Beneath the keyboard of the V41 line of multimedia notebooks is a full-size, double-speed CD-ROM drive that plays 16-bit stereo sound and accepts 8- and 12-cm 540-MB CDs. A PCMCIA slot accommodates Type II and III cards; a 10.4-inch TFT color screen offers 65,536 colors and 640- by 480-pixel resolution. Prices start at $3999 for the 8.4-pound, 50-MHz 486DX2 model with 4 MB of RAM, a floppy drive, and a 260-MB hard drive. Pentium models are under development.
Contact: Panasonic Personal Computer Co., Secaucus, NJ, (800) 742-8086 or (201) 271-3182.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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