> Looks a little ridiculous to me--just like that
 > thingummy that fit
 > around the Classic Mac to get you PC
 > capabilities--it cost more than
 > a PC IIRC.  I don't remember the name of it. 
Dayna MacCharlie is what you are thinking of..
Personally, i like the amstrad pcw's.  Sold as a cheap wordprocessor, it
also came with cp/m,a strong basic and a dot matrix printer for as
little as ?200.
Despite the awful monitor, non standard floppy's and lack of standard
ports was good value
roger