glenn@harper.UUCP (Glenn Therkelsen) (01/04/91)
THIS IS BEING POSTED FOR GREG KULOSA, PLEASE RESPOND TO HIM: uunet!harper!kulosa Hello, everyone!! I ordered the AIRIS VH-286 way back in September or October, and since then it seems like I have had the most up-to-date info on them and on this great notebook. They send me letters letting me know about updates to the features and when it will be available. Well, last week I received another letter with some exciting info, so I called them and the guy that I talked to gave me permission to post that letter here. So, here goes: (This is a direct quote from the letter) Dear Mr. Kulosa: Thank you for your continued patience with the development of our VH-286. I'd like to update you on our current delivery schedule of this very innovative notebook computer. In my most recent correspondence, I told you that, based on the best information available to us, we anticipated delivering our entire backorder by the end of the year. With deep regret, we must now report an adjustment in the schedule. Pending final FCC screening, we will begin delivering units in early February. We are happy to report that the VH-286 easily met FCC class B requirements on it's initial screening. Given typical FCC lead times, we expect to complete the final screening and receive the approval labels necessary for shipping in early February. In addition, in keeping with our commitment to continually add value to our products, the VH-286 modem now includes a "sendfax" capability as *standard*, yet the price remains just _$1899.00_. We sincerely apologize for all the delays. We would like to emphasize, however, that Airis is a designer and not a relabeler of relatively generic clones. As such, most of our delays have resulted from obstacles we encountered in developing an innovative product, and from our absolute commitment to providing the best 286-based notebook computer in the world, period. We thank you again for your patience, support and confidence in us. Please call if you have any questions. Best wishes for the _happiest_ of holidays. Gratefully, Jeffrey A. Maziarek Executive Vice President, Marketing [End of Letter] For those who don't remember, here are the current specs: - 12.5 Mhz 286 processor w/ socket for 80287 - 20 Mb hard drive w/ 23 ms access time. - 2Mb zero wait state ram on motherboard ex. to 4Mb. - 2400 baud modem (NOW WITH SENDFAX) on motherboard. - 6.5 pounds - 10.25" X 11.9" X 1.8" - Backlit 11" diagonal black & white VGA - 640 X 480 - 16 gray shades. - serial, parallel, PS/2 mouse, external FDD, VGA, etc. - runs for 6 hours on ni-cads, 12 hours on 10 C-cells. - Password protect in ROM. - Intel's new flash EPROM - updateable by phone - called Telerom. - Auto resume - turn off machine in the middle of an application, and return to the same spot on power-up. - $1899!!!!! order direct from AIRIS computer corporation: The AIRIS computer corporation 1824 N. Besly Court Chicago, IL 60622 (312)384-5608 ---- Greg Kulosa This is a test of a new, experimental, stealth .sig uunet!harper!kulosa with a low radar (bandwidth) signature - only two lines!