Lynwood Scientific Developments Ltd, Farnham, Surrey has unveiled its videocassette-sized 80486-based personal computer, (CI No 2,338), setting its sights on space-conscious and ergonomically-minded vertical market customers. The firm, which spent roughly 1m developing the unit, has bundled a 33MHz low-power 80486 into the unit, together with local bus graphics and a rugged 260Mb hard disk from Areal Technology Inc, the San Jose company that uses glass platters in its 2.5 Winchesters. It is also thinking about producing a PowerPC version of the machine. The firm has engineered the single-board computer to run on 5V and says that it is undergoing verification for compliance with the US Energy Star standard. Initially aiming at financial markets, the company will fan out its marketing effort to attack other vertical applications, including point of sale applications and remote data gathering, and will work with systems integrators to customise the unit and write turnkey applications for customers. The machine also has up to 40Mb RAM and a floppy drive. It is available in a double-height version incorporating half-card expansion facilities. Running Unix, MS-DOS or Windows, it costs from 1,750. Lynwood is now owned by Hauppauge, New York-based NAI Technologies Inc, the former North Atlantic Industries Inc.
