11 Nov
2005
11 Nov
'05
12:34 a.m.
On 11/11/05 01:14, "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
system unit (with no cover -- the cover was the
monitor base), a laptop
which was wider than a PDP11 (seriously, it's got a full-size 102 key
keyboard. and other similarly 'interesting' products.
You mean the PPC512 and PPC640? Quite interesting design really - a PC1512
or 1640 motherboard stuck in a clamshell case with a 7 inch LCD screen and
full size keyboard. The 640 had twin floppies too. Also ran on batteries
though I can't remember how long they lasted.
Still, for some reason I acturally prefer them to
Sinclair's offerings.
It may well be because my first computer as a Sinclair (MK14), and I had
so many problems with it (both from the manual and the ridiculous design)
that I never want to suffer one of his products again.
From what I've been told you can blame NatSemi for
the design of the MK14,
not Science of Cambridge - it was a rehash of the SC/MP
reference design
board.....can anyone verify that?
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