By the time you’re reading this, Cambridge Computer Ltd., Sir Clive Sinclair‘s new company, is expecting to be making deliveries of the Z88 Computer, according to Personal Computer World, Great Britian’s prestigious microcomputer magazine. This new entry into the laptop computer market sports integrated software, a LCD display, tips the scales at 2 lbs., and has a 200 Pound price tag.
Some of the Z88’s most notable features include: 128k ROM; RAM expandable to 3 Mbytes (it comes with 32K); permanent user storage in the form of plug-in EPROMs; RS232 port; ability to directly communicate with IBM compatible machines (the Z88 is not IBM compatible); bundled software consisting of a word-processor, spreadsheet, database, calculator, real-time clock, and alarm; a modem; and an 8 line X 100 character supertwist LCD display. It does not have a disk drive and apparently is also lacking any type of cassette interface.
At the time this article was written, Cambridge Computer Ltd. had not announced plans to market the Z88 in the United States. For more information, check out the March 1987 issue of Personal Computer World, or write Cambridge Computer Ltd., Cambridge CB4 1BR, U K.