Re: [pc110] PC110 AVAILABILITY / OPTIONS????QUESTIONS!

Ian Woolf (iwoolf nospam at socs.uts.EDU.AU)
Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:45:29 +1100 (EST)

On the subject of the death of the PC110, I made enquiries to the Mobilis
web magazine, and their Japanese correspondent kindly told me the
following:

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The Ultraman is still pretty alive and kicking.  Of course, IBM is not
very enthusiastic, but they don't lose too much money too maintain a
small but steady flow into the market.  Actually, the Ultramans are being
built by Matsushita Kotobuki, absolutely no overhead to IBM Japan!
  On the contrary, the Ultraman had a great resurgence recently.  Because
IBM started selling a clever DOS-based web browser "Web Boy" which runs
perfectly well on it.  No need to install Windows using a Type III card
anymore.  You can use the slot for a quick modem.  Anyway, the cheap "Web
Boy" was a big hit.
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Mobilis at http://www.volksware.com/mobilis/ is a terrific magazine. Its the first place I'd ever heard of the PC110.

As the PC110 is still in production, its no wonder that there is finally some third-party upgrades like this modem being made available. I just wish someone would sell them in Australia, so I could play with one and compare it to the Libretto. I finally got to play with a Libretto, Win95 is disgusting on a small screen, but I hate win95 anyway. I adapted to the mousepointer thingy quick enough, is it the same mechanism on the PC110?

The Libretto is distributed in Australia with an Australian warranty, which is a plus, but costs over $3300 which is too much.

Regards, Ian