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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Need advice on a *very* portable PC
Message-ID: <1802@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 11:07:34 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 11:07:34 1985
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New, very IBM PC compatible machines from Morrow and Zenith may be what
you're looking for.  Both are laptops, both offer two built-in 5 1/4
inch floppy drives, both lack (to the best of my knowledge) memory
parity.  I think both come with 256K ram expandable to 640K.  The Morrow
has a built-in modem, the Zenith does not.  The screen is backlit LCD.
Rumor has it the machines were jointly developed; no telling if one
company is making them for both.  The keyboard is NOT standard PC and
the pictures I've seen suggest the function keys (but not the others)
are membrane-type.  Zenith's education discount price on its machine
with 256K ram and 2 disk drives is $1349.  I should note that an
optional battery pack is required to operate the computer (for four
hours) away from a power line, but that the battery pack price has not
been announced yet.  Allegedly shipments start in a matter of days if
not already.
-- 
D Gary Grady
Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC  27706
(919) 684-3695
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