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IBM PC Convertible IBM PC Convertible For students who are going places... the personal computer that can keep up Now there's an IBM PC that can keep up with the busiest student—and the most challenging curriculum: the IBM PC Convertible. It's a powerful, portable computer that you can carry from the lecture hall to the library—and into your profession when you graduate. Powerful computing all over campus Compact enough to carry in In addition, you can add Graph. Using graphics soft- Then you'll find out what savvy a knapsack, PC Convertible versat ility to PC Convertible ware, you can quickly pull business people already packs the power of an IBM PC by adding cost-effective together lab data, chart your know: With PC Convertible, into its sleek, 12-pound frame: options: findings, and add visual you can work as well on the 80088 microprocessor Optional IBM PC impact to your conclusions. road as you can in your office. is efficient enough to give Convertible Printer fits Program. Spend more time you, with average use, up to on the back of the computer waiting for a lab terminal ' Refers to 81/2 by 11-inch, double- spaced typewritten pages. 10 hours of battery-powered ...so you can produce than you do programming? 2 Display screen sizes are measured computing—yet it handles papers as conveniently in With PC Convertible and its diagonally. The IBM PC Convertible data as quickly as the one in the student lounge as you optional internal modem, you Monochrome Display and the IBM PC Convertible Color Display the IBM Personal Computer. can in your room. can access the campus edu- require the IBM PC Convertible 256KB of user memory Optional IBM PC cational computer over tele- CRT Display Adapter. —expandable to 512KB- Convertible Internal phone lines. 3 This time period can be specified by the user during setup. gives you plenty of work- Modem lets you link up with 4 A model of the IBM PC Convertible space for lengthy term papers, your campus educational Go into business is also available without extensive calculations computer—and dozens of SystemApps. with PC Convertible 'The IBM PC 3.5" External Diskette and sophisticated software. subscription information Drive Model 001 can be connected Two 720KB diskette services. When you carry PC Con- to the IBM Personal Computer, IBM drives are on the com- IBM Personal Personal Computer XT' system, or vertible out of college and IBM Portable Personal Computer. puter's front panel for Computer 3.5" into your career, you'll bring The IBM PC 3.5" External Diskette easy loading of the External Diskette Drive the capabilities of one of Drive Model 002 can be connected 3.5-inch diskettes used enables PC Convertible to to the IBM Personal Computer AT® the business world's most system. Neither is compatible with by PC Convertible. Small share software and data with respected personal com- the IBM PC 3270 Series or IBM PCjr enough to fit in your pocket, other IBM PCs. Just connect puters—the IBM PC—to your each diskette holds up to 350 the drive to a full-size PC.5 chosen profession. pages' of information. PC Convertible adjust- PC performance IBM PC Convertible at a glance able liquid crystal where you need it Microprocessor 80088. 4.77 MHz display (LCD) lets you Auxiliary data storage Two 720KB, 3.5-inch view as much data as on a Convertible, you can diskette drives With PC standard monitor. It also work the way you want wher- User memory (RAM) 256KB standard, expandable to 512KB detaches in seconds to let ever you choose. In the labora- you attach the 9-inch IBM PC tory, the dormitory, the library— Permanent memory (ROM) 64KB Convertible Monochrome or under your favorite tree. Operating system DOS 3.20 Display—or the 13-inch Write. You can store research Expansion options PC Convertible: CRT Display IBM PC Convertible Color notes on PC Convertible and, Adapter, Serial/Parallel Adapter, Display2—for extended Printer, Internal Modem, 128KB with a few keystrokes, trans- Memory Card. Monochrome Dis- desktop use. fer quotes, footnotes and sta- play, Color Display, Printer Cable. PC Convertible tistics into your paper. Then Battery Charger, Automobile Power Adapter Keyboard has standard- you can rewrite and refine size keys, 10 function keys your work without typing Specifications Weight: 12.2 pounds and standard spacing, and a draft after draft. Freed from Depth: 14.7 inches calculator keypad for rapid Width: 12.3 inches the mechanics of writing, you Height 2.7 inches data entry. can concentrate on the Automatic features writing itself. lengthen battery life and Study. Instead of sifting © 1986 protect your data—even International Business Machines through piles of paper, you Corporation when you're not around. If. can lift up your LCD, slide in Printed in the United States for example, you take a break a diskette, and skim through of America 4-86 for five minutes or more,3 hundreds of pages of notes. All Rights Reserved your LCD can shut off auto- Calculate. In business 59X7228 matically to conserve power. courses. PC Convertible and G580-0723-00 "SystemApps" are avail- a financial analysis program References in this publication to able with PC Convertible to help the IBM products or services do not take clerical work imply that IBM intends to make them help you work with your com- out of classwork. Because available outside the United States. puter right away.' Write short you can calculate—and re- Little Tramp character licensed by letters with "Notewriter." Use calculate—spreadsheets in Bubbles, Inc., s.a. "Calculator" like a stand-alone seconds, you can spend calculator. And automate your time learning instead of your telephone directory and laboring over ledgers. assignment calendar with "Phone List" and "Schedule." 01).
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