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From: TDSTRONG%MTUS5.BITNET@VM1.NoDak.EDU (Tim Strong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: RE: The Actual New H.P./Lotus Palmtop
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Date: 9 Apr 91 18:27:14 GMT
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>"
>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.
>
>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.
>"
>What?!
>	No mention of HP-Solve?!
>		Aghhhhh!
>
>Anyone want to sell their 48sx? 	;-)
>

I was under the impression that this was intended to be a portable
MSDOS palmtop.  I didn't think it was going to implement any 48 functions
I'd check into that before I dumped money on it thinking I was getting
a 48 with a big screen, more RAM and MSDOS compatibilty.

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