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From: jc@cdx39.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Flat Displays and Portable Computers
Message-ID: <628@cdx39.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Jan-87 13:20:50 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 29 13:20:50 1987
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Organization: Codex Corp, a division of Motorola; Canton, MA, USA
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Summary: See your local DB salesman...

> 
> Essentially, then, we have: (aspect ratio is faulty, but you get the picture)
> 
>        +-------------+
>       /  ===   o o  /|  <--	RS-232 connector, keyboard and pointer connector
>      +-------------+ |
>      | This space  | |
>      | occupied by |O|	<--	Power connector for recharging
>      | electronics | |
>      |+---------+-+| |
>      ||         |M|| |
>      ||   Flat  |E|| |
>      ||  Panel  |N|| |
>      || Display |U|| |	 Pointing device (same shape as ball-point pen)
>      ||         | || +    _/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\_________________
>      |+---------+-+|/	   \__##_______________________/    thin flexible cable
>      +-------------+	    button
> 
> Anyway, I have tried to come up with some more constructive ideas.  Such an
> electronic notebook could be a useful product, but I fear that its price would
> dictate a fairly small market, considering the utility of its prime
> competitor, the "analog" notebook.  In the meantime, it certainly makes for
> interesting discussion. :-)
>
A small box just like this has been marketed for some time now
by Data General.  I've seen a few of them.  They just barely fit
into the typical thin briefcase, are battery powered, and have
a built-in RSR-232 port and modem (phone jack).

See your local DG sales rep for more details.





















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