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From: wcs@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Portable Terminal
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Date: 8 Feb 90 20:07:31 GMT
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In article <17901@cc.usu.edu> SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) writes:
]There is a company that has been advertising such a beast for several
]months in Digital Review and/or Digital News. It's a VT220 clone,
]80x24. I don't know about built in modem.

I checked them out, and there was no reason to buy it.
It cost about the same as a Toshiba 1000 + 2400-baud mode,
and weighed about the same.  It's presumably a little more rugged,
since it doesn't have a floppy disk, but you don't have the ability
to do ANYTHING useful standalone.  Since it doesn't cost or weigh
more, get the laptop, so you can do real work standalone.

Oh - I suspect the terminal's batteries last longer, though dialling
can take a surprising amount of power.  But unless that's
ultra-critical, don't bother.
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# Bill Stewart AT&T Bell Labs 4M312 Holmdel NJ 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs

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