Xref: utzoo comp.sys.laptops:289 comp.sys.handhelds:440 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!toto.cis.ohio-state.edu!jordan_b_pollack From: jordan_b_pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Casio BOSS questions Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 90 03:44:41 GMT References: <1124@madnix.UUCP> Sender: usenet_news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.laptops Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 18 In-reply-to: zaphod@madnix.UUCP's message of 18 Feb 90 23:34:36 GMT I bought a casio fx720p (and cassette/printer) in 1984, and love it, but only as calculator and programmable toy, and as proof of "what could be"; a full machine with keyboard, display, mass storrage and printer. Opening it was ominous, as Casio could afford to package 2 custom surface-mount chips on a single sided PCB for $50. The memory is 4k, the display 12 characters, the keyboard non-usable. (I also have a TRS model 100 for the same reason, only its got 32k and 4 by 40 display and usable keyboard) I wouldn't get a nonprogrammable toy like the Wizard or Boss, especially for scheduling, because pretty soon one of the pocket 80C88 machines (e.g. atari, poquet, go, psion) will include Lotus Agenda... -- Jordan Pollack Assistant Professor CIS Dept/OSU Laboratory for AI Research 2036 Neil Ave Email: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu Columbus, OH 43210 Fax/Phone: (614) 292-4890