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Amiga portables

    25-May-93 22:52:22
Sb: #101382-Amiga portables
Fm: Jim Ogilvie 75300,2253
To: Jorge C. Mata 72120,2720
Jorge… Portable, sure. But a portable based on an A500 or A2000 motherboard would not only be large, but it would not be able to run on any kind of battery scheme (save for a couple of car batteries on your back). That's the whole point behind the low power consumption chips, and you'd need them to build a true marketable portable computer. It would definitely have to be under 8 or 9 pounds, and be easy to cart about. I saw a "picture" of an Amiga portable too. It was to be shown at a WOC show, but never made it there. As far as I know, no one ever saw one. A picture of an Amiga portable isn't a terribly convincing thing. All that is, in marketing terms, is a feeler to determine what kind of buying market there would be for such a device. Jim