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From: c60c-3ds@e260-3a.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami)
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Subject: Re: PC Folio
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Date: 25 Apr 89 21:35:20 GMT
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In article <1001@orbit.UUCP> steve@pnet51.cts.com (Steve Yelvington) writes:
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>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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I somehow doubt that the folio has a real keyboard.  More likely, it will
have a small alphanumeric keypad.  Check the press release; it's supposed
to be a "handheld" computer.

Have you seen the Cambridge z88?  It's about the size of a textbook, and
weighs about 2 pounds.  80 columns, something like 8 lines.  I saw one
at a local store, but I've never used one extensively.  It's an interesting
machine.  (I think it uses AA type batteries)


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