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From: daugher@cs.tamu.edu (Dr. Walter C. Daugherity)
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Subject: Laptop NeXT (dream)
Keywords: laptop
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Date: 13 Jun 90 19:56:31 GMT
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Here is my dream for a laptop NeXT I could take anywhere (well, a briefcase
computer, really): NeXT CPU board, optical drive, AC power supply, and Sharp's
new electroluminescent panel (1024 by 768 by 16 levels of gray--so it doesn't
quite match the NeXT; maybe Sharp could make an 1120 by 832 by 4). There
would be a built-in keyboard and a trackball instead of the 10-key pad.  (Yeah,
I know, you'd have to put the magic ~ and * keys somewhere, but those are
minor details.)

I rarely need a battery-powered laptop; if I did I could get a battery pack and
an inverter to generate AC for the above.

Now that I think about it, this would be a great way to recycle the 68030
boards that get traded in!

Or maybe some bright undergrads could build it for a term project :-)!

Lemme know when you've built one....

(end of dream)
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