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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Looking for a "boat anchor" portable computer case
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Date: 11 Sep 90 21:01:16 GMT
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jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) writes:

|Well, I can't recommend a source, but I will say that the old Compaq XT
|portable makes an excellent transportable A500 case.  My friend,
|John Preston, is the proud father of such a beast which consists of
|the base A500, the A501, a CSA Mega Midget Racer 030/882 at 33 MHz,
|a 32bit memory board populated with 2 megs of 80ns DRAM, a Maxtor
|200 meg HD, and a Kronos 500 controller card.  The only negative
|thing is the green screen since he hasn't found a nine-inch RGB crt.

A 9" CRT? don't the old portable cases have 5" CRT's?

anyway, If you did mean 9" RGB CRT, then I just wanted to say to go check
out Sony. I believe they make a 9" version of one of their CPD series.

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