18 May
2011
18 May
'11
9:26 a.m.
On 5/18/11 11:28 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
NETbooks, yes, but notebooks? No. Jus about the only non-netbook
laptop I've seen that's smaller than a Z88 is the Macbook Air. I think
you may be misremembering the size (or lack thereof) of the Z88. It's
extremely thin. (for the era) It's probably 1/2 to 2/3 the thickness of
a TRS-80 Model 100 or NEC PC-8201.
These are
all larger than a Z88, though. I think the "no larger than a
Z88" requirement will make this pretty much impossible. The Z88 is pretty
tiny.
I suppose it depends where you're standing, as it were, but to me, the
Z88 is a pretty huge portable device. It's bigger than some modern
notebook computers. There are a whole host of smaller portable
battery-powered devices,
Sure, the Tandy PC-1 and PC-2 come to mind. Would you recommend
those for writing articles? One-line displays, calculator
keyboards...if you're going to do that, might I suggest an HP-41C?
but not many bigger - various PC notebooks&
a handful of non-PC notebooks (various Apple Mac notebooks, the Acorn
A4, the Tadpole SPARC laptops and not much else). There were various
luggables but they were all mains-powered.
...all of which are far larger than the Z88.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL