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Re: Comments on or experience with IBM DTR-1 "Dauphin"?
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Subject: Re: Comments on or experience with IBM DTR-1 "Dauphin"?
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From: bc@news.gate.net (Bob Curtis)
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Date: 14 Nov 1994 11:51:26 -0500
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Article: 26186 of comp.sys.laptops
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops, comp.sys.palmtops
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References: <gpbLZSq@highland.com> <juny-1411941106010001@odin.imv.aau.dk>
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Xref: cc.gatech.edu comp.sys.laptops:26186 comp.sys.palmtops:18031
juny@imv.aau.dk (Jun Petersen Yoneyama) writes:
>The DTR-1 is a good sub-laptop PC, but the pen alas, I wouldn't recommend
>it as a substiute for a Newton. From cold boot it need to start up DOS,
>then Pen-Windows and then the notebook application so it takes TIME befre
>you may scribble a note.
>I use it as a secondary machine and Parallel DOS InterLink work fine
>enough for me as 'interface' to more hard disk space. 40 Mb isn't much,
>and that's the biggest problem with the DTR-1.
I'm using _serial_ interlink on mine (verry sloooow in Windows (9600?),
but acceptably fast (114kbps) in DOS. Even at 114k, it still takes about
an hour to upload/download the entire 40 meg disk. What sort of data
transmission rates can you get with the parallel interface? Is it faster
than the sloooow serial in Windows?
>I haven't experienced any techincal problems with it, even though I have
>carried it around a lot. Please mail me any info on upgrades and support
>that you may get.
Same here - no problems, but I _would_ like to know more about upgraded.
Has anyone gotton past the 6 meg RAM "barrier"?, successfully upgraded
the H.D.?
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Bob Curtis <bc@gate.net>