Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!astieber From: astieber@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Anthony J Stieber) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Cambridge Z88 'MacLite' Portable Message-ID: <2289@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> Date: 28 Apr 89 23:01:56 GMT References: <8055@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Reply-To: astieber@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Anthony J Stieber) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 63 In article davidl@intelob.intel.com (David Levine) writes: [...] >I use a NEC PC-8500 as the "portable terminal" for my Mac. It is a Toshiba T-1000 >folding clamshell-type unit, about the size of a three-ring binder >when closed. Open, it has a full-size keyboard and a nice readable Mines about two inches deeper. >(but not backlit) 24 x 80 character screen. It has CP/M, WordStar, 80x24 640x200 graphics, MS-DOS 2.11 in ROM >CalcStar, Personal Filer, and a terminal emulator in ROM. No disk Comes with SideKick (calculator,editor,phonebook,appointment calendar) >drives; stores files in 32K of battery-backed RAM. "What, no disk optional 768K non-volitile RAM disk >drives!" you say? But no disk drives means that it weighs only 9 built-in 720K floppy disk drive (3.5 inch) >(nine) pounds and runs for months on C-size flashlight batteries. It 6.4 (six point four) pounds >should cost less than $1000 these days. $774.38 (+300 for the extra 768K) >If, like me, you don't mind using WordStar, this makes an excellent any MS-DOS WP: Word Perfect, MS-Word >"notebook computer." I write up notes on the PC-8500 and then dump >them to the Mac through the serial port at 19200 baud (XMODEM I dump files to floppy then read them on my main machine or transfer at 57K baud. > David D. Levine BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNN NNNN TM > Senior Technical Writer BBBB BBBB iiii iiii NNNN NNNN > BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNNNNNNNN >UUCP: ...[!uunet]!tektronix!biin!davidl BBBB BBBB IIII IIII NNNN NNNN >MX-Internet: BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNNN NNN >ARPA: <@iwarp.intel.com:davidl@intelob.intel.com> The T-1000 is just one of many other laptops available. I don't actually advocate getting an MS-DOS machine, rather I advocate getting a cheap, flexible laptop. For those who want to, a serial mouse could be added. DesqView can be used with or without a mouse to do windows and multitasking. MS-Windows is a true graphics enviroment but that it too slow anything less than a fast AT class machine. Sorry about mentioning MS-DOS :-). -- Tony Stieber astieber@csd4.milw.wisc.edu Nancy Reagan on the Mac ][ buss: "Just say Nu!"