba will showcase its T6600C and publicly launch the T4700CT in the "Toshiba Jet" booth at the
Canadian Computer Show, November 22-25 at the Toronto International Centre.
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For further technical and sales information, please see the attached product brochure.
For more information or to interview Toshiba spokespeople, please contact:
Jo-Ann Austin
President,
AustinTayshus! Public Relations
Toronto (416) 596-1390
For demos, or evaluation equipment, please contact:
