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From: smq@hlhop.UUCP (Steven M. Queriolo)
Newsgroups: net.wanted
Subject: Re: What's a Good Portable Terminal?
Message-ID: <205@hlhop.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 13:14:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 23 13:14:23 1983
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Short Hills, NJ
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Assuming you mean a protable terminal with a modem built in, 
there is one manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation
called the LA-12.  I found it to be superior to the TI in 
all respects except weight (the LA-12 is very heavy) Some of
the nicer features are as follows:
	o  Good tactile feedback on the keyboard;
	o  Built in 300 and 1200 baud (the TI is only
	   300 baud) acoustic coupler *and* direct
	   connect modem (TI is only acoustic);
	o  Prints on plain paper (not the "shiny",
	   expensive TI paper);
	o  Both tractor and friction feed for paper
	   transport;
	o  Has an impact dot matrix print head (i.e., non-
	   thermal) so you can make multiple copies;
	o  Built in dot addressable graphics (the resolution
	   escapes me, but it was very high).
Sorry, but the price also escapes me, but it was not unreasonable.

-- 
			Steven M. Queriolo
			AT&T Bell Labs, Short Hills
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