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From: fsdmb3@acad3.fai.alaska.edu (BRAUN DAVID M)
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Subject: Re: (Will Atari blow it again? (Was: Interface to Atari Portfolio)
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Date: 26 Aug 90 06:33:12 GMT
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In article <12573@netcom.UUCP>, ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes...
>In <8322@ncar.ucar.edu> sitongia@hao.ucar.EDU (Leonard Sitongia) writes:
> 
>>I looked at an Atari Portfolio in a store the other day.  It was a
>>recent arrival, so the clerk didn't know much about it.  I'd hoped
>>that it would have direct RS232 I/O interfaced, but it looks like
>>one must get a peripheral to plug into its bus interface.  The store
>>didn't have any literature on this.  What peripherals are available
>>and how does one interface RS232 to it?
> 
>Veering away from the original topic:  This is not a good sign.  I've

I don't think that this is any fault of Atari, I have seen the Portfolio
advertised by many mailorder places with full peripheral support, and
even adverts by Atari, something they rairly do even with their larger
products.  
  Yes, the RS232 port is "Normal" you just have to buy theirs and plug it
in, though the internal file transfer program works through the cheaper
parallell interface.  there are also memory upgrades avalable, and RAM
cards (instead of disks).  Lately the Portfolio can be had from many places
for $300 with a 32K RAM card and the parallell interface.
  It is merely the fault of the store you saw it in that these other
things were mentioned.
  I don't know if Procomm would work though, somehow I doubt it, but it is
possible.

 I don't have a Portfolio but am looking seriously at buying one.  On that note,
does anyone know what kind of spell checker, if any, is included in the
word processor.

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