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From: toddb@probe.EBay.Sun.COM (Todd Bernhard)
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Subject: Re: RFD comp.sys.handelds split
Keywords: comp.sys.calculators comp.sys.palmtops
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Date: 21 May 91 17:15:40 GMT
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I PROMISE this will be my second and last posting on the subject!!!


Let's take things one at a time, and just split the group between
calculators and palmtop computers....I don't care much about what
title each group has.

THEN, if the calculator group is too overwhelmed, they can subdivide
along brand/model (hp/48), etc.....at least those of us who just want
info on palmtop computers can be out of that discussion.  Similarly,
if the hp95LX takes up too much bandwidth of the palmtop computer
group, then we can subdivide that without annoying the calculator
folks.

My *recommended* titles are as follows, but what is more important
is calcs vs palmtops. 

	comp.sys.handhelds      (for handheld computer systems)
				 ex. HP95LX, Atari Portfolio, Wizard, BOSS

	comp.sys.calculators    (for programmable calculators)
				 ex. HP48, HP__, TI___, etc.

this creates minimal change, and if the need arises, further subdivisions
can be made (c.s.hh.hp, c.s.hh.atari, and c.s.c.hp, etc).

---todd




In article <1991May21.151311.32128@eecs.nwu.edu> kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman) writes:
>In article <6831@husc6.harvard.edu> conrad@popvax.uucp (M20400@c.nobili) writes:
>>It grows more and more clear that there is something of a consensus in favor 
>>of creating two new groups:  comp.sys.calculators and comp.sys.palmtops, 
>
>To me, it is growing more and more clear that no matter how many people post 
>messages in favor of some sort of hp48 only group, that people like Conrad here
>will continue to say that there is a concensus in favor the 'plamtops' idea.
>
>As I, and another keep posting, many of us like the idea of the hp48 only
>group.
>
>Michael
>
>-- 
>Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on
> kaufman        | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in
>  @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be
>                | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die.     Roy Batty 


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