Fora Inc, headquartered in San Jose, California has launched a notepad computer, the NBS-386S: the 16MHz, 80386SX computer is available for $3,000: NBS-386S is the first notebook to offer free file-transfer software that features an anti-virus detection and protection system; the SafeLink software uses a virus scan and virus-pattern bank to filter and identify any contamination of the files to be transferred; Safelink has transfer rates over 500,000 bps, and the NBS-386S comes with 1Mb memory, expandable to 5Mb, as well as 64Kb ROM, an internal 3.5 1.44Mb floppy disk drive, and a choice of 2.5 20Mb ($3,000) or 40Mb ($3,500) hard disk drives; the product is configured with one parallel and one serial port, as well as ports for an external VGA display and keyboard; the NBS-386S measures 11 by 8.6 by 2 and weighs 6.4 lbs with the battery; the product supports MS-OS/2, Xenix, Unix, NetWare 286 and 386, and Microsoft Windows 3.0; other standard features include AC adaptor and power cord, and MS-DOS; options include 1Mb, 2Mb and 4Mb memory cards at $200, $365 and $600.
