Friesen@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM (04/26/89)
Here is info. that I got from ST World Mag: It is about 8 1/4" long by 7 1/4" wide by 7 1/2" tall (when the screen is folded open). It weighs 450g. It uses MS DOS 2.11, is based on the Intel80C88 and runs at 4.9MHz. It runs off of AA batteries that last 6-8 weeks! It comes with 128K RAm and can be expanded to 640K. It has 256K ROM that contains the extended BIOS version, MS-DOS OS, a word processor, a Lotus 1-2-3 compatible chart calculate program, a date manager program (with clock), an address database, a telephone book, a calculator and terminal program. It uses an LCD screen with supertwist technology. It displays text at 40 chars. by 8 lines. It has a resolution of 240 X 64. It uses credit card size moduals instead of disks to store data. It has a 60 pin buss that allows easy connection to printers, modems, or other PCs. I think those credit card data thingies are pretty expensive ($150+) so software will be high priced, however, this is just speculation. I also heard that it will be priced at $400. This is a good deal because you are getting a faster more versitile smaller computer than the Tandy 102 for $200 less! It looks just like a miniater laptop--the screen folds up, it has a standard keyboard, and it even has a numeric keypad starting on the UJM keys (I suppose there is some sort of alternate key to access those). Aric Friesen Addresses: Genie: A.FRIESEN ARPA: Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.ARPA "Hypnotism; the programming language for people."