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From: Rowan Hughes
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 00:00

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Richard Webber (richard@cs.newcastle.edu.au) wrote:
: I'm considering buying a cheapish (decent 486) laptop to
: run linux on. I'm going to use at as my portable thesis builder.
: It would have to support a modem, basic C/C++ development, LaTeX,
: and either SVGAlib or XFree.

The most useful thing is for the laptop to run in 800x600 mode
on the LCD screen. X11 doesn't look too good in 640x480 mode.
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   Dr Rowan D Hughes, Maths Dept. James Cook University
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Subject: Re: Q: Linux on a laptop/notebook
Date: 1996/10/09
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