LX-CD and III-CD          8088 and 80286 with Full CD-ROM Drive
Headstart Introduces Compact Disk-based Computers
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
The new LX-CD and III-CD computers from Headstart feature a
5.25-inch 680-megabyte CD-ROM disk drive and bundled disks that
are packed with dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs,
directories, and more. And in the usual tradition of the
Headstart systems, these models include a hard-disk drive (these
have 40-megabyte versions) with already-loaded DOS shell and
bundled graphics-, spreadsheet-, desktop-publishing, and other
software.
 
The LX-CD is a 10-MHz 8088 with 768K bytes of RAM (expandable to
1 megabyte), five full-height 8-bit expansion slots, 256K bytes
of video RAM, a 101-key keyboard, an 8087 math coprocessor
socket, a VGA graphics driver, a 3.5-inch floppy-disk drive,
stereo headphones, and a mouse.
 
The III-CD is a 12-MHz 80286 with 1 megabyte of RAM (expandable
to 3), six 16-bit expansion slots (three half-height and three
full-height), a 2400 bps modem, MNP software to level 5, and all
the other standard features of its little brother LX-CD.
 
Price: LX, $1995; III, $2995.
 
Contact: Headstart Technologies Co., 40 Cutter Mill Rd., Suite
438, Great Neck, NY 11021, (516) 482-4255.
 
                              --- Roger K. Adams
 
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