- SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
- Motorola 68HC030 CPU running @ 32Mhz
- 32-bit internal data bus
- 32-bit external address bus
- 32-bit data bus
- 8MByte or 16MByte low power Pseudo-Static RAM
- 512K ROM (?)
- Blitter Chip (?)
- EXPANSION CONNECTOR
- 120-pin expansion connector enabling access to the CPU bus (?)
- GRAPHICS
- 640 * 400 high resolution high contrast LCD screen
- Or 640 * 480 / 800 * 600 DSTN or TFT
- SOUND
- At least STE quality sound
- STANDARD PORTS
- MIDI in, MIDI out
- RS232 serial port
- Parallel printer port
- Floppy drive/ACSI DMA port for optional 1.44 floppy, hard drive, CD-ROM, laser printer
- DATA STORAGE
- 500Mbyte hard drive
- Internal HD Disk Drive please
- MOUSE CONTROL
- Vector Pad mouse controller
- Or PC Trackball / Touchpad
- Atari / PC mouse can be connected
- SOFTWARE
- TOS 4.04 in ROM (or higher)
- Calculator, Diary/Calendar, Address Book built-in
- NewDesk Desktop and XControl Control Panel
- DIMENSIONS
- 8.5 inches x 11 inches (A4) x 1.4 inches or smaller
- 215 mm x 279 mm x 35 mm compared to
- 208 mm x 259 mm x 24 mm for SONY VAIO of today!!!
- Weight 4.3 lbs (2 kilos) (SONY VAIO is 1.35 kilos)
- POWER SUPPLY
- Seven AA battery pack (five to ten hour battery life - we wish!)
- Optional NiCad and AC Adapter
- NiCads recharge in two hours whilst the machine is on or one whilst the machine is off
- AC Adapter also powers external floppy if connected
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As you can see, with a desktop version of the same spec. costing around £559 (the Milan) this would probably
cost at least £1000, which, as I'm a student, would be totally out of my price range! But maybe if the spec was
similar to (dare I say!) an Amiga 1200*, which was £400 when released, nowadays a portable equivalent would / should be
around £600, which I would be able to afford. :o)
* - by this I'd mean around a 68020, at around 16Mhz, preferably 8Mb, at least 640 * 480 preferably 256 colours on screen,
at least STE quality sound, MIDI (obviously!), strandard Printer port, 500Mb + HD, 1.44 HD Floppy, Touchpad or Trackball,
and TOS 4.04. Oh, and it needs to be compatible with Calamus, and let me run a text editor such as 1st Word!
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