Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ic.Berkeley.EDU!edjames From: edjames@ic.Berkeley.EDU (Ed James) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Flat Displays and Portable Computers Message-ID: <1191@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 26-Dec-86 20:17:55 EST Article-I.D.: ucbcad.1191 Posted: Fri Dec 26 20:17:55 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Dec-86 00:44:47 EST Sender: news@ucbcad.berkeley.edu Reply-To: edjames@ic.berkeley.edu (Ed James) Organization: University of California, Berkeley, CAD Group Lines: 14 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 edjames@ic.berkeley.edu ucbvax!edjames