ST based lap computers: A query.

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From: RDROYA01
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1986 18:59

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Date:          Sat, 12 Apr 86 09:15 EST
From:          (1) <RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET>
Organization:  University of Louisville
Subject:       ST based lap computers: A query.
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Quote of the week: "What do you do when the people you knew were the plastic
                    that melted and the chromium too? / Who are the brain
                    police?"
                                                         -frank zappa

Does anyone out there think Atari will ever develop a lap computer based
on the ST?  I would love to have a 68000 computer that would fit in my
backpack.  It would be swell if it had something other than an lcd display,
and as far as i'm concerned battery life is not as important as being able
to carry the @#$%~ thing from one office (i.e. home) to another (i.e. !home).
Are there real practical reasons why this cannot be accomplished?  The market
in PC lap computer seems pretty active, so there's money to be made.  The last
I heard (about 18 months ago) the Packard Goose was promising such a computer,
running un*cs and p*m, within the year.  Time passes. . .
What do you ATARIers think?

RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET

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