Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!netnews.srv.cs.cmu.edu!abl From: abl@dart.ece.cmu.edu (Antonio Leal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Atari Portfolio (was Re: Casio Boss models) Message-ID: Date: 5 Nov 90 17:30:41 GMT References: <58735@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Nov5.144649.6488@cbnewsj.att.com> Sender: netnews@cs.cmu.edu (USENET News Group Software) Distribution: usa Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: mec@cbnewsj.att.com's message of 5 Nov 90 14:46:49 GMT In article <1990Nov5.144649.6488@cbnewsj.att.com> mec@cbnewsj.att.com (michael.e.connick) writes: > Get a Portfolio. The "street price" of the unit has fallen recently and > it's now priced so low that it beats out most of the far less capable > "electronic organizers." J&R Computer World in NYC is now selling the > Portfolio for $239! (I didn't ask the original question but, like many, I'm also wavering...) Thanks for the tip. This is starting to look affordable. Would you, or anyone else, care to shed light on two questions ? 1 - What's the deal with linking the Portfolio with a Mac (or a PC) ? An ad I've seen asks $190 (ouch!) for cables and software (Mac or PC). (They also asked $350 for the machine, and $150 for a Micro Modem 2400b) 2 - I digged a bit around the net (newsgroups, archives), and didn't find anything for/about the Portfolio. Is the $190 package mentioned above so good that nobody bothered rolling their own cables and bit of software ? Or would standard cables and MacKermit do ? Any Portfolio-owner stories would be much appreciated. -- Antonio B. Leal Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Bell: [412] 268-2937 Carnegie Mellon University Net: abl@ece.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA. 15213 U.S.A.