Spoiled by geezers

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Dec 4 19:50:37 1997

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<> Th PX-8 can wake up, do something and go to sleep automajikally.
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<Well, I agree that these systems are better; recently, wintel machines als
<have certain accessories which can schedule the PC to turn on.

Yes but the PX-8 is now 13 years old and the nicads in it could sustain
continous computing for 12-16 hours. I've tried one for logging data and
it ran for two weeks at 1-2 minutes per hour without trouble. The time
and autostart/shutdown was built in, no extras needed. Most laptops would
be hard pressed to run the total uptime without killing the battery.

Allison
Received on Thu Dec 04 1997 - 19:50:37 GMT