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The '''T1100''' was a [[laptop]] manufactured by [[Toshiba]] in 1985, and has subsequently been described by Toshiba as "''the world's first mass-market laptop computer''".<ref name=pr2237 /> Its technical specifications were comparable to the original [[IBM PC]] desktop, using [[floppy disk]]s (it had no [[hard drive]]), a 4.77&nbsp;MHz [[Intel]] 80C88 CPU (a variation of the [[Intel 8088]]), and a monochrome LCD capable of displaying 80x25 text and 640x200 [[Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] graphics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toshiba's flyer for the T1100|url=http://minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/Toshiba/Other/Toshiba%20T1100%20-%20Flyer.pdf|accessdate=18 December 2016}}</ref> Its original price was 1899 USD.
 
The '''T1100 PLUS''' is a later model of this laptop, released to the market in 1986.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stachell|first1=Stephen|title=Toshiba T1100 Plus: Turbo PC in Briefcase|journal=InfoWorld Magazine|date=Sep 15, 1986|page= 46|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aS8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PAp46#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> Some significant differences to the T1100 are, 80C86 CPU, 7.16&nbsp;MHz or 4.77&nbsp;MHz operation, 16-bit RAM expandable to 640 kB of RAM, and two internal diskette drives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toshiba's flyer for the T1100 PLUS|url=http://minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/Toshiba/Other/Toshiba%20T1100%20PLUS%20-%20Flyer.pdf|accessdate=18 December 2016}}</ref>
 
The '''T1100''' was named an [[List of IEEE milestones|IEEE Milestone]] in 2009.