Subj : Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Bikerbob
Date : Sun Feb 19 2023 20:47:04

On 18 Feb 23  08:04:00 poindexter FORTRAN wrote...

PF> -=> Bikerbob wrote to calcmandan <=- 
PF> 
PF>  Bi> WOW.. very cool on the model 200 - I was not aware, sounds like
PF>  Bi> it is somewhat close to the Atari Portfolio. 
PF> 
PF>  Bigger, thicker. Not a clamshell case.
PF> 
PF>  Bi> IbookG4 because damm that thing was SLICK in its day. Great
PF>  Bi> screen fantasic keyboard. I loved to WORK on that machine..
PF>  Bi> light.. battery would last forever. 
PF> 
PF> I kept an IBM Thinkpad T43 going for the same reasons - except the
PF> battery life. Great hardware design, best keyboard I'd used on a
PF> laptop. Old Thinkpad laptop keyboards made me feel like I was
PF> traveling with a portable desktop.
PF> 
PF> 
PF> 
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To which Bikerbob replies...

LOL.. I have a T43 as well. I use it as my Atari server.. just not the
same fondness. Old stuff works.. especially appliances.. new stuff is
garbage.

Bikerbob

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