Date   : Thu, 10 Dec 1992 10:33:25 IST
From   : "Jacques J. Goldberg" <PHR00JG%TECHNION.bitnet@VM.TAU.AC.IL>
Subject: Re: AMSTRAD Laptop

There must be a misunderstanding.
You probably refer to the AMSTRAD PPC-640 or PPC-512, a MessDoss PORTABLE,
not Laptop, not CP/M.
It's essentially an XT clone, with 512 or 640 K RAM, one or two 3in1/2
diskettes (720k capacity each), a 2400 bauds modem with the PPC 640, a hardly
tolerable display which needs light in your back, and a 10 (is it 8 ?) MHz
8086 processor. There is a 8087 socket, and connectors for an external
printer, display (CGA or mono), a serial port and a complete XT-bus extension.
Some outlets used to offer an external hard disk.
It runs from an external power supply or 10 1.5 volt alkaline batteries.
Its volume/weight is 2-3 times a laptop, the only advantage is that you have
a full size 101 keys keyboard with desktop layout. I used it in trains (fresh
batteries held 2/3 of the 3h30 trips Paris<-->Geneva only), but too large in
a  plane. Bottom line, if somebody wants to purchase mine...(640k, 2 drives).

Jacques Goldberg - phr00jg@technion.technion.ac.il