ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) (10/30/89)
In the BYTE Magazine, November issue, p. 49 there is a short notice
of a new Mac-compatible Laptop called Wallaby that includes a paper-
white 640-by-400 backlit LCD screen, an optional 20-meg hard drive,
nonvolatile RAM-disk and other goodies in less than 10 pounds of weight,
for less than US$ 3000.-
A Wallaby isn't a Mac-clone; it requires the use of ROMs from a
Plus or SE in order to function; the "lobotomized" main unit is
still usable as long as the Wallaby-with-the-ROMS stays connected to it.
Has anybody on the net seen/ used/ bought it yet?
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--c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau) (10/31/89)
In article <2224@draken.nada.kth.se> ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes: > In the BYTE Magazine, November issue, p. 49 there is a short notice > of a new Mac-compatible Laptop called Wallaby that includes a paper- > white 640-by-400 backlit LCD screen, an optional 20-meg hard drive, > nonvolatile RAM-disk and other goodies in less than 10 pounds of weight, > for less than US$ 3000.- > A Wallaby isn't a Mac-clone; it requires the use of ROMs from a > Plus or SE in order to function; the "lobotomized" main unit is > still usable as long as the Wallaby-with-the-ROMS stays connected to it. > Has anybody on the net seen/ used/ bought it yet? >------ ianf@nada.kth.se/ @sekth.bitnet/ uunet!nada.kth.se!ianf The Wallaby laptop looks/sounds really good, except there are two problems with it: 1. You can't use your Mac when the Wallaby is away, since the ROMs are inside the Wallaby. 2. There are only 7 in existence, as of earlier this month. Due to the last problem, I doubt if anyone on the net has bought one yet. :) --- Alex UUCP: {att,backbones}!ucbvax!franny!c8s-an INTERNET: c8s-an%franny.berkeley.edu@ucbvax.berkeley.edu FIDONET: Alex.Lau@bmug.fidonet.org (1:161/444)
graefe@tramp.Colorado.EDU (GRAEFE WILLIAM S) (11/01/89)
In article <18973@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Alex Lau) writes: =In article <2224@draken.nada.kth.se> ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes: => In the BYTE Magazine, November issue, p. 49 there is a short notice => of a new Mac-compatible Laptop called Wallaby that includes a paper- => white 640-by-400 backlit LCD screen, an optional 20-meg hard drive, => nonvolatile RAM-disk and other goodies in less than 10 pounds of weight, => for less than US$ 3000.- = => A Wallaby isn't a Mac-clone; it requires the use of ROMs from a => Plus or SE in order to function; the "lobotomized" main unit is => still usable as long as the Wallaby-with-the-ROMS stays connected to it. = => Has anybody on the net seen/ used/ bought it yet? = =>------ ianf@nada.kth.se/ @sekth.bitnet/ uunet!nada.kth.se!ianf I saw the Wallaby in September here in Boulder at Boulder Mac Maniacs' meeting. A few of the notable notables: Someone commented that the screen looked better than a standard Mac I's. It comes with a thingy called an IsoPoint which substitutes for the Mouse. It is rather difficult to use compared to a regular mouse, but the rep said you get used to it in about a couple of days. It's kinda like a small swizzle stick sitting horizonally at the bottom of the screen that rolls up and down and slides back and forth. When you get to the end of the side to side travel, you hit a spring that sends the pointer moving at a constant rate. An optional non-adb mouse is available. Most of the machine is made from IBM PC parts, so the cost drops nicely. The keyboard is laid out like an standard keyboard. Speed is acceptable. It's made here in Boulder. :-) It only is available for use with a certain kind of machine, SE or +. (I don't remember which.) currently. I was rather impressed. !---------graefe@tramp.Colorado.EDU----graefe@tramp.UUCP---! ,---. ! ! Bill | "It's nice to be nice to the nice." \ ! | _ _ ! ! Graefe, Jr.| - Frank Burns on M*A*S*H /\ ! `-+-' | ! !---------{sunybcs, ncar, nbires}!boulder!tramp!graefe-----! `---' !
schang@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Ping Chang) (11/11/89)
From umn-d-ub!uwvax!uwm.edu!mailrus!ames!sgi!daisy!pkl Thu Nov 9 00:25:35 CST 1989 Article 44665 of comp.sys.mac: Path: umn-cs!umn-d-ub!uwvax!uwm.edu!mailrus!ames!sgi!daisy!pkl >From: pkl@daisy.UUCP (Peter K. Lee) Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan,soc.culture.asian.american,soc.culture.hongkong,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Chinese Word Processor - Mac Message-ID: <3729@daisy.UUCP> Date: 29 Oct 89 21:05:16 GMT References: <732@lclark.UUCP> Reply-To: pkl@daisy.UUCP (Peter K. Lee) Distribution: na Organization: Daisy/Cadnetix Corp., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 19 Xref: umn-cs soc.culture.china:27846 soc.culture.taiwan:1813 soc.culture.asian.american:1719 soc.culture.hongkong:1737 comp.sys.mac.hardware:178 comp.sys.mac:44665 In article <732@lclark.UUCP> cullum@lclark.UUCP (Mike Cullum) writes: >One of our instructors is interested in finding a chinese >word processor for the Macintosh. We have discovered one: > > FeiMa-P > Wu Corp > >We would appreciate information on any others that might be >available, as well as opinions on how good they are. >There was an article in MacWorld (or some Mac trade journal) one or two >months ago on Chinese Word Processors on Mac. They come in different >shapes and sizes. The article is a critical review of 3 or 4 different >word processors. I don't have a regular subscription to MacWorld, but I'm >sure you can find a friend or a local library that does. >Sorry about the lack of details, but that's all I can remember. >-- Peter K. Lee (...!uunet!daisy!pkl), Daisy/Cadnetix Inc. There is a package named "MacChinaII" which can produre Chinese characters in the original macintosh system. After you install MacChinaII it work like AutoMac lII, a chinese symbol show on the left of the apple menu. Now , you can open st like your write a english document when you need chinese word go to menu bar seleect the input method you want then you can insert chinese characters in your document. Yes, all the function you use in word4.0 are affect the chinese de. o more than normal document format , say presentation, MacChinaII also can run on PowerPoint2.0 Persusion,Cricket Presents1.0 and MoreII. For Graphic, it compa tible with Cnavas2.0, SuperPaint2.0, MacPaint2.0 and MacDrawII1.1.(I am not sure there are 100% compatible, at least for rotate chinese I can see on my macSE but can not printout with LaserWriter IINT). By the way, if you want to creat some teaching class package like hypercard or supercard1.0 it work,too.e