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The Ascentia A series ($2999) from AST offers high-performance multimedia and communications in a midrange notebook. The series comes with either a 150-MHz processor with MMX or a 150-MHz Pentium processor, a 1.44-GB hard drive, 256-KB level 2 cache, CD-ROM drive, and 16 MB of standard RAM (expandable to 80 MB). Multimedia applications are augmented by a 12
.1-inch Super VGA TFT display, SRS 3-D sound capability, 2 MB of video RAM, embedded stereo speaker and microphone, and 8-/16-bit stereo/mono playback and recording capabilities.
Contact: AST, Irvine, CA
Phone: 714-727-4141
Internet:
http://www
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