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To: Wolff who wrote (4003)	4/23/2000 7:35:00 PM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 6847

Great Posts! Are there any articles from 1994 or 1995 that are equally perceptive? What a bullish scenario!!

To: Wolff who wrote (4003)	4/23/2000 7:40:00 PM
From: Wolff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6847

XYBR is has not aligned itself with Display Tech Leadership. The MVIS display is an ultra costly and heavy display, it is currently in Beta, and only provides display in mono-chrome Red. Not color. Here is IBMs chosen partner, Kopin also supply many Japanese firms for camcorders etc. --------------------- IBM Demonstrates Kopin CyberDisplay-enabled Wearable PC at IBM Fair '98 At the recent IBM Fair '98 in Tokyo, Japan, IBM Corporation, one of the world's leading technology companies, demonstrated to attendees a breakthrough in wearable computers and display technologies by showing a working prototype of a Kopin CyberDisplay-enabled clip-on personal computer. The prototype IBM Wearable PC, a ThinkPad 560X shrunk to the footprint of a Palm Pilot complete with 340MB of storage and 64MB of EDO RAM, weighed only 10.5 ounces, including battery. This new product concept is envisioned by IBM as an ultra-convenient information tool for maintenance, repair and system installation personnel to use to display wiring diagrams, inventory lists, schematics and video. The 233 MHz PC is powerful enough to run IBM's Via Voice speech software. The Wearable PC's high quality optical image is provided by the Kopin Corporation CyberDisplay 320 which produces a high-resolution image on a small-format .24 inch diagonal AMLCD (the same display technology used in high-end notebook PC screens). Through the use of optics with the CyberDisplay, the images seen by the user appear like those seen on a typical desktop PC monitor. kopin.com Since the first IBM personal computer came out in 1981, people learned to do much more with their PC than just use it as a word processor or calculator. Today, people use their PC to work, to learn, to communicate, to search for information, even to socialize. As the result, the PC has become many things. One more thing it is going to become is very, very small. As you see in the picture, there is a new ultra compact PC concept from IBM for next generation personal computing. This ultra small PC uses CyberDisplay 640 Color as the display for the monitor. Here are some reasons: The small physical size and light weight of the CyberDisplay make it possible to build portable hand-held or head mount devices which are small and light weight. The high density of our pixel layout and our color sequential technology (one color pixel consists of 3 dots RGB) produce much higher resolution and richer color than other displays. Through the use of an appropriate optic, the field of view (FOV) can be made to appear just like that of a desktop monitor in terms of the size of the image to the eye. Lower power consumption is made possible by our new display design. This feature greatly extends the battery life. Most importantly, CyberDisplay is relatively easy to design-in. Kopin and Kopin's partners will offer a variety of interface solutions. Select OEMs will also get Kopin's assistance in designing custom interface. CyberDisplay 320 Color is currently available in manufacturing quantities. CyberDisplay 640 Color is currently available in sample quantities. Quantity and mass production of the CyberDisplay 640 Color is scheduled for early 2000. IBM and MicroOptical are currently developing prototype products using Kopin 640 Color CyberDisplays. For product information, please explore our web-site or contact Display Sales & Marketing at 508-824-6696. kopin.com

To: Wolff who wrote (4003)	4/23/2000 8:19:00 PM
From: Wolff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6847

