elkins@ttidcc.UUCP (Richard Elkins) (01/10/86)
Leading Edge Model D PC
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"Best IBM PC Compatible" according to
the October 1985 issue of Consumer's Report.
*15-month warranty
*Toll-free telephone technical support within and beyond the warranty period
*IBM selectric-style keyboard (eg. large RETURN and SHIFT keys)
*Amber or green monochrome high-resolution monitor
*System reset button (recessed) and power switch on front
*MSDOS 2.1
*GWBASIC (similar to IBM PC BASICA)
*Runs everything that I've tried (eg. Lotus 1-2-3 including graphics)
*On system board:
o 1 serial port
o 1 parallel port
o Clock/calendar chip
o Hercules monochrome graphics and text emulation
(720x348 pixels in graphics mode; 9x14-dot characters in text mode)
o IBM Color/Graphics card emulation for optional RGB monitor
(there are 2 monitor jacks and a mono/color toggle in the back)
o 640K RAM
2 half-height floppy disk (360 Kbytes each) configuration: $1400
1 floppy plus a half-height 20MB Seagate hard disk: $1950
RGB monitors are extra. But you can have both mono and color
monitors connected to the system at the same time and use the
rear toggle or software (COLOR.COM and MONO.COM) to switch
between them.
For more information contact
Richard Elkins (That's me!) at (213) 450-9111 x2586 (days)
P.S. I own one myself.