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- From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu)
- Subject: Re: The Amiga 1200 Specs - From CBM
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.174802.8659@nynexst.com>
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- References: <1992Oct29.044004.14054@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Nov3.194832.1836@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <9998@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 17:48:02 GMT
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- In article <9998@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com> peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:
- >
- >Nah. I already reported other findings and saw confirmations from other
- >participants here that keyboard-only computers will occur even more
- >often in future. Because there is only so little volume of electronics
- >to store away. It will soon be utter waste to use a separate case for
- >this. (Perhaps the whole electronics will some day fit into the keyboard
- >connector :-)
-
- Dr. Kittel is probably right. I mean "serious" computers in the old
- days took up a whole air-conditioned floor in the building. Nowadays
- "serious" computers are pizza-boxes.
- >
- >>It DOES make the MACHINE seem less "serious" if it has a built in
- >>keyboard. Whether this is justified or not is besides the point.... or
- >>maybe this IS the point.
-
- What makes it "serious" or not is a judgement call. If my dad
- was alive today, he'd probably think a pizza-box wasn't very
- serious compared to the mainframes he was used to...
- >
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