From: Steve Rodrigues (steverod_at_CS.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: Fri Nov 03 1995 - 14:08:26 EST
Randy Whittle wrote:
> Ahhh, and owner! Steve, did you ever try to use this thing
> outdoors in outdoor ambient light? Could you see the screen worth a darn?
> My 750C is absolutely worthless outside, and that's something I'd like to
> use a notebook machine for.
Well, I tried it while relaxing in a sunbeam.... it's pretty bad. The
colors wash out pretty easily.
> >> > And I don't suppose you know about the battery life issue, do you?
> Have you actually *timed* it though? My current 750C batt. guage
> used to claim 3:30 everytime, but I never got any more than 2:30 (even less
> now that the battery is a bit used up--but that guage still starts off at
> 3:30...)
Nope, haven't had much of a chance to time it yet.
I remember PC Mag's drain test gave the NiCd 1:41, with continuous usage. I
haven't tried it yet.
> >The AC adapter is a two-prong, handles 120-240V.
> How big/heavy is it?
The shipped US adapter is about the size of a large pack of cigarettes.
Can't give you a definitive weight, but it doesn't seem very heavy.
Again, PC Mag's "travel weight" is 5.1 lbs. (That includes the MultiPort
and AC adapter, i assume....)
You had asked about connectors. It has:
(a) a docking station connector
(b) a modem jack
(c) an infrared port
(d) audio-out (headphones)
(e) audio-in
(f) a port which you can either use as a parallel port or the disk drive
port (must use a special cable for either).
That's it. The MultiPort II (included) has a VGA, serial, and parallel
port, along with mouse and keyboard ports.
Steve
-- Steve Rodrigues | Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and Expatriate Texan | sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty UC Berkeley, Dept. of EECS | diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they steverod_at_cs.berkeley.edu | are gone forever. -- Horace Mann
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