[comp.sys.laptops] split

laird@think.com (Laird Popkin) (05/10/91)

I favor splitting c.s.h into an hp48-related group and "everyone else."

I think that it makes sense that the hp48 (etc.) discussion be separated
from the other handheld discussion due to the immense volume of hp48
material and the fact that the hp48 has nothing in common with any other
handhelds.  It doesn't make much sense to combine two completely separate
group's discussions simply because their machines are both "small".

The fact that HP95LX discussion has become popular is hardly an argument
against splitting the hp48 discussion off.  If anything, it shows that
there are indeed two completely unrelated discussion areas active in c.s.h.

If hp48 people feel that people are trying to "shove them into their own
group", well, I wouldn't be averse to the creation of:

comp.sys.handhelds.not-hp48
comp.sys.handhelds

Though it looks a little silly, it would allow the hp48 owners to control
the "real" discussion area, and us non-hp48 wimps to scurry off into our
own group where we don't need to read hp48 Tetris listings. :^)

As a completely separate issue, are Portfolio owners (and perhaps HP95LX
owners) interested in PBASIC?  The complete archive with executable,
documentation, and a bunch of sample programs comes to about 160K, uuencoded. 

- Laird Popkin, Thinking Machines

Connection Machine: Massively parallel supercomputer.  Also a cool black
cube with more blinking lights than you can shake a stick at.