georgec@boris.mscs.mu.edu (George Corliss) (01/19/91)
I had posed the question: I have heard a rumor of a SPARC laptop. Does any one have confirmation/denial/details? Thanks in advance. My mouth drools. Best information: X-From: khb@Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Toshiba has one (sold overseas only at this point). Also RDI in San Diego (dunno if they really ship or just claim to). X-From: pomeranz@cs.swarthmore.edu (Hal Pomeranz) Aaaah, yes-- I know what I want for Christmas! Toshiba makes a laptop (really more of a luggable-- 1m x 1m x a few inches thick and about 18lbs) Sparcstation. I think they call it the Toshiba 5300. It has a full-size (red) gas-plasma display, a 200mb internal hard drive, s-bus and ethernet ports. I think it also has an internal modem option and one or more serial ports. It has no internal storage battery, so you have to plug it in wherever you go. The other downside is the price-- 13.5K the last I heard. While I'm saving my pennies, I'll wait for a model with an internal battery... X-From: ekrell@ulysses.att.com (Eduardo Krell - AT&T Bell Labs) It's made by Toshiba and it was shown at the last Unix Expo, among other places. It's expensive, though (around US $15,000 at the current exchange rate). Thanks to all who replied. Perhaps next grant request ... George Corliss georgec@boris.mscs.mu.edu