[net.micro.cbm] laptop commodore

blk@syteka.UUCP (Brian L. Kahn) (05/02/85)

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Has anyone seen or read details about the alleged laptop machine
that Commodore might produce?  Around christmas they were predicting
release along with the C128, and thos puppies are just starting to
see light.  Is the lap top close at hand?

I want one.

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doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) (05/10/85)

> Has anyone seen or read details about the alleged laptop machine
> that Commodore might produce?  Around christmas they were predicting
> release along with the C128, and thos puppies are just starting to
> see light.  Is the lap top close at hand?

From Electronic Engineering Times, May 6, p.6:

    Commodore Delays Laptop Shipments, Will Sell LCD Panels to OEMs

...Carol Knight, an engineer with Commodore's newly relocated LCD group
at Commodore's West Chester, Pa., headquarters, says that the the [sic]
delay in the portable's introduction has been due to a re-engineering
of its LCD panel display.

Knight says that the passive LCD techonology shown last January was
"the best passive display available, but not good enough," for
Commodore to advance past other established laptop suppliers, such as
NEC America Inc. and Tandy Corp.

...active LCD screens...are expected to offer far better contrast, and
more forgiving viewing angles...

[the article did not mention any date for introduction of the laptop
with active LCD screen, nor did it actually state in so many words that
the laptop would have an active LCD screen although that was the obvious
conclusion]
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