Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekig5!wayneck
From: wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Laptop Amiga
Keywords: Why not
Message-ID: <3210@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 1 Sep 88 18:23:38 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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Well I'm not going to do C= bashing today.  In I would like to take a      
Apple dream (well Alan Kay) and apply it to the Amiga.

What I want is a Laptop Amiga
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1. Should be your basic 8 lbs.  A power cord is fine, a battery pack is
heavy and doesn't have much power.

2. CPU - since we have a power cord give us the fastest 68020 or 68030
that can be put in.  Put in the fastest 32 bit wide memory that can be
afforded.  This may require a little glue logic for the Amiga chip set,
but should be reasonable.  Give the user 1meg of chip RAM and at least
2megs of fast RAM.  

3. 1 880k floppy on the side and a built in 30 or 40meg hard disk. Plus
connectors on the back for more.

4. A flip up color flat panel, I don't care what type, but it should 
be at least 640 by 400 resolution. (704 by 440 would be nicer)

5. Lots of I/O connections on the back, for video, printers, modems, and
whatever can be fit in.

6. Price $4500 in stores, $1500 to college students.  Get college students
hooked on the Amiga and when they are out of school they will sell many
more.

7. Most important, don't go off and rest, keep bringing out new improvements.
For a crew that never rests, things are kind of slow.  (So much for no bashing)


The above would really be something to have, even better than the Dyna-Mac,
that Apple will someday make.

                                   Wayne Knapp