Laptop
Andrew,
The Ergo Powerbrick is made by Ergo Computinr in MA. (Call Tom Drake at
800/633-1925). I first saw their ad in Infoworld. My configuration is about
$6K. It supports up to 32mb Ram and 340mb HD. PCMCIA is a standard for
peripherals, similar to ISA and requires a credit card size expansion card.
Those available are ethernet, modems, memory cards and the list goes on.
I haven't used it as a rendering slave with R3 yet, but i have done the old
fashioned command line rendering to the file server without a hitch.
The most important feature of this unit was its availablity. IBM's Thinkpads
(active matrix color) are backordered indefinately, and most other companys
that make active matrix color are also backordered. I received my Ergo in 2
weeks. Oh, and supposedly, with the right drivers, the system will do 16 bit
color on an external monitor. (Haven't tried yet, though)
Steve Ormonde