Another product currently in Production that appears to have all the qulaities of the still yet to have a prototype CORE. This one is more interesting than the Epson product because this one has and IDE orgainized Flash Memory ready to go. ----------------------- 4C60 - 5X86 compatible CPU with SVGA video, IDE flash The 4C60 is a high performance, high integration 5X86 based PC/104-PLUS CPU card. The 4C60 has built-in SVGA video that shares system memory (UMA) for low cost and high performance. The built-in SVGA video supports resolutions up to1024x768 by 24 bits and video memory sizes from 512K to 4096K. The built-in SVGA video can be disabled if desired. System memory can be 8M or 32M bytes, depending on 4C60 model. System memory is 64 bits wide for high performance. A 8M or 16M byte IDE flash drive is built into the 4C60. Since the built-in flash drive is IDE compatible, no special drivers are needed, regardless of operating system. An external IDE interface is also provided. IDE interfaces are PCI based or high performance. Standard I/O include two 16C550 compatible RS-232 serial ports. One of the ports can be configured for RS-485 type interface. A bi-directional EPP/ECP/IEEE1284 compliant parallel port is provided, as are a standard keyboard interface and PS/2 type mouse interface. The 4C60's watchdog timer and EEPROM BIOS setup storage make the 4C60 well suited to embedded applications. The 4C60 is a PC/104-PLUS card, meaning that in addition to the standard PC/104 connector, a stackable PCI bus connector is provided. This allows interfacing to high performance PC/104-PLUS peripherals. The 4C60 supports 3 bus mastering PC/104-PLUS cards or 4 slave PC/104-PLUS cards in addition to standard PC/104 peripheral cards. The 4C60 can supply 3.3V power to PC/104- PLUS peripheral cards

To: Wolff who wrote (4003)	4/23/2000 8:27:00 PM
From: Wolff	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6847

Here is what XYBR says on its CORE. Notice how the functions discribed within there CORE exist today on the market, there has been no explaination to why this current set of products does not meet the product Market envisioned by the CORE. It is important to note that even for form factor concerns or advantages, that XYBR does not expect to have a working prototype of the their CORE until late in this year. This is what I call Vaporware hype. ========================= Getting at the Core of Data by Michelle Finley 3:00 a.m. Mar. 8, 2000 PST The problem with the ever-expanding range of computerized devices is figuring out where a particular bit or byte of information is stored -? on the desktop, laptop, handheld, cell phone, or super floppy disk. Xybernaut, best known for producing wearable computing devices, is attempting to solve the problem with its "Transferable Core." The Core will contain the brains and guts of a standard PC -- the processor, memory and hard drive, and I/O circuitry -- everything but the power supply and display. The company plans to license the core to hardware makers that would create devices. The Core would then be plugged into the devices, which the company refers to as enclosures, according to Edward G. Newman, Xybernaut president and CEO. John Moynahan, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Xybernaut, said the genesis of the idea was frustration. Moynahan and co-inventor Mike Jenkins wanted to find a way to keep computer settings, stored information, installed programs, and preferences with a user at all times. The Core contains all the essentials -- CPU and non-volatile storage -- to allow a user to access their preferred operating system, applications software, and data on an "anytime-anywhere" basis, Moynahan said. "And by separating the computing functions from the input and output functions, core computing allows manufacturers to mass-produce standard cores at a low cost. The enclosures can be tailored to the environment or application needs. There will also be longer product life since the input/output devices are separate," he said. And while the Core could, at least in theory, be used with an existing computer instead of a device purpose-built to house it, a lot of tinkering would be required to fit it into a standard computer that already has a processor and storage built in. But Moynahan predicated that there will be plenty of new enclosures to choose from in the next two years. "We have had a great deal of interest from several companies in the Core. But we haven't yet publicly released the names of the companies interested in the product," he said. Evan Whiting, a systems and hardware consultant under contract with the New York State government, said Xybernaut's mobile Core technology could have some interesting applications. "I've worked with some companies where we'd set up the mobile fleet with 20 or so laptops and 60 removable hard drives. Whoever was going out on a call that day would pop his or her drive into the laptop that IT issued them depending on whether they were doing presentations, or just needed email access. It was less expensive than buying several dozen laptops, but it was a hassle to set up." Another strength of the product is its promised interchangabilty between different types of computing devices, Whiting said. He said he envisioned that users could be supplied with a hand-held device if they just needed access to email one day, or a high-end laptop on another day if they were going out to give a presentation. "If Xybernaut's technology functions as promised in the real world, it could be an excellent way of inexpensively providing users with the right portable device for the job at the right price," Whiting said.