Denys,

     I recently played with one of these portable HP-UX computers at the recent
     Interworks show in Philadelphia.  They are quite impressive to say the
     least.  However, and I hope that you're sitting down for this one, the unit
     in question costs in the $10-20K region depending on the "extras" that you
     want for it.  So, I'm not so sure that this solution fits the parameters of
     a "cheap" portable.

     Sorry to burst anyone's bubble,

     John Hornberger
     Sr. Systems Programmer
     General Signal Services
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Subject: Portable HP-UX and NT!  Why not MPE?
Author:  "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> at Internet2
Date:    5/6/97 11:03 AM


Gentle HP 3000 Listers,

Yesterday, I was perusing the Spring issue of the HP-UX resource directory,
and as I opened the cover, an ad on the inside cover caught my eye, as ads
are supposed to do.  The picture shows a man working on what seems to be a
large, antiquated laptop.  Reading the text, one discovers this is not an
ordinary laptop, but rather, a portable HP-UX workstation!

    <Big Snip>

The specs are as follow:
80 MHz HP 712 PA-RISC CPU; 32 MB of RAM expandable to 128 MB with error
detection/correction capability; 2 GB hard drive; 3.5-inch 1.44 MB floppy
drive; 10.4-inch color active matrix LCD; 2 integral PCMCIA slots; IEEE
802.3 Ethernet interface; SCSI-2 interface; POSIX-based HP-UX operating
system

So it has been done for the HP 9000, why can't it be done for the HP 3000?

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
Hicomp America, Inc.
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