10 Feb
2014
10 Feb
'14
2:29 p.m.
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:17:12 -0500
From: allison < ajp166 at verizon.net >
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only < cctech at classiccmp.org >
Subject: Re: Re-done HD video on the Osborne 1
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>> readable screen at 80 chars (VS osborne 50
char).
> OB_nit: 51?? and scrolling to give the effect of reading a newspaper
> through a little hole in a piece of cardboard
50 or scroll it was tiny!
52 columns.
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Did they ever
release that battery pack?
I remember an EARLY interview where Lee was asked about the size and
weight for a battery pack.? Lee responded, "How big is your CAR?? The 12V
input is not for use while carrying."
(Lee had a gold colored Honda Accord at the time; it did not have any
non-stock power ports)
Never did.? Measured it and it was pretty painful at 12V
CRT and video board
ate 40W alone the rest of the system was about 100W.? That meant your portable
battery was a 18ah gell cell for about maybe an hour or two.? If all the supplies
were of switch mode it was maybe possible to get it down some but the CRT
was killer.