Hitachi Pirus 233mmx = IBM tp 235 = Ricoh Magio with a slower 166mmx?
ch...@seattleu.edu
I just notice some interesting similarities when I was looking at the
Hitachi Pirus 233mx subnote at www.jpd.com and the IBM tp 235 at Dynamism,
I think they are identical machines with the exception of differences in
colors and also the IBM tp 235 has sort of a raised wrist pad. To make
this more interesting I saw an ad. in the Oct. issue of Mobile Computing
magazine from Ricoh, the company that makes copiers, it has an ad. on a
subnote looks identical to the Hitachi Pirus 233mmx, except it has a
166mmx rather than the 233mmx but everythiny else is same as the Pirus or
the tp 235, they all have identical dimensions. That's probably the reason
neither JPD or Dynamism carries both the Hitachi or the TP 235.
It maks me wonder which company is the orginal manufacturer of these clone
subnotes? Also does anyone has any idea of the street price of the Ricoh
Magio?
Anthony Chan
ch...@seattleu.edu
Stephen R. Savitzky
> It maks me wonder which company is the orginal manufacturer of these clone
> subnotes? Also does anyone has any idea of the street price of the Ricoh
> Magio?
I've been told that Ricoh is the original (I work for Ricoh, but nowhere
near that part of the company). Last time I checked the Magio was only
being sold direct, for about $2000. I don't know whether a 233 version
is available yet; I sure hope so.
I've also seen the ``original original'' Ricoh version, called the
Chandra (120MHz, 800Mb disk, no USB), which lends support to the theory
that Ricoh is the manufacturer. Very nice little machines, all of
them. The best features are the dual hot-swappable batteries, the three
PCMCIA slots, and the fact that you don't need a port replicator.
They run Linux and FreeBSD, too.
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