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From: John Porter
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:35

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In article <MS-C.702025089.1103527590.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> Mark  
Crispin <mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> writes:
> By the time you cram in a 50MHz 68050 with advanced DSP, 1GB hard disk,
> 2000x2000 display, multiple flavors of Ethernet and ISDN, etc. etc. you'll  
end
> up with something that is more of a `luggable'.
> 
> What is needed is something that will fit *in* a briefcase, or a backpack, or
> under a student's arm along with textbooks.  It needs to sit readily on the
> tray table of an airline seat in the coach section.

I would kill for even a `luggable'.  I have three offices each seperated by 25  
miles that I bounce between.  It makes life quite frustrating that I have this  
great machine, and no contigious time to dive deeply into it.

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