Letter-sized notebook that combines portability and functionality Announced on April 24, '96 Price: 398,000 yen (WinBook Bird 100) -488,000 yen (W...

Letter-sized notebook that combines portability and functionality

Announced on April 24, ’96

Price: 398,000 yen (WinBook Bird 100) -488,000 yen (WinBook Bird 133G) 
Set with base station is 50,000 yen each High 
base station alone is 58,000 yen

Inquiries: Sotec Co., Ltd. Sales Department Tel.045-661-7355

Sotec announced on April 24th the WinBird series, which can function as a multimedia notebook by combining it with a base station while maintaining portability, and will ship from mid-May. Three models are available depending on the difference in CPU and HDD.

[Features of WinBook Bird body]

• Pentium CPU (100 is 100MHz, 133 / 133G is 133MHz)
• Mobile Triton chipset adopted
• A keyboard with a 19mm key pitch similar to that of a desktop computer
• 11.3 inch 800 x 600 TFT color LCD
• Large-capacity lithium-ion battery that can operate for 3 to 9 hours
• Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound source
• US letter size (280 x 216 mm) body. Thickness is 39mm
• 2Kg including battery
• Large-capacity HDD (810MB for 100/133, 1.35GB for 133G)
• Pointing device is a glide point
• Built-in 28.8Kbps modem (optional)

　For office use, a base station is provided and can be used as a space-saving desktop or presentation system.

[Features of base station]

• Port duplicator function
• 3 mode FDD
• 10BASE-T connector
• 6x speed CD-ROM drive
• Stereo speakers with super woofer
• Joystick / MIDI combined port

　A set of base station and main unit is also available, which is 8,000 yen cheaper than purchasing them separately.