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SUITES REQUIRE MAJOR LEAGUE PC HORSEPOWER, THERES A LOT OF USEFUL AMATEUR
RADIO SOFTWARE THAT WILL RUN JUST FINE DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON YESTERDAYS
LAPTOPS.  AS WITH ANY PC, LAPTOP OR DESKTOP, MORE POWER, MORE RAM, BIGGER
HARD DRIVES AND HIGHER RESOLUTION SCREENS ARE ALWAYS BETTER, BUT MANY
EXCELLENT LOGGING AND TERMINAL PACKAGES RUN FINE ON MONOCHROME 386 LAPTOPS
AND MACHINES IN THIS CLASS CAN USUALLY BE ACQUIRED FOR NEXT TO NOTHING OR
ARE FREE FOR THE TAKING.  SO, IF YOURE IN THE MOOD TO ACQUIRE AND CONFIGURE
SOME INTERESTING COMPUTER HARDWARE THAT WONT BREAK THE BANK, LETS START
THINGS OFF WITH AN OVERVIEW OF LAPTOP TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED BETWEEN THE
LATE 80S AND THE MID 90S THE SWEET SPOT FOR INEXPENSIVE HAM LAPTOPS.
LAPTOP TECHNOLOGY THE LAPTOPS WERE MOSTLY INTERESTED IN ARE THOSE WITH
INTEL 386, 486 AND LOWER END PENTIUM CLASS CPUS MANUFACTURED APPROXIMATELY
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LA8OM 79,968 272 98 B LA7TO 54,780 220 83 B LA1PHA 51,030 189 90 B LA9AU
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