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* NEC Technologies, Inc. has at least temporarily regained momentum in the notebook market thanks to its new Versa notebook, analysts and users aid. The new family boasts a local-bus graphics scheme, and everything but the processor is upgradable.
The Versa will use the 20-MHz and 25-MHz versions of Intel Corp.'s I486SL processor, and the 33-MHz version when it is available. Versa has a user-upgradable hard disk and random-access memory, a reversible, user-upgradable screen (from monochrome to color or to pen-capable), a floppy drive that can be replaced with a battery for extra battery life and two Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) Type II slots. The monochrome version weighs 6.1 pounds, while the color version weighs 6.8 pounds.
Users said the Versa looked interesting to them.
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