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Weekly GPLW Buyers CO-OP update (04/27/98)

From: "Charles Puffer" <>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 09:36:02 -0400

P5 display news, Buyers group.

	From my research over the last week the P5 display is on hold PED is in
the process of turning the project over to somebody but the exact
details of this are not clear. The effect this will have on the Buyers
List is unclear, so for the time being I suggest holding firm until
there is some more news.

	The buyers list for the P5 now has 29 Yes members with 12 maybe buyers
this gives us considerable buying power. PED has offered us $375
assembled if we had more than 20 buyers so we are looking good. We are
waiting for drivers. Driver development has been going on at Lehigh,
MIT, and PED but none of the projects seem to be coming along as fast as
hoped. It seems that the PED hold as put a damper on the project.

	The wearables buyers group seems to have lost a lot of steam. I have
been running this list for the P5 and there were/are cpu lists a battery
list and a hard drive list but I have not seen head not tail of them
(are you out there?). 

	We need to keep moving on this it is not going to happen by itself.
Those people running lists need to keep people informed about there
progress (and existence).

	I still think a buyers group is the best way to get people into
wearable computers and reasonable prices. If there are people that still
want to work on this project we should exchange some email and set our
course for the summer. I would like to get a committed team of 5 to 9
people together for the summer. We would set some goals in hopes of
bringing the first rounds buying done by the end of the summer. 

In Service
Charles Puffer

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