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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 Handbook Information
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.050332.13468@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <swood.721350721@vela> <69556@cup.portal.com> <1eot4kINN54v@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 05:03:32 GMT
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- In article <1eot4kINN54v@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Dan Ts'o) writes:
- >In article <69556@cup.portal.com> Alex_-_Hwang@cup.portal.com writes:
- >)You are better off waiting for the "palmtop orgy" to finish at the COMDEX
- >)show. C&T 8680 is capable running at 14MHz. Gateway is short changing
- >)people by offering 8MHz system. The battery life is as short, if not worse,
- >)than the new notebooks or 386 SL subnotebooks. And for $1295, you can
- >)almost afford a 386 notebook.
- >)
- >)Alex Hwang
- >)ps: I am definitly biased; my company builds and sells 8680 based palmtops.
- >
- >
- > Fine. Could you please point to subnotebook that is better than the
- >Gateway, that weighs less than 3 lbs, has a backlit graphics LCD, better
- >battery life, typeable keyboard no smaller than the Gateway, and a processor
- >faster than the Gateway, preferably one that can run Windows 3.1 ?
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- The only one I know of is...
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- Bicom B260i
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- 2.2 lb
- 8.78x6.36x1.22
- 16 Mhz AMD 80286LX Processor
- 5 AA NiMH batteries, 4 Hrs operation
- 60 MB Hard Drive
- 2MB RAM
- PCMI 2.0/JEIDA standard port
- Double Scan 640x400
- 64 Key Keyboard
- 1 parallel/1 serial port
- External FDD port for floppy drive
- DR-DOS 6.0, file transfer software & serial download cable
- Built in Personal Information Management Software
- Built in programmable power management software
- Universal AC/DC adapter
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- $1250
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- From ABC Computer
- 2531 237th Street, Suite 122
- Torrence CA 90505
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- 1-800-336-2280
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- FAX 310-325-6369
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- From the back pages of BYTE, looks pretty nice.
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- Rich
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- payner@netcom.com
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