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From: elg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM (Eric Lee Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: We Want PORTABLE!
Message-ID: <00671144941@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM>
Date: 8 Apr 91 21:09:01 GMT
References: <1991Apr7.230814.5885@cc.helsinki.fi>
Organization: Eric's Amiga 2000 @ Home
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From article <1991Apr7.230814.5885@cc.helsinki.fi>, by ronkko@cc.helsinki.fi:
> There are portable IBM-compatibles, a portable Mac and even a portable Atari...
> So, just one question:
>
> Why isn't there a portable AMIGA ???!!!  Is it technically impossible...?

In a word: YES. The basic problem is that the Ladies are still in horribly
power-hungry NMOS. When they finally make it to CMOS, it'll be simple to
create low-power versions.

And of course there's the fact that color LCD displays are still pretty
darn expensive, and current monochrome LCD's aren't really acceptable for
most Amiga software...

Eric Lee Green   (318) 984-1820  P.O. Box 92191  Lafayette, LA 70509
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