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Toshiba T series

Developer	Toshiba Information Systems Corporation
Type	Portable computer Laptop computer Desktop computer
Release date	1981 (1981)
Discontinued	1995 (1995)

The Toshiba T series comprises personal computers sold internationally by the Japanese electronics conglomerate Toshiba, under their Information Systems subsidiary (now known as Dynabook Inc.), from 1981 to 1995.

The T series began with desktop computers such as the T100 and T300, both of which were rebranded Pasopia models from Japan for United States markets. Starting with the fast-selling Toshiba T1100 laptop, the vast majority of succeeding entries in the T series comprised portable computers, including laptops, luggables, and notebooks, as Toshiba had largely abandoned the international desktop market, where they had failed to gain much uptake. The T prefix denotes models sold exclusively outside of Japan; within Japan, Toshiba sold these computers with the J prefix instead.

Beginning with Toshiba's T1800 laptop in 1992, Toshiba began introducing brand names to go alongside certain T-series models (in the T1800's case, Satellite). This practice continued until June 1995, when Toshiba's computer division imposed a nomenclature reset which removed the T prefix and dictated that all succeeding models have a brand name.

Models

Portables

Desktops

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v t e Dynabook Inc.
Subsidiary of Sharp Corporation†
Products	Current Portégé Satellite Pro Tecra Former Libretto W100 Qosmio Satellite A series C series P series S series Satellite Pro 400 series T series T1000 LE T1100 T1200 T3100
See also	Former Sharp computers Laptops and portables Actius RD3D MM10 Muramasas PC-4500 PC-5000 PC-7000 WideNote Pocket computers PC-1211 PC-1251 PC-1350 PC-1401 PC-1403 PC-1500 PC-1600 PC-3000 PC-E220 PC-E500S Wizard Zaurus Home computers MZ X1 X68000 list of games Former Toshiba computers Pasopia 5 7 16 IQ
† Subsidiary formerly fully owned by Toshiba; majority shares bought by Sharp in 2019; remaining Toshiba shares sold to Sharp in 2020 Sharp computers Toshiba computers

v t e Toshiba
Divisions and subsidiaries	Current Digital Products Group Electronic Devices & Components Group Infrastructure Systems Group Defunct Landis+Gyr Sord Computer Corporation Toshiba Information Systems Corporation Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation Toshiba Memory Corporation OCZ Storage Solutions Toshiba Telecommunication Systems Division Westinghouse Electric Company
Joint ventures and shareholdings	Current Ikegami Tsushinki (20%) TMEIC Defunct Dynabook Inc. Toshiba EMI (Founded as Toshiba Music Industries) Youmex Co. Japan Display Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Inside Films Inside The Beauty Inside The Power Inside
Predecessors	Hakunetsusha Shibaura Seisakusho Tanaka Seisakusho
Products, services and standards	Current AP1000 Cell JNR locomotives Class ED76 Class EF58 Class EF60 Class EF64 Class EF65 Freight Class EH500 Freight Class EH200 Freight Class EH800 Freight Class HD300 Class EL120 Media-embedded processor Regza SpursEngine TG01 TOSLINK Past 902T DeKi 600 e310 HD DVD JNR locomotives Class EF62 Class EF63 Class EH10 Class ED75 Class ED79 SmartMedia Thrive TS921 Computers Libretto W100 Pasopia 5 7 16 IQ Portégé Qosmio Satellite Pro 400 series A series C series P series S series T series T1000 LE T1100 T1200 T3100 Tecra
People	Toshiwo Doko Tanaka Hisashige
Places	Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Umi-Shibaura Station
Other	HDMI Licensing Sony Toshiba IBM Center of Competence for the Cell Processor Time Sculpture Toshiba Brave Lupus Toshiba Classic Toshiba S.C. Toshiba Science Institute
Now integrated into other Toshiba divisions or business groupings Sold Spun off Category Commons

• Toshiba laptops
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• 1981 establishments in Japan
• 1995 disestablishments in Japan