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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2616.0. "AMIGA-500 as Laptop !" by SUOIS3::BLATZHEIM (Germany - Udo Blatzheim 866-4251) Thu Jun 01 1989 18:55

    I had a dream last night. My Amiga 500 as a Laptop every time with
    me.
    
    Is there any possibility to connect a flat LCD-Screen to a AMIGA-500?
    
    Which LCD-Screen or other can i use?

    Thanks in advance
                
               - Udo
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2616.1Sure, It Can Be DoneDICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Thu Jun 01 1989 21:406
    Check with Khalid Aldoseri on CIS. I believe he has actually taken
    an old SX-64 (remember that - the portable C64), and has turned
    it into a portable Amiga complete with color monitor.
    
    -Paul
2616.2I'd buy one in a minute!LEDS::ACCIARDIFri Jun 02 1989 01:059
    
    Dale Luck also has an Amiga 500 Laptop, courtesy of a few friends in
    Commodore Engineering.
    
    If Atari can do a 1040ST laptop, I see no reason why there couldn't be
    an Amiga laptop.  Both the A500 and the 1040ST are within millimeters
    of being the identicle size and shape.
    
    Ed
2616.3I need more informationSUOIS3::BLATZHEIMGermany - Udo Blatzheim 866-4251Fri Jun 02 1989 12:4615
    
    I want to make my own Amiga Laptop. How can i get information about
    
    . the type of the flat-LCD-monitor ?
    . where to buy ?
    . how to connect to my Amiga if special connect necessary ?
    . special softwaredriver ?
    
    I searched the DTN or mailadress from Dale Luck and Khalid Aldoseri,
    but there is no information about this people in the ELF Database.

    Paul, the color monitor is that an flat monitor like an LCD-Monitor
    on a laptop?
    
       - Udo
2616.4Power requirements?RLAV::LITTLETodd Little, NYA SWS, 323-4475Fri Jun 02 1989 23:299
    What about powering this laptop?  I can't imagine the normal TTL and
    custom circutry inside the Amiga 500 would survive more than a small
    number of minutes on any battery pack you care to lug around.  If the
    normal power supply at 4.5 amps +5 is barely enough to power the 500, a
    501 and an external floppy, I would imagine the 500 to consume 3-4
    amps?  Add the display and it seems that you'd be pushing the limits of
    a reasonable sized battery pack.
    
    -tl
2616.5LEDS::ACCIARDISat Jun 03 1989 07:4110
    
    Re: .3
    
    Dale Luck is not a DEC employee.  He was one of the Amiga's original
    designers, having written most of the graphics routines.  He is now
    responsible for the Amiga X-11 implementation and is a contractor to
    CBM.
    
    Ed.