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From: edjames@ic.Berkeley.EDU (Ed James)
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Subject: Flat Displays and Portable Computers
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Date: Fri, 26-Dec-86 20:17:55 EST
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Anyone out there have any information on the current state of technology
of flat displays?  I noticed there are some portable computers on the 
market using LCD's in the range of 480x128 pixels (80 cols & 16 lines
w/ a 6x8 font).  How close are we to a real sized display (~1024x1024)?

I'd like to see a portable clipboard-sized computer with
lots-o-memory.  Something that a student could type class notes on and
download to a larger base machine later.  No disk/tape drives required,
just a serial interface or maybe a modem, a pointing device and a 
low profile keyboard.

Think such a thing has marketing possibilities?		--ed
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