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The Amstrad NC100 was an A4-size, portable Z80-based computer, released by Amstrad in 1992. It featured 64 KB of RAM and included the Protext word processor, various organiser-like facilities (diary, address book and time manager), a simple calculator and a version of BBC BASIC.
Its screen was small - eight rows by 80 columns - and not backlit, but this allowed the NC100 to run for up to 20 hours on four standard AA cell batteries. There was a RS232 serial port, a parallel port for connecting a printer, and a PCMCIA card socket, by means of which the computer's memory could be expanded up to one megabyte.
An upgraded version, the NC200, appeared in late 1993, featuring a floppy disk drive, 128KB RAM, some extra software and a larger, backlit screen. However, this change required a much greater power consumption - 5 C cell batteries, lasting for only a few hours. An intermediate version, known as the NC150, was also produced, but was available only in Italy and France.
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