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From: laird@think.com (Laird Popkin)
Subject: Re: The Actual New H.P./Lotus Palmtop
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 91 03:58:37 GMT

In article <1991Apr08.185518.29992@hoss.unl.edu> latenser@hoss.unl.edu (Dan Latenser) writes:
>
>Straight from the pages of PC Week :
>"
>Hewlett-Packard Co. and Lotus Development Corp. on April 23 will announce
>and begin shipping an NEC V20-based, $699 palmtop PC called the HP 95LX.
>The new machine, which weighs 10 ounces and is about the size of a
>calculator, features 512K bytes of RAM and comes with Lotus 1-2-3 and
>desktop-management software loaded in ROM, said sources close to Lotus, of
>Cambridge, Mass.

Is there some information on the unit's physical dimensions?  Also, is
there any other software included or availaable on ROM cards?

>The DOS, XT-compatible machine will run standard software unmodified in
>the PC's 16 by 40 character display. Users will have to scroll to see the
>full display, the sources said. Software can be loaded into the
>battery-operated machine using industry-standard 1M-byte RAM cards, they
>said.

Can the displthe display also operate as a non-scrolling (smaller) display?
 Also, does anyone know whether the "industry-standard ... RAM cards" are
PCMCIA/JEIDA (say _that_ five times fast!) cards, or have HP and Lotus
decided to define a new "industry standard"?

>What?!
>	No mention of HP-Solve?!
>		Aghhhhh!
>
>Anyone want to sell their 48sx? 	;-)
>
>latenser@hoss.unl.edu

Given that HP products are generally available heavily discounted, it may
make more sense to wait and buy this new HP unit rather than buy a
Portfolio.  The  does everything that I need  but if I cen get a larger
display and 4x as much RAM for a minor jump in price, well, that's pretty
attractive. 

- Laird (internet: laird@think.com)