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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Re: Portable NeXT?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.005749.17644@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <1hlbd1INN1r3@GOLEM.MATH.YALE.EDU> <C01IGq.FM@monitor.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:57:49 GMT
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- In article <C01IGq.FM@monitor.com> shawn@monitor.com writes:
- >Naoki Saito writes
- >>Dear NeXT experts,
- >>I'm interested in having NeXT capability on the note book computer.
- >>Is there any plan for NeXT Inc. to introduce a not book NeXT in the near
- >>future? Or it's better to wait for NeXTStep on 486 and buy 486-based note
- >>book computer?
- >>I would appreciate any comments and suggestions.
- >>
- >The rumour mill seems to indicate the following:
- >
- >- NeXT will not be producing a 680x0 notebook
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- They could have it with a quickie port of NS to the Mac.
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- >- A Taiwanese company will be producing a 486 notebook with color display and
- >500MB or 1GB disk drives and 16MB RAM (or so) VERY soon after the official
- >release of NS'486
-
-
- Sounds very expensive. Frankly, I just hope they'll support the
- TI notebooks and the IBM Thinkpad (very nice). I can't seeany
- real need for 1GB of disk space on a notebook machine.
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- >
- >They're just rumours........
- >--
- >Shawn Broderick
- >Monitor Company / Information Engineering
- >Director, BCS NeXT
- >shawn@monitor.com
-
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