Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!bobmon From: bobmon@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Flat Displays and Portable Computers Message-ID: <2333@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 31-Dec-86 18:49:20 EST Article-I.D.: iuvax.2333 Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:49:20 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Jan-87 04:34:38 EST References: <1191@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (Robert Montante) Organization: Indiana University CSCI, Bloomington Lines: 12 In article <1191@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> edjames@ic.berkeley.edu (Ed James) writes: >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. [...] A recent machine, the Z-181, offers 80x25 characters on a 640x200 pixel LCD screen (I think that's the standard MS-DOS CGA display resolution). The machine is 13.4"x11.6"x3.1" which is clipboard-sized if you believe in deep-dish clipboards (:-) It also gives you 640K of memory. Now, what I want is the $79.95 sell-em-in-shrinkwrap marketing...