PCMCIA... People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms? On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org > wrote:
> Is there a reason to AVOID mentioning the Poqet? > > The original MSRP at announcement was WAY too high, and priced it out of > the market, but the actual/street price wasn't bad. > > Larger keyboard that the HP (which was otherwise a better deal for the > price) > AA batteries with long life. > two PCMCIA slots (before PCMCIA was officially named and standardized) > Bus connector, with a few unobtanium accessories, such as 3.5" drive. > Had LOTUS available as a ROM card! > MS-DOS 5.00 - I learned how to write TSRs on one. >
