Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!ukc!its63b!bob From: bob@its63b.ed.ac.uk (ERCF08 Bob Gray) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Flat Displays and Portable Computers Message-ID: <191@its63b.ed.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 11:40:31 EST Article-I.D.: its63b.191 Posted: Fri Jan 9 11:40:31 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 00:42:21 EST References: <1191@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: bob@its63b.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray) Organization: I.T. School, Univ. of Edinburgh, U.K. Lines: 28 In article <1191@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> edjames@ic.berkeley.edu (Ed James) writes: >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 Make it with a touch sensitive screen, Throw away the keyboard and the pointer (mouse), and use a stick for making notes on the screen. A handwriting analyser would be nice, to clean up my writing and reduce storage needs, but a bit beyond current software. All the advantages of a real bit of paper plus the computer power of one of todays bit-mapped workstations with a mouse. It gives a whole new meaning to writing a program. Bob. ERCC.