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- From: edmoore@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com (Ed Moore)
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:26:28 GMT
- Subject: Re: Text Editor Hardware
- Message-ID: <740011@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA, USA
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- References: <1992Jul27.090433.25744@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
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- >Ahem ! I said portable - you cant use an old xt on a train very easily !
- >I also said cheap !
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- You didn't quantify "cheap", but perhaps something like my 6-year old
- Toshiba T1100+ (not for sale) would fill the bill. Used machines of this
- class should be widely available, and they can't be worth much. But IMHO it
- does a good job for what it was designed to do. It has two 720 KB 3.5"
- diskette drives, 640 KB RAM and double-scan CGA (640x200) mono screen
- without _any_ lighting (back, side or other). If memory serves me right, a
- few months ago Damark was selling an equivalent Panasonic laptop for $395;
- it may have had only one drive. If they're $395 new, they should be less
- used.
-