david@uhccux.UUCP (03/15/87)
Does anyone know of a PC-compatible portable or laptop with internal
display that allows EGA compatibility. Color can be mapped to gray
(or other) scales but ideally, it would also have a port for attachment
of a real EGA monitor. Second choice would be Hercules compatibility.
I'll post a summary back to this newsgroup.
Thanks, David
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David Lassner, University of Hawaii Computing Center, 808/948-7351
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INTERNET: david@UHCC.HAWAII.EDUevan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) (03/16/87)
In article <381@uhccux.UUCP>, david@uhccux.UUCP (David Lassner) writes: > Does anyone know of a PC-compatible portable or laptop with internal > display that allows EGA compatibility. Color can be mapped to gray > (or other) scales but ideally, it would also have a port for attachment > of a real EGA monitor. Second choice would be Hercules compatibility. I was lucky enough to play around with the Toshiba 3100 laptop a few weeks ago. This is an AT-compatible box with an internal 10MB hard disk and gas plasma display that works in EGA mode. I'm not sure about the clock speed; probably around 8 MHz. The only drawback is the high price. The local retail store here wanted in excess of $4K. Evan Bauman Dep't of Chemical Engineering University of Notre Dame ..iuvax!ndmath!ndcheg!evan gkn3m2@irishmvs (bitnet)
bam@elrond.UUCP (Bruce A. Mallett) (03/18/87)
In article <104@ndcheg.UUCP>, evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) writes: > In article <381@uhccux.UUCP>, david@uhccux.UUCP (David Lassner) writes: > > Does anyone know of a PC-compatible portable or laptop with internal > > display that allows EGA compatibility. > I was lucky enough to play around with the Toshiba 3100 laptop a few > weeks ago. This is an AT-compatible box with an internal 10MB hard > disk and gas plasma display that works in EGA mode. > Evan Bauman I did not believe that the 3100 was EGA compatible, since they advertize a display of 640 X 400 and do not mention EGA mode. Anyone else have any experience with this machine? BAM!!
todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) (03/18/87)
In article <104@ndcheg.UUCP> evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) writes: > I was lucky enough to play around with the Toshiba 3100 laptop a few >weeks ago. This is an AT-compatible box with an internal 10MB hard >disk and gas plasma display that works in EGA mode. I've never seen a T-3100 that has an EGA mode. Is this some undocumented feature? I've tested a few T-3100s over the last few months and all of them only seemed to have a CGA mode. >high price. The local retail store here wanted in excess of $4K. Word is that the street price of the T-3100 is under $3K is some places. ...todd -- Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Computing Center UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!todd ARPA: uhccux!todd@nosc.ARPA INTERNET: todd@UHCC.HAWAII.EDU
henderso@utcsri.UUCP (Mark C. Henderson) (03/19/87)
In article <697@elrond.UUCP> bam@elrond.UUCP (Bruce A. Mallett) writes: >In article <104@ndcheg.UUCP>, evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) writes: >> In article <381@uhccux.UUCP>, david@uhccux.UUCP (David Lassner) writes: >> > Does anyone know of a PC-compatible portable or laptop with internal >> > display that allows EGA compatibility. >> I was lucky enough to play around with the Toshiba 3100 laptop a few >> weeks ago. This is an AT-compatible box with an internal 10MB hard >> disk and gas plasma display that works in EGA mode. >> Evan Bauman > > I did not believe that the 3100 was EGA compatible, since they >advertize a display of 640 X 400 and do not mention EGA mode. Anyone >else have any experience with this machine? > > BAM!! I used a T-3100 for about a month. It does not have an EGA compatible mode. Also no Hercules compatible mode. The system would have been more useful if Toshiba had included compatibility with at least one of these standards. -- Mark Henderson Dept. of Mathematics University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1 CANADA CSNet: henderso@csri.toronto.edu ARPA: henderso%csri.toronto.edu@relay.cs.net EAN: henderso@csri.toronto.cdn UUCP: {allegra,cornell,decvax,decwrl,ihnp4,sask,utzoo}!utcsri!henderso {watmath,ubc-vision,calgary,dalcs,garfield,musocs}!utai!utcsri!henderso BITNET: henderso@csri.utoronto
nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) (03/23/87)
In article <104@ndcheg.UUCP>, evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) writes: > > I was lucky enough to play around with the Toshiba 3100 laptop a few > weeks ago. This is an AT-compatible box with an internal 10MB hard > disk and gas plasma display that works in EGA mode. I'm not sure > about the clock speed; probably around 8 MHz. The only drawback is the > high price. The local retail store here wanted in excess of $4K. We bought one via mail order, including an external 5-1/4" drive, for $3100. We had bids all the way to $4500, and picked the lowest. I guess it depends on how much the middleman takes as his share ... -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU
pre1@sphinx.UUCP (03/25/87)
In article <383@uhccux.UUCP> todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) writes: >In article <104@ndcheg.UUCP> evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) writes: >> I was lucky enough to play around with the Toshiba 3100 laptop a few >>weeks ago. This is an AT-compatible box with an internal 10MB hard >>disk and gas plasma display that works in EGA mode. > >I've never seen a T-3100 that has an EGA mode. Is this some undocumented >feature? I've tested a few T-3100s over the last few months and all >of them only seemed to have a CGA mode. The Toshiba 3100 that I was playing with a while back didn't have EGA either. From what my boss heard at a seminar sponsored by Kaypro, however, they are going to release a new laptop to follow the Kaypro 2000. Instead of calling it the Kaypro 3000 (the logical choice that has been discussed on Compuserve), they are going to call it the Robie II (after a poor seller they had; no reflection on the projected sales of the Robie II, rather a tribute to the president's wife). Anyway, It will have an EGA screen. The following is CONJECTURE: It may also be a 286 machine, but I can't swear to that. I expect it to have either a backlit plasma or supertwist screen (they want to get a readable screen to follow up the Kaypro 2000, which didn't have one). Anyways, it'll be worth a look. Kaypro tends to give good value and reliable products. I want it known that I have a little bias here (one of the firms I work for sells Kaypros), but I don't work for Kaypro themselves. Much of this info came originally from the Kaypro Forum on Compuserve. -- =====================Grant Prellwitz========================== !ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!pre1 pre1@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP 76474,2121 (CIS) ID1154 (Plantz's BBS) The DOCTOR didn't need a funny line, why do I?