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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: adolescent on July 10, 2004, 07:35:52 AM

Title: PAWS Portable on eBay
Post by: adolescent on July 10, 2004, 07:35:52 AM
Not my auction, but a rare Amiga.  Too bad there aren't any pictures to see the condition.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=177&item=5108139862&rd=1
Title: Re: PAWS Portable on eBay
Post by: Hyperspeed on July 10, 2004, 09:46:01 AM
What an ugly machine this was.

:-D

I think AmigaOne's mini ATX motherboard is the best chance in a long
time to get a viable Amiga laptop.

Next year they are bringing out Ethanol fuel-cell batteries in Japan
so it would be great to have a small, energy efficient Amiga laptop
with ethanol cells instead of NiCad batteries.

I think PAWS should have used an A600 keyboard and a CD32 motherboard.
Did you see the PAWS 4000? It wasn't even luggable it was so big...

;-) ;-)
Title: Re: PAWS Portable on eBay
Post by: Jope on July 10, 2004, 10:11:27 AM
Quote

Hyperspeed wrote:
I think AmigaOne's mini ATX motherboard is the best chance in a long
time to get a viable Amiga laptop.

That would suck just as much as the Paws system & the rest of the Amiga "portables"..

A laptop really needs a laptop motherboard (IE a new design), not a desktop mobo + input devices crammed in a plywood case.
Title: Re: PAWS Portable on eBay
Post by: Debaser on July 10, 2004, 12:47:12 PM
Hmmmm. The other guy that listed this a few months back didn't have pics either. Are they worried that showing you a pic of PAWS will turn you away? Its probably the same guy. Oh well - it would be nice to add to someones collection. $400 Buy It Now isn't that outrageous know of its rarity.

-Debaser
Title: Re: PAWS Portable on eBay
Post by: Failure on July 10, 2004, 04:11:11 PM
He sent me two pics of it, I went ahead and put them in the gallery since I only noticed one other pic of a PAWS in there, they should be visible soon.  Kinda neat!

edit: impatients can look at

http://failsure.net/~failure/img/102-0216_IMG.JPG
http://failsure.net/~failure/img/102-0219_IMG.JPG
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Failure
Title: Re: PAWS Portable on eBay
Post by: Acill on July 10, 2004, 04:18:40 PM
This was a good solid built system. They are awsome. Not a laptop to say, but as close as you can get. It still needs AC power to work, but it will fit in a large laptop case.