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From: steve@pnet51.cts.com (Steve Yelvington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PC Folio
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Date: 24 Apr 89 23:45:39 GMT
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Friesen@PCO-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.
>
 
According the Atari's news releases, the Folio has a small "window" into a
standard-size virtual screen, with the display essentially "panning" as you
move beyond the 40th column. This is not a novel approach; the original
Osborne portable (luggable!) computer had a horizontal-scrolling feature, and
a number of word processors for old-fashioned home computers have done
something similar.
 
I'm more concerned about the quality of the keyboard than the size of the
display. I'm an editor for a metropolitan newspaper, and I know how Tandy's
Model 100 (now 102) has become standard issue for mobile reporters. If the
Folio's keyboard is at least as good as the Model 100's, the other features
(more memory, RAM card drives, etc.) could make it an attractive alternative.
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