Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!allegra!eagle!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Portables on Airplanes - (nf) Message-ID: <1093@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 03:26:43 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.1093 Posted: Fri Jun 3 03:26:43 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jun-83 16:32:47 EDT Sender: netnews@hp-pcd.UUCP Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis OR Lines: 37 #N:hp-pcd:6200021:000:1363 hp-pcd!john Jun 2 09:26:00 1983 The following question was in the July PlayBoy: Because I fly a lot in my job, I often find myself working on the airplane. It occurred to me that I might save myself a lot of grief if I had a portable computer to work with. Can you give me any suggestions on buying such a machine? I use one in my office, but it is far to bulky to take on a plane. S.T. New York,New York While there are any number of good portable computers on the market,there are none that you can use on an airplane. Unfortunately, all of them give off radio signals that can interfere with the plane's instruments. Even if you could use them on an airliner, most current models would be too heavy and too cumbersome to fit in the small amount of space available, unless you left half of the peripherals at home. Sorry, but if you were counting on a computer, we're afraid you're still stuck with your fngers. I would like to know if airlines are banning the use of calculators and other portable computers during flights. Has anyone had any experiences where they were told they couldn't use these. I know that they have always banned radios because the Local Oscillator could be transmitted out the antenna, but I have never seen this rule applied to calculators. John Eaton ...hplabs!hp-pcd!john