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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga Laptops? (was: Re: Amiga outclassed)
Message-ID: <1642@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 90 15:59:37 GMT
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sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) writes:
>I'll wait for the new Amiga(s?) before buying anything.  I'm impatiently
>awaiting....  Say is there any chance for an Amiga laptop?  (I know,
>color LCD screens are probably too expensive, never mind!) 

Color LCD's are starting to come down in price. But even using black
and white LCD would be ok with me. A portable Amiga would be great.

I wonder how much trouble it would be to make one out of an Amiga 500?
Didn't I read about someone doing this? Of course it was sky high, I
believe. 

But just think about it. If you could find a LCD screen that accepted
standard RGB analog inputs, and took an amiga 500 and adapted the LCD
screen to the top, and a battery pack to the back, you would have
a portable lap-top Amiga. Even better would be to adapt the whole
shebang into a normal laptop case (but the 500 is a bit wider than most
laptops).

So what would this cost? About $600 for the 500, $200 for the battery pack,
and around $600 for the LCD screen? prices are guesses, probably high at that.
And some elbow grease. So, around $1400 for an amiga laptop? Not too bad
considering the prices of other laptops. 

Now if we could just squeeze a hard drive in there...

 
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