Love the idea. No NIC on the little thing? That'd be even better!! What do
you think the cost of manufacturing is on those. I bet minimal. There must be
a way to load things other than the modem line? How about a URL? Where can we
go to peek at the things?
On Friday 27 July 2001 01:39 am, you wrote:
> I've been looking into portable text terminals lately, and I think i've
> found a real deal. The other day I foundthis thing called the
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> I'm pretty sure it's a 286 system on chip (2400baud modem, 512k memory)
> but it can connect to the network and the speed is highly doable for an
> aftermarket radio link ;-)
>
> The ad and the box were surprisingly unforthcoming about technical specs,
> yet i suspect a somewhat chopped and folded version of our favorite
> operating system might lie underneath it' s little 40*80 grey screen. It's
> about the size and thickness of a paperback thriller and it has a little
> little keyboard with a little bit of button cruft, and a Phone Jack!
>
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