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From: kroe@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (KiYun Roe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Does my dream portable exist?
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Date: 17 Oct 90 11:23:28 GMT
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In article <1420@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> holtz@netcord.Eng.Sun.COM (Brian Holtz) writes:
>Hi.  I'm looking to get a handheld or notebook computer for
>text and outline processing, terminal emulation, and file transfer.
> ...
>* Toshiba T1000/T1000SE
>    * With HardRAM, can I boot, run, and shutdown without ever
>      spinning up the floppy drive?
>    * Can a SparcStation read/write its floppies?

I think the T1000SE would make an excellent choice.  Yes, you can live
entirely within the HardRAM and not touch the floppy drive (although
you would probably want to get the 1MB or 2MB expansion to get a
decent-sized HardRAM).  More importantly, Toshiba laptops come with a
feature called Auto-Resume, so the state of the machine is saved when
you turn it off.  Thus, you don't have to wait for the machine to boot
up when you turn it back on.  The T1000SE has a very nice keyboard, and
a relatively nice display (among the low-end of laptops, the display is
quite good).

Unfortunately, I don't know if a SparcStation can read/write its
floppies.  I can tell you that the drive is a standard DOS 1.44MB one
which can also read/write DOS 720K floppies.
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KiYun Roe					kroe@sbcs.sunysb.edu
Department of Computer Science
SUNY at Stony Brook
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