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From: wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Lap-Top Terminals
Summary: Don't Bother - Cheap laptops are cheeaper and lighter.
Keywords: laptops
Message-ID: <1990Sep1.195232.14258@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 1 Sep 90 19:52:32 GMT
References: <2769@network.ucsd.edu>
Organization: Here, beside the rising tide
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In article <2769@network.ucsd.edu>, fred@network.ucsd.edu (Fred Criscuolo) writes:
>  A few weeks ago someone posted a request for information on laptop
>  terminals.  I realized that such a product would be perfect for me as
>  well.  If anyone has any recommendations, I would certainly appreciate

The ads I've seen for laptop terminals are generally for machines
that cost about $1200, and weigh about 12 pounds.  They tend to come
with a built-in 1200 baud modem, and a simple word-processor that
can handle 64K of text.  The above specs are for Random Corp., but I
think the TI models were similar.

In short, why bother?  You can get a low-end Toshiba and a 2400-baud
modem for probably $800, which weighs a few pounds less and gives
you full MS-DOS, which will let you run your choice of terminal
emulators, do file transfer, and run the programs YOU want instead
of the ones built-in, though several machines in that class come
with built-in-ROM DOS and word-processors.

Or you can spend somewhat bigger bucks and get a 4-pound machine.
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					Thanks; Bill
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