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From: johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: ST Pad specs
Message-ID: <27E4E601.1238@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 18 Mar 91 16:08:32 GMT
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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ST PAD
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The ST Pad is a notepad version of the Atari STe computer. It is
fully ST compatible, and will run any software which is written
to work in the 640 x 400 monochrome mode.

The ST Pad weighs 3 pounds and has an A4 size footprint. There is
no keyboard, mouse or floppy drive. The entire user interface is
based around a pen device. With the pen you can draw on the touch
sesitive LCD as if it were a piece of paper. The ST Pad will
recognise your handwriting and written gestures removing the need
for a either a keyboard or mouse.

Instead of a mechanical floppy drive the machine uses two silicon
drive slots for removable media. The slots can take RAM or ROM
cards for data storage or application software. Each slot can
accomodate up to four MB of data.

The hardware is designed to radically reduce power consumption. This
has been achieved with some innovative design techniques resulting
in a battery life of over ten hours.

One of the most important new features is a suspend and resume mode.
This allows the user to put the ST Pad into a standby mode and then
resume work later at exactly where he or she left off. In standby
mode the the batteries can last several months without losing data.

CPU:    68000 at 8MHz
RAM:    1MB and 4MB versions
ROM:    512KB
Other:  PSG Sound
        Real time clock
        low power control circuitry
        Pseudo static ram
        External FDD (optional)
Size:   A4 Footprint, 36mm thick
LCD:    640 x 400 STN, no backlighting at the moment.
Stylus: Wired stylus with two buttons L/R Mouse functions)

Connectors:

 MIDI 2 x 5 Minipin
 RS232 1 x 9 pin
 Parallel DB25
 Power 3 pin
 DMA 28 pin Micro-D
 Keyboard RJ11, compatible with the Mega ST
 JEIDA cards 2 slots, 68 pin
 Stylus 4 pin MiniDIN
 Expansion: 120 pin connector, WREN expansion compatible.

External expansion:

Address bus, Data bus, interrupts, compatible with WREN, supports
WREN compatible locking screws on the side of the unit as well as
underneath.

Software:
TOS with additional stylus features including mouse emulation and
handwriting recognition.
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John Schmitt
johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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