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From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Unix on a T5200?
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Date: 11 Jun 90 02:35:38 GMT
Reply-To: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine)
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I am looking for a Unix system that I can take with me on trips, so as not to
lose a moment's hacking time merely because I happen to be on top of some
mountain with spectacular views or something.  Here are what I think I need:

386DX, 20 MHz or better, 387 would be nice if I run X
4MB RAM, probably expandable at least to 8 MB
at least a 100 MB Disk
decent screen, preferably VGA or better to run X
modem, the faster the better, though I suppose I could plug in an external
	Telebit T1000
ethernet, to get stuff in and out
5.25" floppy would be nice, 3.5" is OK (most Unix softare seems to come on
	5.25" disks.)
runs 386/ix, since that's the Unix I've got

Running on batteries is unimportant, when I'm on a plane I sleep.  The Toshiba
T5200 appears to qualify nicely on every point except perhaps the last.  (It
has one long and one short internal slot, enough for an internal Telebit modem
and an Ethernet card.)  Has anyone actually run 386/ix or some other Unix on
one?  Is there some other machine I should be considering?  A lunchbox machine
like the Compaq Portable 386 would be a possibility, though the Compaq is
pretty expensive and its expansion memory is unbelievably expensive.

Thanks, as always, in advance

-- 
John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650
johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {ima|lotus|spdcc}!esegue!johnl
Marlon Brando and Doris Day were born on the same day.