>
>Currently available in Japan only. I am looking for others, interested in
>purchasing
>a large quantity of the PA-100A as I'm told the minimun purchase is 1000 units
>with a price around $800 to 1000. The price for the docking station is around
>$800.
>I believe these prices will drop rapidly over the next 18 months. Can we wait?
>Probably. Although they may add features to try to maintain the price point.
>eg: Pager, Network, Cellular, Graffiti in ROM, Writing Telephone, GPS, Color
>Screen, etc. Where is AMSTRAD with the InfoPad PIC 700 and others to help with
>the price point?
>Predicted US: maybe December 95/January 96.
>
>The CASIO PA-100A:
>
>8086 CPU for system management and a 32-bit RISC chip dedicated to handwriting
>recognition. 2 MB of RAM. Configuration with additional 2 or 4 MB of Flash.
>One type II
>PC-Card, 3 pin serial RS-232 and optical I/F with speeds up to 2 Mbps. Size is
>5" x
>3 1/2" x 3/4" (just like a pack of a 100 or so 3x5 cards). Only a 4 gray scale
>screen but
>you can rotate it 90 or 180 degrees. It does have a screen cover that flips out
>of the way. Weight is 3/4 pound and runs on 4 AAA batteries. The docking
>station allows stacking
>and is SCSI. Other options: Pen type bar code reader, modem and memory PC-Cards.
>
>If you need more information or a fax-back picture/spec sheet, e-me. Now, the
>wait . . . . .
>
>Bye for now,
>
>John
>
>lehmus@jade.mv.net
>"PDA's 4 PDA's"
>
>[Programmed Database Applications for PDA's]
>
>
>
Hi,
I don't see any Casio PA-100 here in Japan. The latest that I saw was a color PDA which
cost about USD200 but no PC-Card.
ps. I wish SHARP's Zaurus uses GEOS :(
Arif.
Nagoya, JAPAN.