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NEC Versa LX/SX
U L T I M A T E C O N V E N I E N C E V I A V E R S A B A Y I I I
NEC was the first notebook computer vendor to offer a modular device bay —
called VersaBay — and has been expanding on its capabilities ever since. For the
multitasking demanded in today’s workplace,VersaBay III offers the ultimate in
flexibility and convenience. Users can swap devices to perform various jobs and,
when they travel, keep luggage weight down by carrying only the essentials.
The VersaBay III slot on the front of the NEC Versa LX and right side of the Versa
SX is home to any one of the VersaBay III Paks described below. The CD-ROM is
standard, but users can opt for the DVD drive instead. All the devices (except the
CD-ROM) are available as options. The Paks can be warm swapped on the NEC
Versa LX, hot swapped on the Versa SX.
1. The 24X maximum variable-speed CD-ROM drive, currently the fastest
available for notebook computers, allows users to give multimedia presentations,
load software, access large databases and reference tools or listen to music CDs.
2. The DVD drive promises to deliver exciting new multimedia applications for
business with MPEG-2 decoding, 3-D graphics,TV-quality video and Dolby
®
digital sound when coupled with the DVD Drive Accelerator PC Card. DVD
(for digital video or versatile disk) holds seven times as much data as a CD-ROM,
making it ideal for archiving massive files. In addition, the drive is backward
compatible with users’ existing CD-ROMs.
3. The SuperDisk
™
LS-120 drive
can read and write to conventional 1.44MB
floppies as well as to 120MB diskettes that store up to 80 times more data. This
backward compatibility means there’s no obsolescence, no conversion costs and
no learning cycle. When 120MB diskettes are used, access is five times faster than
with a standard floppy disk drive. With 1.44MB diskettes, the SuperDisk drive is
three times faster.
4. Because the Zip Built-In
™
drive
(available September 1998) is a new standard
for high-capacity storage, it allows users to easily share information with their
customers and vendors. The 100MB Zip diskettes hold 70 times more data
than a 1.44MB floppy. This new Zip drive for notebooks is a full 40 percent
faster than the original desktop or external parallel Zip drive in Windows 95.
5. The 6.0GB (available August 1998) or 5.0GB Hard Disk Drive with Cradle
Pak
allows users to easily expand storage capacity (see chart on page 3) or to
access two different operating systems, one on the primary hard drive, another
on the VersaBay III hard drive.
6. The lithium ion battery for VersaBay III supplements the one that comes
with the system, providing an extra power source for long trips.
A weight-saving module, included with each notebook, covers the VersaBay III
slot when no device is installed. This module reduces the total travel weight by
almost half a pound.
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