Toshiba renews BREZZA series Adds mini tower model with enhanced graphic function Announced on May 22, '96 Standard price: Photo left, 5133DA mode...
Toshiba renews BREZZA series
Adds mini tower model with enhanced graphic function
Announced on May 22, ’96
Standard price: Photo left, 5133DA model 298,000 yen / Photo right, 5166MA model 398,000 yen Although it has
already been reported in newspapers, Toshiba Corporation has announced a new product of the BREZZA series. There are two new products, the desktop type 5133DA model and the mini tower model 5166MA.
The new BREZZA realizes high-speed processing by adopting 256KB of pipeline burst SRAM and 16MB of EDO memory as the secondary cache memory. The main specifications are listed below, so please refer to them.
Only the BREZZA series, which started as an all-in-one personal computer, has a full range of attached software even after the model change, and is designed so that it can be used immediately after purchase. There are a total of 21 types of applications (20 types for 5133DA models) from games to full-scale business software such as Virtua Fighter PC, actua soccer (5166 models only), Microsoft Word 95, Microsoft Excel 95, etc. The software is pre-installed.
In addition, it has a built-in 28.8Kbps fax modem card for easy access to the Internet, and it is designed so that you can choose the one that suits you from the three providers.
[Main specifications of Toshiba BREZZA]
- CPU: Pentium 166MHz (5166MA), Pentium 133MHz (5133DA)
- Memory: 16MB EDO RAM (8MB SIMM x 2)
- Maximum memory: 128MB
- Secondary cache: 256KB (pipeline burst SRAM)
- HDD: 1.2GB
- 5133DA expansion slot: PCI x 2, ISA half size x 2 (one of which is used), ISA x 1
- 5166MA Expansion slot: PCI x 3 (one of which is used), PCI / ISA x 1, ISA x 2 (one of which is used)
- Graphic accelerator: ViRGE (5166MA), Trio64V + (5133DA)
- Display: 17-inch (5166MA), 15-inch (5133DA)
- FAX modem: Built-in as standard, 28.8Kbps
- CD-ROM: 6x ATAPI
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