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From: c3ar@daisy.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip)
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Subject: Good Computer for Russian Mathematician
Summary: Anybody know about...
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Date: 17 Mar 89 07:34:24 GMT
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I have been asked a question by a Russian Mathematician,
which I do not know how to answer.

He has a little money for some computer stuff,
and wants to know about the following:
1) The Sharp "Wizard" "pocket PC", which is some kind of
jumped-up calculator, but maybe very jumped up; it's
supposed to hold 16 pages of typed text, and
has an 8-line LCD display.  Anybody know anything?  What
kind of computers is it compatible with, etc.?  Is it worth $299?
2) SPOT (Syntactic Pattern Optical Translator), by Flagstaff
Engineering, which is either an optical character recognition device or
program.  What is it?  How is it used?
He apparently gets his information from reading ads in
computer magazines, and I'm not quite sure what he wants.
He has access to a Philips NMS-8245 computer (whatever that
is; operating system MSX2 (?)) and some kind of
IBM computer, but I don't know what.  Any information you
could get for me to send back would be nice.

Please send any information/advice to me directly by email since I
don't have time to read this group. [I'm finishing up my
Ph.D.!]

--Walter C3arlip
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Walter C3arlip 				c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu
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Walter C3arlip 				c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu
(the "3" is silent)			c3ar%zaphod@UCHIMVS1.bitnet
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