downward_s wrote:
On a laptop/battery that may see days between use?
It's a solution, but it's inelegant.
So get a Tandy model 100 or, even better, a Tandy WP2. Days to weeks on a set of AA's with use, months to years(!) off/standby. Even interfaces with Amigas using Term etc. See:
http://www.8bit-micro.com/wp2wp3.htmSomeone at an Amiga user group meeting gave me a M-100, and I liked it so much I tracked down a WP2, which has an 80 col display and is much thinner. I use it for just the type of thing you are tlaking about. Not only is it 'instant-on', it draws so little power you can connect to a small wall wort power supply and never turn it off manually. 8 bit processors may not be much use for Desktop Publishing, but they are more than sufficient for Text Editing.
