Benj’s ‘This Old Tech’ Column Debuts on PCWorld.com
November 6th, 2015 by Benj Edwards
Today, PCWorld published the inaugural entry of my new column, This Old Tech. In the column, I will be writing about vintage gadgets, games, and computers — pretty much the same stuff I talk about on Vintage Computing and Gaming. So far, the plan is to publish a new piece every Friday.
For the first column, I talk about the first MS-DOS computer I ever learned to use, the Toshiba T1000 laptop. I still have the same machine from all those years ago, so aside from just waxing nostalgic, I also attempt to get it working again.
So spread the word — I am looking forward to exploring my personal tech history in this new column. I hope you enjoy it.
November 6th, 2015 at 11:29 am
Congrats! I love your blog, and I’m always happy to see new posts. Keep up the good work Benj!
November 6th, 2015 at 12:48 pm
Thanks, XCALIBR8. I appreciate your support!
November 9th, 2015 at 7:27 pm
The Toshiba T1000 was also one of the first computers I learned DOS on. I really liked the fact that it had MS-DOS 2.11 built into ROM. One idiosyncracy I learned about this system is that if the battery is dead or removed, the system doesn’t power-on, unless you short the battery terminals on the system board or replace the battery.
Anyhow, I look forward to reading your new weekly columns on old tech in PC World. 🙂
November 15th, 2015 at 4:56 pm
I remember using one of these to configure some very old flaky British Telecom kit – hand crimped pins onto telephone twisted pair cable via. the RS232 port! Happy Days ðŸ˜Å
May 9th, 2016 at 12:25 am
Greetings!
I’m looking for Toshiba T1000 BIOS dump (not ROM-DOS). Searching the web doesn’t helped. Maybe you have one? Please contact me (r5000@yandex.ru).