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cheap compact terminal

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From: Jeffrey W. Tannehill
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:14
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	I am interested in getting a compact, cheap terminal. I have used a 
Zeos laptop computer with builtin modem and it is almost perfect for my needs,
however it is not mine to use regularly and it certainly has more than I need
on it (the hard drive makes it heavy).  I have heard of an old Radio Shack
computer (I believe the Tandy 102?) which had a 40x8 character LCD built into a
one piece flat panel shaped box (no folding screen panel), and that might be 
sufficient except that there is no modem built in.
	The minimal-ideal terminal I am looking for might be:

		LCD display at least 40x8 characters
		small footprint, no larger than a Zeos Laptop
		battery powered 
		builtin modem at least 1200 baud
		some terminal software to connect to a Unix machine
		less than $500 price tag (new)

Notice I didn't mention any OS or software or hard disk or floppy disk.  
Currently, I don't care about any expandability, peripherals or growth 
potential, as long as it will connect me to a Unix machine over a phone line.
It can be a palmtop, but an internal modem must be an option.
	Am I asking too much (or rather too little)? Is there a market for 
portable notebook terminals that will fit in your brief case, but don't cost
as much as the laptops that run DOS or Windows? Thanks for any info!

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From: jwt@duke.cs.duke.edu (Jeffrey W. Tannehill)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: cheap compact terminal
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Date: 27 Aug 92 02:14:55 GMT
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