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Article #5136Re: PORTFOLIO is *not* vaporware...
From: Michael Portuesi
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1989 08:50
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1989 08:50
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>>>>> On 14 Oct 89 06:53:51 GMT, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com said: bob> So... what exactly IS the Portfolio...? bob> bob> As I see it, the Portfolio is an accessory for an IBM PC system... much bob> like a fancy monitor stand, or a gizmo that holds papers for you to type bob> into your text editor... it WILL help you do things like taking notes bob> on an airplane, or entering "travelling salesman" figures "on the spot"... bob> but... that seems to me to be an awfully limited usefulness.. bob> bob> If you DON'T have an IBM PC style system, a Portfolio is an expensive toy... I disagree. I was very, very interested in purchasing a Portfolio until I saw the cost of the accessories needed to make it a useful machine. I don't own a PC; I own an Amiga 1000. The Portfolio can serve as an "on-the-go" text editor for editing correspondence and even reading netnews (one of my intended uses). It can transfer files to non-IBM machines via the serial port. Unfortunately, the cost of a Portfolio with one 128K memory card and the serial port extension is $680. A Toshiba T1000 with a full-size screen, 512K memory and one 720K floppy drive is $600 street price. The Portfolio is smaller, but the T1000 is still acceptably small and much more functional. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. portuesi@SGI.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: PORTFOLIO is *not* vaporware... Message-ID: <PORTUESI.89Oct17095019@tweezers.esd.sgi.com> Date: 17 Oct 89 08:50:19 GMT References: <891011.18574418.070054@SFA.CP6> <23088@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 32 In-reply-to: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com's message of 14 Oct 89 06:53:51 GMT