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- From: johnw@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au (John Wanless)
- Subject: Re: Color Laptops
- Message-ID: <johnw.4.714116401@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au>
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- Organization: Psychology Department, University of Tasmania
- References: <1992Aug10.164026.8912@odin.corp.sgi.com> <Bss5w7.7yM@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug10.190424.23109@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1992Aug14.134055.4938@cs.yale.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 05:40:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug14.134055.4938@cs.yale.edu> glockner-gregory@CS.YALE.EDU (Gregory Glockner) writes:
- >From: glockner-gregory@CS.YALE.EDU (Gregory Glockner)
- >Subject: Re: Color Laptops
- >Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 13:40:55 GMT
- >williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Williams) writes:
- >>I saw [a Toshiba 4400SX] at the recent FedMicro computer show in Washington,
- >>DC. My impression? Drool, slobber, pant, pant, pant.
- >
- >I too saw this demo at FedMicro. The machine was impressive, but it was
- >a big large box. I was more impressed with the new Compaq notebook, which
- >was tiny yet had a gorgeous color VGA display. I thought the Compaq's
- >display was active matrix, but I could be wrong. Regardless, the Compaq
- >display was amazing!
- >
- >Also, the Compaq had a very nice docking station, where you could hook
- >up a VGA monitor. The docking station also had slots for cards, so you
- >could potentially hook up a top notch SVGA adapter, such as the ATI
- >Graphics Ultra. (Of course, you would have to reconfigure software
- >--
- >Gregory Glockner Work: 202-267-3924
- > Past: Yale, '92 Home: 202-333-2454
- > Present: FAA, AOR-200 On second thought, let's not go to
- > Future: ISyE, Georgia Tech (Phd 97) Camelot ... it's a silly place!
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