graeme@grep.co.uk (Graeme Cawsey) (01/23/91)
So you want a portable computer with some 'serious' computing power? Try this one for size. The Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in the UK have developed a handheld (:-) capable of 200 (yes, that's two hundred) MIPS. The machine, called Mousetrap, is the size of a ream of A4 paper, weighs under 2kg and runs on batteries. It has a 12.5cm colour LCD, what looks like a 2 * 32 character LCD, a keypad and again what looks like 2 communication ports. The Mousetrap is based around 16 Inmos T800 transputers, each with 256K of SRAM (total 4Mb), placed directly onto a ceramic substrate. There is no operating system as such, but the Mousetrap runs applications written in occam from EPROM. Graeme Cawsey (graeme@grep.co.uk) Grep Ltd., Kirkfields Business Centre, Kirk Lane, Leeds, UK, LS19 7LX Tel: +44 532 500303
akcs.kevin@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Kevin Jessup) (01/27/91)
When can I buy one?
graeme@grep.co.uk (Graeme Cawsey) (01/28/91)
In article <16399@accuvax.nwu.edu> kaufman@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman) writes: >In article <1991Jan22.203929.19468@grep.co.uk> graeme@rainbow.grep.uucp.co.uk (Graeme Cawsey) writes: >>The machine, called Mousetrap,.... > >Graeme, I am sure there are a lot of us out here who would like more information >on this. Could you post a company name and address? > >Michael As I said in my original article the machine has been developed by RSRE which is part of the British Army. I found out about it in an article in a UK magazine called "Computing Equipment" (Dec 90 / Jan 91 edition). At the moment I know no more about it than I have already said. I have sent in a bingo card reply slip but as yet have received nothing. As soon as I do you can rest assured that I will let you all know. Graeme Cawsey (graeme@grep.co.uk) Grep Ltd., Kirkfields Business Centre, Kirk Lane, Leeds, UK, LS19 7LX Tel: +44 532 500303