Two great Finds Today

From: Keys <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Thu Jan 2 19:23:00 2003

Yes the finish is what's so cool about it. And the fact that you can hold
the entire thing in one hand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Two great Finds Today


> > At the auction I got something called "The Brick" by Ergo computing
Inc..
> > It's a cool looking 386SX-16 as per this article from a google search:
"The
> > Ergo Brick, a 3" x 8" x 11" totable PC, was billed as the "cure for the
> > common computer." With a keyboard and monitor at home, another at work,
it
> > gave desktop power in a portable package. Today you could fit three
> > PowerBook G4/500s in almost the same amount of space as the $2,495 16
MHz
> > 386sx-based Brick.". I got the CPU, power supply, manual, and a carrying
> > case. The keyboard was missing.
>
> Hey, that's pretty cool. I remember drooling over adds for those around
> 1990! If you look through issues of "PC Magazine" from about that
timeframe
> you should be able to find the adds. Of course I didn't remember it being
> so big...
>
> Didn't they give it a greyish bricklike finish?
>
> Zane
>
>
Received on Thu Jan 02 2003 - 19:23:00 GMT