PARITY's Sun Sparc IPC laptop

[Francesco Caserta]

I received in the mail today the following information. I knew that only
RDI and TriGem were selling this laptop, although with different names.
In particular this laptop is available also with a color display and an
additional internal disk drive.  If somebody has more hands-on info, it
would be appreciated.

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PARITY presents the ...

                             Sun SPARCstation IPC Laptop

The Parity Britelite(TM) battery-powered workstation is not a SPARC clone
---it features a SPARCstation IPC motherboard manufactured by Sun
Microsystems, Inc. This lightweight laptop provides all of the power of a
high performance Sun UNIX SPARCstation, MS DOS, and Apple Computer
Macintosh in a compact package that weight 13.5 pounds, including a
high-resolution backlit LCD display. A video output port allows an
external display.

The proprietary low-power, chip-on-glass LCD display is available in
various monochrome and color resolutions. An internal five Amp-hour NiCad
battery provides up to two hours of continous use, or six hours in standby
mode. The battery charger/adapter recharges a fully discharged battery in
3 hours with the laptop off, or in 12 hours with the laptop in use. An
automatic low-battery shutdown saves the contents of memory. A separate
battery powers the time of the day clock/calendar.


      SPECIFICATIONS                        OPTIONS

SPARC RISC processor                   1152(h)x900(v) mono display
25-Mhz SPARC, IEEE 764 FPU             640(h)x480(v) color display
64 KB cache                            1024(h)x768(v) color display
11.8 SPECmarks (15.8 MIPS)             1152(h)x900(v) color display
10 Mb/sec Ethernet interface           12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 36, 48 MB memory
SCSI-2 interface                       2nd 120 MB hard disk drive
2 Serial I/O ports (async)             200 MB hard disk drive
8 Khz audio w/speaker                  Fax/modem Sbus board
2 Sbus slots                           3-button optical mouse
8 MB main memory                       External Sbus slots
120 MB hard disk (formatted)           GLOVEBOX(TM) storage subsystems
1.44 MB UNIX/DOS/MAC floppy                CDROM
NiCad battery/adapter                      4 mm DAT
Battery charger/adapter                    8 mm Exabyte
640(h)x480(v) mono display                 1/4" Tape
3-button mechanical mouse                  Optical Disk
Sun-4 compatible keybord                   Winchester Disk
   (103 key, 40 function)              Macintosh Emulation
Sun OS 4.1.1 pre-loaded                MS DOS Emulation

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Tel (408)378-1000, Fax (408)378-1022