From uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!srgenprp!darrylo Mon Jun 7 19:38:37 CDT 1993 Article: 11130 of comp.sys.laptops Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Path: uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!srgenprp!darrylo From: darrylo@srgenprp.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) Subject: Re: Omnibook 3000 announcement? Sender: news@srgenprp.sr.hp.com (News Administrator) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 22:30:05 GMT Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Center for Primal Scream Therapy X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0.6] Lines: 105 Vic Riley (riley@src.honeywell.com) wrote: > If anyone sees an official announcement about the new HP subnotebook > machine or any more writeups in the trades, please post or send e-mail. > I'm very anxious to find out more about it. If I remember correctly, it > was supposed to be announced today. (This is the one with Windows, > Word, and Excel in ROM and the Type 3 PCMCIA slot.) Here are the specs, as posted into an HP-internal newsgroup. As it has been announced, there shouldn't be any problems with me reposting this information. PLEASE do *NOT* ask me any questions about this product, as I am not connected with it, and really don't know a thing about it, aside from the following. I'm just reposting some specs for everyone's information. -- Darryl Okahata Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the little green men that have been following him all day. =============================================================================== HP OmniBook 300 Superportable PC Specifications Size closed - 16.3 x 28.2 x 3.6 cm (6.4 x 11.1 x 1.4 in) Weight - 1.31 kg (2.888 lb) with flash disk - 1.36 kg (2.998 lb) with hard disk Traveling weight (includes adapter and power cable): - 1.70 kg (3.75 lb) with flash disk - 1.74 kg (3.84 lb) with hard disk Processor - 386SXLV CPU (20Mhz) Display - 640 x 480 dot VGA - 9-inch diagonal LCD - 16 shades of gray Power - 4.8 Vdc rechargeable battery pack with nickel-metal-hydride cells - Battery pack recharges in less than 1 1/2 hours using ac adapter - Low battery warning when approximately 2 minutes of operation remain - Battery life - up to 5 hours with hard disk, 9 hours with flash disk - AC adapter - 100 to 240 Vac (50 to 60 Hz) input, 12 Vdc output - Backup power option - battery pack can be replaced by 4 1.5-V lithium AA batteries; or for HP OmniBook flash disk version only, 4 1.5-V alkaline AA batteries Operating requirements - Operating temperature: O to 40 degrees C (32 to 104 degrees F) - Storage temperature with data retention: O to 55 degrees C (32 to 131 degrees F) - Operating and storage humidity: 90% relative humidity at 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) maximum Available versions of mass storage - 40-MB hard disk (approximately 80-MB compressed) - 10-MB flash disk (approximately 20-MB compressed) RAM - 2 MB expandable with optional RAM expansion card Input/Output - 9-pin, 115K baud, RS-232 port (with hardware handshaking) - 25-pin parallel port - 9-pin to 9-pin serial cable included - 115K baud, bidirectional infrared port - Communications port for optional fax/modem Keyboard and Mouse - 85 keys - Touch-typeable keyboard, industry-standard full-sized key spacing - Embedded numeric keypad - 9 Fn keys - Built-in pop-up mouse Expandability - Add mass storage or communications capabilities using PCMCIA, Type II, Version 2.0 card slots - Two slots available with the 10-MB flash disk version - One slot available with the 40-MB hard disk version Built-in Software in ROM - Microsoft Word for Windows Version 2.0* - Microsoft Excel version 4.0* - MS-DOS Version 5.0* - Microsoft Windows Version 3.1* - LapLink Remote Access - Phone Book - Appointment Book - HP Financial Calculator * Note: All components not included can be installed using your desktop PC copy. License for full Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, MS-DOS, and Microsoft Windows included with this purchase. Some things not in the spec sheet: The mass storage (hard disk or flash disk) is removable so is user upgradeable. All the software in ROM is on a plug-in card which allows for future upgrades. The maximum RAM capacity the OmniBook supports is 8 MB though only 2 MB expansion modules are available initially. OmniBook comes with the mass storage initialized with MS-DOS Dblspace compression. The LCD is reflective. The optional plug-in internal modem is 2400 baud with 9600 baud send/receive FAX. The modem has its own slot so does not use one of the PCMCIA slots. The US list of the hard disk product is $1950 and the flash disk product is $2375.