website/content/museum/toshiba-pasopia-16-t300-pap.md

---
title: Toshiba PASOPIA 16 / T300 / PAP
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1982'
cpus:
- Intel 8088
params:
  name: PASOPIA 16 / T300 / PAP
  image: /media/museum/photos/toshiba_pap_1.jpg
  company: /companies/toshiba
  company_name: Toshiba
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: PASOPIA 16 / T300 / PAP
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Toshiba
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1982'
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: GW Basic
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 103 key full-stroke keyboard (QWERTY/AZERTY)
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel 8088
  - label: SPEED
    value: 4.77 MHz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Optional 8087 arithmetic processor
  - label: RAM
    value: 192 KB (up to 256 KB onboard)
  - label: VRAM
    value: Unknown
  - label: ROM
    value: 4 KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 320x200, 640x200, 540x400, 640x500
  - label: COLORS
    value: '8'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: 7 x 8-bit expansion slots, Centronics/Parallel port, RS232c port (from 300 to 9600 bauds), RGB output (SCART for PAP model)
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: |-
      One or two 5.25'' disk-drives (720 KB)\
      Optional 10 MB hard-disk
  - label: OS
    value: MS-DOS, CP/M 86 in option
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Additional disk-drive, 10 MB hard-disk
  - label: PRICE
    value: |-
      1 disk-drive model : 22119 FF (France, Dec. 83)\
      Monochrome & 1 disk-drive model : 2824 (France, april 85)\
      3372 (France, 84)
  tabs:
  - photos
  - adverts
  photos:
  - title: TOSHIBA T300
    subtitle: ''
    text: This is the US model of the Pasopia 16
    image: /media/museum/photos/toshiba_t300_1.jpg
  adverts:
  - title: PASOPIA 16 JAPANESE ADVERT
    subtitle: ''
    text: '[http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/s-oga/](http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/s-oga/)'
    image: /media/museum/pubs/toshiba_pasopia16_jap_pub.jpg
  - title: FRENCH AD (DEC.1983)
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/pubs/toshiba_pap_pub_orbytes_1.jpg
  - title: FRENCH AD (1985)
    subtitle: ''
    text: '"The Empire Strikes Back"'
    image: /media/museum/pubs/toshiba_t300_french-pub_1.jpg
  comments:
  - author: Craig D Amey (United States)
    date: Wednesday 4th May 2022
    text: I had one around 1984. Twin 720K floppy drives (half height). 256 color with a 12" green monitor and 14" color. 6MHz 8088 processor. They used the image of a butterfly (256 color GIF image) a lot in their promotional material and trade floor displays. For the time it was an impressive machine. Very well engineered.
  - author: SUNIL VIDHANI (UK)
    date: Tuesday 13rd June 2017
    text: We are looking for a Toshiba T300 Pasopia 16 computer. Can you help ?
  - author: Cas (USA)
    date: Monday 17th October 2016
    text: Picked up the US version of this recently for a dollar, 10MB external HDD, 5.25 96tpi DD x 2, and a green monochrome monitor. apparently uses a proprietary version of MS-DOS 2.x specifically tailored to this machine. Wish I had a copy.
  - author: toto (france)
    date: Wednesday 18th February 2015
    text: 'I had one "le pap". It was my 1st PC. using MS-DOS 2.3. My screen was a 8 shades of green (not 50 of grey)80\*25. UC was very heavy: at least 15Kg. it''''s keyboard was noisy but robust. The HDD was ooo then I Had to use 5.25 Disk-drive (360Ko for system+apps )'
  oc_id: 414
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608081102/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=414
    date: '2023-06-08'
---

The Pasopia 16 is an IBM PC compatible system conceived in 1982. It had excellent features for its time ! An impressive resolution of 640 x 560 pixels, 192 KB RAM (up to 256 MB), two 5''1/4 disk-drives and an optional 10 MB hard-drive. It was possible to format the disks at half size (360 KB) for IBM compatibility. Finally, the Pasopia 16 was a successful machine in the market place.

The Pasopia 16 was sold in the US under the T300 name, and as the PAP in Europe or at least in France. PAP was short for "Papillon", meaning butterfly in French. A small printed butterfly can thus be found on French models.

Pap.Com (comunication software) and Pap.Graph (graphic software) were included.

<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>