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From: c60c-3ds@web-1b.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami)
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Subject: Re: PC Folio
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Date: 24 Apr 89 03:19:00 GMT
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In article <890424012144.719744@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM> Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM writes:
>I heard the PC Folio (pocket PC) is IBM compatable, but I find that hard
>to believe for many reasons, the main one being the screen size.  Can
>someone tell me if it is or not.
>
>Aric Friesen


I'll bet my mother that it is PC compatible, provided the software is 
written well.  Good software may have limitations because the screen is
small, but it will run (corrolary: bad software cannot handle differing
screen sizes, and works only on a 80x24 display).

Furthurmore, I saw a mini review in BYTE for another handheld PC comp.
I think it is from the same OEM as the one Atari is getting the Folio from.

I have one question about the Folio: from how high can it be dropped onto
a concrete floor without being damaged.  A rugged computer would be ideal
for field work, lab work, and as one poster suggested, portable voice synthsis
for the speech impaired.  Has Atari begun to write software for the Folio
that will take advantage of it's size?  (there may be potential for large
contracts, provided there isproper software)


         John Kawakami               
   c60c-3ds@web.berkeley.edu