Re: laptop sizes, now possible release date of 240

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed Jun 16 1999 - 23:56:37 EDT

FWIW,
one vendor tells me end of next week.. i.e. last week of june, more or less..
per IBM..

Emanuel Brown wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:28:51 -0700 (PDT), Paul Rubin <phr_at_netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Could someone give the basic specs of the 240? I saw the size
> >(a little bigger than Toshiba 3010) and CPU type, but I'd like to
> >know:
> > 1) how many PC card slots does it have? Can it boot from an ATA card?
> > 2) what is the screen size and resolution? IT BETTER BE XGA!!! :)
> > 3) Is the built-in v.90 modem a real modem, or is it a Winmodem?
> > Or worse, an Mwave?
> > 4) What ports are built in (i.e. no external expander needed)?
> > Serial? Parallel? USB? IEEE 1394?
> > 5) Estimated street price and availability?
> >
> The 240 will have a single pc card slot, 10.4" SVGA display, serial,
> USB, and LPT1 ports and have an MSRP of $1999. Release date for the system
> is June 25th, it's expected to hit the shelves on August. I don't know the
> modem type, but can't recall IBM releasing a Winmodem except in the
> i-series (meaning Acer).
> epbrown
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