Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!brolga!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!iceman!zlraa From: zlraa@iceman.jcu.oz (Ross Alford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: info request: Panasonic CF 150B Summary: I've seen one Message-ID: <1011@iceman.jcu.oz> Date: 7 Oct 90 09:45:01 GMT References: Organization: JCUNQ, Townsville, Qld, Australia Lines: 18 In article , schraudo@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Nici Schraudolph) writes: > Just saw an ad for a low-end laptop I've never heard of before: > > Panasonic CF 150B, V-20 XT @ 8 MHz, 640k RAM, > backlit LCD, MS-DOS 3.3, 1 x 720k floppy, $599. > > Sounds like a good deal compared with the Toshiba T1000... does anybody > have more technical data and/or experience with this machine? Please > mail responses to me, I will post a summary to the net. > I've seen one. They look quite reasonable, for a minimal basic laptop-- about the size and weight of a T1000, but a bit faster and with a considerably nicer screen. Only problem is that in OZ, we can get T1000s for $A816 on government contract, while the Panasonic is apparently seriously being offered for sale at some price like $A1895! Ross Alford zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au