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From: anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP-95
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Date: 25 Apr 91 05:38:02 GMT
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In article <1991Apr24.072657.26687@neon.Stanford.EDU> zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu (Andrew Zimmerman) writes:
>I saw an article for the HP-95 on the news tonight.  The news made a big deal
>about it, saying it was starting a whole new market.  Although the machine
>looked nice, I was wondering why it is considered to be starting a market.

Because the news media is stupid.

>(Personally, I don't like where the on/off key is on the Poquet)  I think,
>(please correct me) that both the portfolio and HP-95 only have 40x16 screens.

You're right, there isn't really anything new to the HP-95LX, in this
case HP is entering a field that other companies have been in for
years.  The Atari Portfolio comes with a spreadsheet, although
limited.  The Psion Organiser has been out since 1986 and has a Lotus
123 compatible spreadsheet available.

The HP machine is pretty nifty though, and is an improvment on the
Atari.  It's got more built in stuff. Three 128K RAM cards plus a
serial interface for the Portfolio is about the same as the price
difference of the HP.  This is pretty good for a company with a
reputation for expensive hardware.

I'd wait and see what new machine Atari is going to come out with.
There have been rumors of a 286 based machine.
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