RE: Notebooks

[dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)]

<<I think what he means is why not use the expanding keyboard
technology to provide an integrated full size keyboard with separate
numeric keypad in a larger form factor.
>>

That was the suggestion that *I* just made, I think you lost track of
who said what :-) :-)

Yes, I think that's a good idea, which is why I made it.

But I was answering his question of why IBM dropped the technology.
Originally the big value of the 701 was the very small form
factor, but after a while that was no longer a marketing advantage
if it meant being stuck with a small screen.