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From: tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody)
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Subject: Re: Need advice on a *very* portable PC
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Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 21:37:57 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  3 21:37:57 1985
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> /* Written  3:06 pm  Jul 29, 1985 by rosen@gypsy in gypsy:net.micro */
> /* ---------- "Need advice on a *very* portable PC" ---------- */
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> I would like some help in trying to find an extremely portable personal
> computer for a friend of mine.  
> Steve Rosen
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You might take a look at the new Kaypro 2000 lap-top.  I got a chance to
play with one in the store yesterday.  First, it's *very* portable; I
think it weighs 11 pounds.  It's fully PC compatible, has 256K of RAM
and that can be expanded to over 700K.  It has one 3.5 inch disk drive,
with about 720K capacity.  The screen is a 25X80 LCD job.  Now, there
are indeed not the greatest, but they are light and don't eat much
power.  As soon as you get into a regular cathode ray screen, you're
talking about seriously diminished portability.  My Kaypro II weighs 26
pounds and is bulky.

If you got the 2000 with the expanded memory, you would need only the
one disk drive.  You could use part of the RAM as a high-speed simulated
disk.  Therefore, it would be no problem to edit files up to a couple of
hundred pages in length.

The basic Kaypro 2000 goes for about $2000.  I'm sure that the extra RAM
means extra bucks.  Kaypro is also going to market a "base station" for
the unit.  This would have a 5.25 inch disk drive (so you could swap
files from the more common floppies) and, I think, a bigger monitor.
The base station is going to cost another $800.

Go take a look at one.  I've looked at the Sharp lap-top, and there's no
comparison.

Todd Moody       {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody