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Subject: WinBook FX (MP5 and MP6) Specifications
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Tech Article Number: WBTA00050358

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  1. Specifications
    1. Size
      1. Height: 2.07"
      2. Width: 11.68"
      3. Depth: 8.66"
    2. Weight: 7.1lbs. with battery and floppy drive
  2. Processors
    1. Intel Pentium 100 MHz
    2. Intel Pentium 120 MHz
    3. Intel Pentium 133 MHz
    4. Intel Pentium 150 MHz
  3. Memory
    1. 8 MB EDO memory on the system board
    2. 2 proprietary memory sockets
    3. Upgradeable to 72MB
  4. Cache
    1. 256 KB synchronous pipeline burst
  5. Video
    1. Chip
    2. Cirrus Logic GD7543
    3. Cirrus Logic GD7548
  6. LCD panel
  7. Active matrix
    1. Sizes
    2. 11.3"
    3. 12.1"
    4. Supports 16-bit high color
    5. Video memory
    6. 1 MB or 2 MB DRAM
    7. Depends on system board revision
  8. Hard drives
    1. Manufactured by Toshiba or Hitachi
    2. Standard 2.5" laptop hard drive
    3. Hard drive sizes:
      1. 810 MB
      2. 1.0 GB
      3. 1.3 GB
      4. 1.4 GB
      5. 2.0 GB
      6. 3.0 GB
  9. Floppy drive
    1. Manufactured by TEAC
    2. 3.5" removable floppy disk drive
    3. Goes in options bay
  10. CD-ROM drive
    1. Manufactured by TEAC
    2. Speeds
      1. 4x removable drive
      2. 6x removable drive
      3. 8x removable drive
  11. Goes in options bay
    1. Modem
    2. OEM with Rockwell chipset
    3. Baud rate
      1. Data: 28,800 or 33,600
      2. Fax: 14,400
  12. Compatibility
    1. Data: V.34, V.FC, V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V.22A/B, V.23, V.21; Bell 212A and 103
    2. Fax: V.17, V.29, V.27ter, V.21 channel 2
    3. Data compression & correction
    4. V.42bis/MNP5 data compression
    5. V.42/MNP2-4 error correction
  13. Command set compatibility
    1. Hayes and extended AT
    2. Class1/Class2 Group3 fax commands
  14. Sound card
    1. Manufactured by Creative Labs
    2. CT2505 chipset
    3. Half duplex (Can be full duplex with drivers)
    4. Integrated into the system board
  15. Keyboard
    1. 85 Key keyboard
    2. Half size function keys
    3. Embedded track point pointing device
    4. Windows95 keys
    5. Embedded keys for volume, power management, and keypad
  16. Ports
    1. 1 Parallel port
      1. Bi-directional
      2. Can be set in BIOS to extended port modes
      1. 1 Serial port
      1. 16550 UART
      2. 1 PS/2 port
      3. Can support 1 mouse or keyboard at a time
      4. 1 SVGA port
      5. 2 PCMCIA slots
        1. Cirrus Logic PD6730 chipset
        2. Supports Type I, Type II, and Type III PCMCIA
        3. Will allow 2 Type I or II simultaneously
        4. Will allow 1 Type I and Type III simultaneously
      6. 1 260 pin proprietary port replicator/mini dock port
      7. 1 Infrared port
        1. IRDA 2.0 compliant
        2. Supports serial communication and printing
        3. Data transfer up to 115,200bps
      8. Microphone, line in, and speaker out
  17. System BIOS
    1. Phoenix Note BIOS 4.0
    2. Power management
      1. Hot key accessible
      2. Advanced power management
      3. 1. Supports APM 1.0 and 1.1
      4. Power sources
        1. A/C adapter
        2. Manufactured by Quanta
        3. auto sensing from 100-240V 50-60HZ
      5. Battery
        1. Manufactured by Sanyo
        2. 12 cell Lithium Ion
  18. Options
    1. Port replicator
      1. Pass through ports for parallel, serial, PS/2 mouse, PS/2 keyboard, and SVGA
    2. Mini dock
      1. Same as port replicator but with pass through for infrared, microphone, line in, speaker out, midi/game, and 2 extra PCMCIA slots.
    3. Touch pad
      1. Is not user upgradeable. Needs to be upgraded by WinBook or an authorized service center
    4. User upgradeable memory
      1. Proprietary memory modules
      2. Sizes
        1. 8 MB EDO
        2. 16 MB EDO
        3. 32 MB EDO
    5. User upgradeable hard drive
    6. Secondary 8 cell battery to go in options bay
    7. PCMCIA cards
      1. New Media Livewire 10BaseT/2 network card
      2. 3com 3C589d-TP network card
      3. New Media 28.8 Netsurfer fax modem
      4. New Media Bustoaster SCSI adapter

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