odyssey@unix.SRI.COM (Odyssey Research Associates) (03/01/88)
I have an NEC 8401 laptop CP/M machine for $150 + shipping: 6 pounds (w/ batteries) 16x80 screen (old tech, not supertwist) 64K non-volatile CMOS RAM usually split 32K ram-disk, 32K TPA will work as 64K machine if you buy a disk/ram-disk excellent keyboard Wordstar, calcstar, telcom, filecard programs in ROM Vt100, Soroq emulation in ROM still supported by NEC (peripherals, etc.) I made the "5-nicad" alteration to this machine which charges up nicads in the machine and adds about 50% to Nicad life (4 hours -> 6 hours). This mod can be easily undone, but is really worth it. I used this as a writing pad, loading files up and down to my PC. Great fun. I now own a fancier and more expensive laptop. The RAM is non-volatile, so you can turn it on and off all you like without disturbing your work. Brian Kahn (415) 329-0401 hplabs!sri-unix!orawest!brian (preferred address) odyssey@unix.sri.com -----