80486 Pen Systems Shown at PenExpo

Dauphin has a product, IBM a “technology” display

At the recent PenExpo in San Francisco, both Dauphin Technology and IBM both showed 486-based tablet pen systems. While Dauphin’s is ready now (or at least very soon), IBM’s offering was only an interesting “technology” demonstration which means it may or may not be available as a product sometime in the future.

Dauphin’s small 9x6x1-inch DTR-1 (which stands for “Dauphin Desktop Replacement”) weighs in at 2.2 pounds with a 6-inch backlit VGA-compatible LCD, 2 to 6 Mbytes of RAM, and standard I/O capabilities, including PCMCIA 2.0 slots. In addition to connectors for an optional full-sized keyboard, the DTR-1 sports its own built-in mini-keyboard and pen for input.

The Dauphin 486 uses the Hewlett Packard Kittyhawk 1.3-inch hard drive that (with compression) can provide up to 30 Mbytes of mass storage. (For more information on the Kittyhawk, see our August 1992 issue, Volume 2, Number 3). The unit will also support the interesting Dauphin DynaDrive, a removable storage cartridge that has all the necessary electrical and mechanical components packed into a 2.5-inch, 1-ounce package. The storage device can provide up to 85 Mbytes of mass storage.

The unit will be priced at about $2500 and will come with MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.

Contact:

Dauphin Technology Inc.
377 E. Butterfield Road, Suite 900
Lombard, IL 60148
708-971-3400