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From: zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: PC Week's Page One (2/4/91) article on Jaguar.
Summary: More info please
Message-ID: <1734@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 91 14:23:52 GMT
References: <1991Feb07.011231.857@usenet@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>
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In Article <1991Feb07.011231.857@usenet@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>,
 smithj@jacobs.cs.orst.edu (Jeremy Smith) writes:
 
>PC Week _8_ #5 p1 2/4/91
[...]
>     Code-named Jaguar and small enough to fit in a jacket of shirt
>pocket, the 8088-based machine offers a display about the size of a
>Rolodex card and weighs less than 12 ounces with batteries and an
>industry-standard, 1M-byte RAM card installed, the sources said.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
   What exactly is an "industry-standard" RAM card? I thought
each manufacturer had their own standard. Perhaps this is wishful
thinking on HP's part? And should that be 1M-Bit, or 1M-Byte?
Name some other (non-HP) products that use the same RAM card.
 
>     "This is the first true hand-held DOS computer," according to one
>source who has seen the machine.  "With the Poqet PC, you can't hold it
>in your hand and type, and [it] offers a poor subset of DOS.
 
   Does anyone have dimensions, and how many rows/columns on the
screen? A rolodex card-sized screen sounds awfully small, unless
it's double-width. And what's missing from Poqet's "subset"? (and
I suppose the Portfolio doesn't count either...)
 
>     The machine will offer the full range of HP business calculator
>mathematics.                                     ^^^^^^^^
 
   Hmmm... does that mean the scientific stuff is missing? If
not, it would be a MAJOR advantage. BTW, someone told me Casio is
coming out with a new machine, which will have *maps* of major
cities available on ROM cards. Nice idea, although they're
expensive (they'll also have the usual spreadsheets, etc.).
 
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