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From: avery@well.UUCP (Avery Ray Colter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macintosh Portable and IIci Intro
Message-ID: <14033@well.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 02:02:27 GMT
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stores@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) writes:

>Some questions abput the Mac Portable.

>Can it support the Apple Hi-Res color monitor and extended Keyboard?

>I would like to be able to use it at home with a larger monitor ,
>extended keyboard and a real mouse. And when I need to use on the
>move, simply unplug the stuff and a way I go.
>Will this be possible?

Yes! I was just coming in here to ask a similar question.

I have heard that there are problems making versions of both the color
display and the 80MB hard disk and the 4 MB extra RAM for A/UX which are
low-power enough for the Portbale as it stands.

However, one option for the designers strikes me as an interesting one:
Make the Portable able to use the more hi-power-usage devices only when
under AC power. This way, the Portable will be able to do all the things
one of the IIs can do while it is near a plug, and still keep all its
standard equipment it has now for when it is running under batteries.

As I posted before, I'm a bit torn between the versatility of the Portable
and the NuBus, color, and A/UX capability of the IIcx. It would be interesting
to have a model that has all the feautures of both, but simply turns off the
NuBus slots and the color port when running on the batteries.


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