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- From: rxs14@PO.CWRU.EDU (Robert Stalder)
- Newsgroups: alt.cad.autocad
- Subject: Re: AutoCAD on a Laptop
- Message-ID: <9211171818.AA12646@slc10.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:18:33 GMT
- Sender: AUTOCAD Autocad Discussion List <AUTOCAD@OHSTVMA.BITNET>
- Reply-To: Robert Stalder <rxs14@po.CWRU.Edu>
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- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
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- >
- >Well, I've been thinking...
- >
- >Now that Laptop/Notebook color screens are becoming cheap and
- >acceptably crisp (just barely) has anyone been using AutoCAD
- >on a DOS-based Laptop Computer? I'm interested to see if this
- >works well, what model and configuration laptop, which pointing
- >device (!) and what tasks are best suited for portable computing.
- >
- >Also, has anyone sucesccfully used a battery-powered printer
- >for AutoCAD ouptut, and if so which one?
- >
- >
- >Thanks in advance...
- >
- >-Bob
- >
-
- My only concern would be the size of the laptop screen. Looking at that
- little 8" x 5-6" screen would be a living hell in AutoCAD. Talk about
- zoomville... I guess it all depends on what you need to do with it...
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- Rob Stalder "To know me ... is to beer me"
- rxs14@po.CWRU.Edu
- stalder@SCL.CWRU.Edu
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