#Toshiba 4900
12-Dec-94 17:06:07
Sb: #141405-#Toshiba 4900
Fm: Mike Kelley 71302,73
To: Nik Grant [adesk] 70421,76
Yeah, it kind of scared me. I'm going to buy this Toshiba mail order, and
after I spend 9K I don't want to find out it won't run 3DS — I'm not sure
they'll let me return it on that basis.
I'm still not sure about the screen drivers, though I suspect I can always
emulate straight VESA. I do know that I was never able to get my Compaq
portable to work exactly right with the Vibrant drivers — everytime I tried
the "h" key it would lock the machine up and go crazy (worked fine otherwise,
but I'd prefer that my new laptop work perfectly — after all, it will be more
powerful than my desktop machine!). Quite honestly, I do understand why you
guys are dongleprone, but it sure makes it a pain in the ass to run it on a
laptop (the damn dongle always poked me in the stomach!). I suppose you guys
wouldn't want to consider a PCMCIA dongle card? After all, with laptops
becoming the computer of choice ('95 supposed to be almost 50% of all corporate
buyers purchases — Pentium and full color screens will become standard) it
would be nice if 3DS could run self-contained.
Hey, I'd pay $300 more to trade in my dongle for such a card!