[HN Gopher] In which a laptop defies the trends
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       In which a laptop defies the trends
        
       Author : psanford
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2021-09-09 18:37 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | ecpottinger wrote:
       | I still found it lacking I/O ports for my general use.
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       | No high speed serial ports, and yes I have tried the USB<>RS232
       | ports, they do not keep up at true high speeds/
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       | No parallel ports, not for printer but to have high speed input
       | and output of digital lines.
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       | No I2C port which has it limits, but i can get a lot of chips
       | that will work with it.
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       | Some of us want I/O that will work with our own hardware.
        
       | PaulHoule wrote:
       | My son has been repackaging a laptop in a suitcase which leaves
       | me thinking about what you could do if you wanted to bring back
       | this form factor
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1
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       | If you are never going to take it on a plane you can add a lot of
       | batteries and I was thinking it might be fun to make a computer
       | powered by electric car batteries just as electric cars were
       | powered by laptop batteries for a time.
        
         | johndoe0815 wrote:
         | It was common to use a briefcase and build an Apple-1 into it -
         | https://earthlymission.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Origin...
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         | However, you still had to carry the CRT screen (unless you knew
         | that a TV was available where you wanted to use it :)).
        
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