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From: Rick_McCormack@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Why not computer-in-a-monitor?
Message-ID: <4945@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 91 13:09:21 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In an article, Brian Aslaksan writes:
B.A. >  I'm typing this article from a Sun SparcStation SLC which is
B.A. >  a monitor and a keyboard and a mouse.  Very nice, no pizza
B.A. >  box, all the chips are in the monitor case, together with
B.A. >  builtin ethernet and sound and up to 16 Megs.
B.A. >  B.A. >  And there are PC diskless workstations that are completely
B.A. >  contained in the keyboard, just add the monitor.
B.A. >  B.A. >  Now a good trick would be to get a pair of those Heads Up
B.A. >  Display style monitor-in-eyeglasses and fit a Mac in the
B.A. >  bows.  And all you'd have to do is hang a mouse off of them.
B.A. >  Heh.

Brian, wait until they get these low wattage "direct to retinal nerves" laser
image writers going.  And the Mac in the nosepiece so the audio system will fit
on one earpiece, leaving room for the Cray image rendering engine in the other
earpiece, and the supercooler in your beanie with the propeller.  Wow!