NC - Amstrad announces NC200
CeBIT - Amstrad's consumer electronics gadgets - IX-1000 integrated speakerphone and auto-dialer; PS-8000 communications equipment; NC-200 notebook computer; PC7486SLC microcomputer - Product Announcement
CeBIT - Amstrad's Consumer Electronics Gadgets 03/26/93 HANNOVER, GERMANY, 1993 MAR 26 (NB) -- Amstrad has launched several new products, including an "indexphone," a digital technology fax machine, an updated notepad computer, a power 80486-based PC and a hybrid games/PC computer, at the CeBIT Computer Faire in Hannover.
The IX-1000 is a multi-feature integrated speakerphone and autodialler. Pricing on the phone, which will ship in the summer, has yet to be announced. The phone, which features has an LCD display plus a "QWERTY" style keyboard, is designed to integrate the Rolodex systems that are used by busy office people with an integrated phone/indexer. Keyword and number searches can be done on the unit, which can store up to 400 regularly called numbers, plus their associated details, in its memory.
The PS-8000, meanwhile, is billed as a personal secretary, a fax, phone and digital phone answering machine built into one unit. The #499-99 unit will become the flagship of Amstrad's fax series when it ships this summer. The machine includes voice/data switching technology inside its hardware. Both incoming and outgoing calls are stored on CMOS-backed RAM.
The NC-200 is an enhanced version of the NC-100 notepad unveiled in the fourth quarter of last year. The machine features a backlit screen and a built in PC-compatible 3.5-inch disk drive. Shipment is expected in the summer.