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Offline SyrTran

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Re: A PC in a keyboard, like the A500, A1200
« on: December 07, 2003, 11:15:22 PM »
This thing's been around for at least 10 years, or whenever the modern thin laptops first came about.

Maybe Kees should put up a permanent link so people won't have to post this every six months. ;-)
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Re: A PC in a keyboard, like the A500, A1200
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2003, 03:19:28 AM »
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that_punk_guy wrote:

There were Pentium 4 PCs in a classic micro form factor 10 years ago...? Er, sorry dude, I think you got your wires crossed!

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Noooo.....  my wires are just fine.

Cybernetman has been around for over 10 years.  The Zero-Footprint PC originally had a 386SX processor.  It had a floppy instead of a CD, and probably had no more than a 20 Megabyte hard drive.

It's just a laptop motherboard in a custom keyboard case.

I used to see these advertised in the back of Infoweek and  Infoworld (back when it was still printed on newsprint).  I thought it was cool 10 years ago.  Ridiculously expensive, though.  Of course, they were trying to sell them to offices.

(Just FYI - I'm old enough to have seen an IMSAI 8080 back when it was brand new - 1974!  Don't argue hardware with me ;-) )

(edit - spelling)
Tony T.

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