In a message dated 6/3/98 11:23:15 AM EST, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes:

<< The other thing that I have been thinking about is that I would love to get
my
 email during this trip.  Anyone have a low cost answer to this problem
 (besides checking emails in Circuit City and hoping not to get busted!).  I
 was wondering about maybe one of those PDAs or something similar that just
 recieves emails and does phone numbers, nothing fancy.  Any input on this
 subject would be helpful. >>
Hi Ken,
        I've been thinking about this as topic as well and have come up with an
option you may like.  IBM (www.ibm.com) sells refurbished Thinkpads for next
to nothing.  A coworker of mine got one (486SL33, 12Mb, 340 hd, Mono) for 295
bucks!  He got a 25 dollar 14.4 PMCIA modem, installed Win95.....and there ya
go.  If you do a search in YAHOO for "refurbished laptops" you get a nice
bunch of sites to try out.  Then the only thing you'll need is the 1-800
number for your service or a local access number.  I know you don't want to
spend the dough for a cellular modem setup...prohibitively expensive.  I'm
planning on getting one of these for my great trek to Alaska in July.   I just
can't go that long (15 days) without my email and the list.  Good luck.

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Scott De Santi                             Alaska Bound
86 Vanagon (NHG+Rs)                  Gonna Buy A
85 Jetta (AWP+C)                        New Bug!!!!!!!!!
74 Dasher (RIP)
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