In article , mp wrote:
Charlie, do you remember the "lunchbox" computers? Nobody sells them
anymore, but at least a couple of years ago you could buy a case with
the (small) CRT and build your own. I don't know about battery-powered,
but with a converter you could plug it in to your car/truck lighter.

You can buy small form factor PC's these days. They're about the size of a
loaf of bread. Load them up with whatever components you want, and you have
an ultra quiet high-powered portable system. Customers have put them into
their boats, RV's, etc.



Bah. those are the *BIG* ones. grin

I can get a complete 'system on a board' that bolts to the side of a 3-1/2"
hard-drive. Same form-factor. needs only a power-supply to drive the
motherboard and the disk.

If you don't need the big hard-disk, something the size of a pack of playing
cards is 'no problem'.

Of course, you do have to have keyboard, monitor, and probably mouse.