Date   : Sat, 06 May 2006 17:09:22 +0100
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: [Off-Topic] Acorn Reborn!

Andy Armstrong wrote:
> On 6 May 2006, at 13:42, gARetH baBB wrote:
>> On Fri, 5 May 2006, Christopher wrote:
>>
>>> Well while they are about it they could put an ARM chip in and make it
>>> the world's first native laptop running RISC OS.
>>
>> Second.
> 
> A4 anyone?

Although that wasn't totally bespoke; the case was something off-the-shelf for 
a PC-based laptop (umm, a Toshiba model I think) - hence the funny blanked-off 
bits at the back!

It's a shame Acorn didn't get ol' Alan Boothroyd in to design them a laptop 
case - I bet he could have come up with something interesting and less boxy 
than typical laptops of the time.

Hmm, I'm having portable BBC thoughts now - Sprow, any chance of a MiniB with 
all the interfaces and able to drive a 640x480 (say) laptop screen? :-)

cheers

Jules