LMTRA@SRI-KL.ARPA (08/15/85)
<From: Keith Dale <kdale@minet-vhn-em.arpa> < < I am looking seriously into getting an HP110 laptop < portable for personal use. < < 4) Should I consider any other laptop? DG/1, or Sharp < 5000 for instance? < <<I think you should at least look at the Grid Systems laptop. My wife <<brought a loaner home for the weekend (her employer has one on order). <<Very nice. It had sockets for ROM software, a 1.2 Mb diskette built <<in, removable rechargables, cigarette lighter plug, or step-down power <<supply/recharger. It also came with an outboard DS/DD 5.25" floppy <<drive, and a built-in modem. The loaner had LCD (none seem to be <<good), but her employer had ordered a gas discharge display. Another machine I've looked at appearing worthy of consideration is the new Kaypro 2000. Its an MS-DOS machine with a 24 line by 80 col display. Also has built-in 3.5" disk (720kb) and comes with 256KB memory (expandable to 768kb). An RS232-serial port is standard as is a 100 pin providing IBM PC bus or 5.25" disk drive connections. A base unit extender is available which accepts IBM PC boards. It weighs 11.5 pounds and has an optional built-in modem. Cost with modem is about $2K. Comes with Wordstar, GW-Basic, communications software and MS-DOS. -------