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User's Manual

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Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of the Toshiba Tecra 8100 Portable

Personal Computer. This powerful notebook computer provides excellent

expansion capability, including multimedia devices, and it is designed to

provide years of reliable, high-performance computing.
This manual tells how to set up and begin using your computer. It also

provides detailed information on configuring your computer, basic

operations and care, using optional devices and troubleshooting.
If you are a new user of computers or if you’re new to portable computing,

first read over the Introduction and The Grand Tour chapters to familiarize

yourself with the computer’s features, components and accessory

devices. Then read Getting Started for step-by-step instructions on setting

up your computer and backing up your preinstalled software.
If you are an experienced computer user, please continue reading the

preface to learn how this manual is organized, then become acquainted

with this manual by browsing through its pages. Be sure to look over the

Special features section of the Introduction, to learn about features that

are uncommon or unique to the computer and carefully read TSETUP and

Passwords. Also read Getting Started for procedures on backing up your

preinstalled software.

Manual contents

This manual is composed of nine chapters, nine appendices, a glossary,

and an index.
Chapter 1,

, is an overview of the computer’s features,

capabilities, utilities and options.
Chapter 2,

and briefly explains how they function.
Chapter 3,

, provides a quick overview of how to begin

operating your computer and gives tips on safety and designing your work

diskettes and DVD-ROMs and on using the following devices:

MousePoint, DVD-ROM drive and microphone.
Chapter 5,

, describes special keyboard functions including

the keypad overlay and hotkeys.