[SunRescue] RE: Rescue digest, Vol 1 #1015 - 18 msgs

[Sheldon T. Hall]

There's also the Compaq Portable III "lunchbox", which came in a '486 
version, has a plasma mono screen, and, with the optional lump on the back, 
takes a couple of ISA cards.  I've heard that there is even a WfWg 3.11 
driver for that screen.  I dunno if you can cram in enough memory to run 
Win95, though.  DOS, OTOH, ought to fly.

I've still got a Portable II ('286, 640k, greyscale CGA, 5" 360k floppy, 
upgraded to 80 MB HD), and still use it when I need a luggable DOS machine. 
 The thing is over-engineered, but, then, it's still running.

FWIW, those old Compaqs have some neat shock-absorbing HD mounts.

-Shel


On Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:10 PM, BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak
> <bobkeys at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> wrote ...

> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:12:16 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [SunRescue] Old holdouts from the pits of hades.....
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>
[snip]

> For years I have run a low-end dos box (386/20/8mram/ethernet/200mbhd)
> as a portable ftp ferry box and emergency terminal.  Running kermit
> or telnet or ftp off the serial or ethernet port in vt100 mode turned
> out to be a lifesaver, many times.  The large real sized keyboard
> (as opposed to the miniscule klutzy error-prone modern laptop keyboard)
> on the luggable IBM P70 crate, was easy to use, and the red plasma
> screen a joy to read.  Although I would not try to use such a critter
> as a webscraper, as an ftp/cmdlineterminal box it was ideal.
>
> Alas, it went bellyup a few days ago, and parts are unobtainium.