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From: wyle@ethz.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Flat Displays and Portable Computers
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Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 15:13:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 24 15:13:55 1987
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Reply-To: wyle@ethz.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle)
Organization: CS Department, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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Why not two 600 Mbyte CD WORM (Write Once Read Mostly) devices instead
of magnetic media?  A Gigabyte of RAM anyone?

I would be happy now with 8 Mbyte, and an option to expand.

Why not a personal workstation which you can carry around easily (~10
pounds)?  Office furniture could have special ports, grooves, and wires
to attach to the portable box, charge his batteries, use the 21" color
screen, and Wide Area Network or telephone lines.

Communications is essential.  A laptop PC without communications is
useless.  Video drivers for a BIG screen would be nice, as well.  

I hate to say it on this net, but the IBM PC Convertible is a good
start.  It is rugged, reliable, and modular (the LCD screen detatches;
devices can be daisy chained).  IBM lent me a demo model, and in spite
of the lack of an RS-232 port on the "standard" model, I am favorably
imporessed.


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