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- From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
- Subject: Re: HP95LX or Sharp PC 3000 ? Available in the SF Bay area ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.163346.13409@news.media.mit.edu>
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- Cc: minsky
- Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
- References: <azilker.712248551@unixg.ubc.ca> <LAUB.92Jul27174631@laub.Software.Mitel.COM> <1992Jul28.144241.7520@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:33:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.144241.7520@linus.mitre.org> sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay) writes:
- >In article <LAUB.92Jul27174631@laub.Software.Mitel.COM> laub@Software.Mitel.COM (Boniface Lau) writes:
- >
- >Yeah, but where can you get one?
-
- I just got one in Singapore. But I need some PCMCIA memory cards.
- (Type 1.0) Are they all compatible? Where to get one? I called one
- memory card store and the salesman said "oh, every airline pilot comes
- home with a PC3000".
-
- Anyway, it works extremely well. The scalloped keyboard is only
- slightly smaller than normal and feels fine. I make very few errors.
- Too bad that HP included the numeric keypad!
-
- Only bug is that the extended memory tends to get erased when changing
- batteries (3 AA cells). I don't think it is supposed to, but if you
- wait for the "low battery" warning and then don't turn the machine off
- immediately, it doesn't give you much time.
-
- What place has the best price for, say, a 2MB SRAM card? The best
-