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In article <45c884$86t@agate.berkeley.edu>, luigi says...
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>Howdy,
>
>our group is considering the purchase of several laptops
>for home and travel use.  We are looking at models in the
>in the US$2,500 to 3,500 range, such as the NEC Versa 2000C
>and some of the TI Extensas.  Basic characteristics: active
>matrix display, 500+ Mb hard disk, 486 DX4 75+ MHz, 16Mb RAM.
>
>We want to run X windows on them, and use them to connect
>to our UNIX systems via external (probably) ISDN modems.
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>Aside from the pitifully small screen, are there any 
>counterindications to using these machines as X terminals?
>Has anybody tried?  When refreshing an xterm window, will
>it have enough power to sustain the 56 or 112 Kbit/s data
>rate on its serial port, and update the screen?  I am sure
>the processor is plenty fast, but I am wondering about the
>serial interface and video accelerator.
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>Thanks a lot  ---Luigi
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