[SunRescue] IBM RS/6000 notebook?!?

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On February 25, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> > Tadpole/RDI built some very cool non-PC laptops. Sparc, PPC, Alpha, HP-PA
> > RISC. There was even an SGI laptop built for the making of "Twister" (I
> > really want one of those!!) Not sure who built the SGI box though, only ever
> > saw a picture of it once.
> 
>   The SGI laptop in Twister wasn't a full laptop, but a custom display
> made up to look like a laptop fed from an Indy that was usually hidden
> below the table.
> 

I couldn't tell you what they did in twister, but my understanding was
that a small handful of indy notebooks were made for special customers.
Looking over the faq, it appears that I've only seen prototypes floating
around.  I guess prototype would fit with hearing that only 28 were made.

--
Joshua Boyd