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From: mto@harvey.gte.com (Tamer Ozsu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: SONY UNIX laptop
Keywords: sony unix laptop
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Date: 4 Apr 91 16:36:34 GMT
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In article <18525@csli.Stanford.EDU> poser@csli.Stanford.EDU (Bill Poser) writes:
>The April UNIX World has an advertisement for the SONY NEWS 3250
>laptop, which they say runs UNIX, X windows etc., comes with 8-32MB
>RAM and either a 240 or a 406MB hard drive, 1120x780 display, and
>ethernet, SCSI, serial and parallel ports. It sounds just wonderful,
>though the fact that they don't mention the price suggests it isn't
>cheap. Has anyone seen one of these?

Yes, I've seen it. SONY guys gave a demo here at GTE Labs a while ago.
So the machine is real and not vaporvare. It does indeed run Unix, X
windows, etc and looked like it was solidly built. I, for one, was
quite impressed with it. I can't remember the price right now, though,
but I believe they mentioned an academic discount, which may be
important for some. The machine requires AC power, however.

==Tamer



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