Solo 2500 Specifications
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Processor

Celeron CPUs: Intel® CeleronTM 333MHz & 366MHz with 128K Full Speed L2 Cache, MMC-1 packaging mounted on Intel's Mobile Module.

Pentium II CPUs: Intel® Pentium II 333MHz, Intel® Pentium II 366MHz, and Intel® Pentium II 400MHz with 256K Full Speed L2 Cache, MMC-1 packaging mounted on Intel's Mobile Module.

Write-back architecture
System clock frequency: 60/66 MHz
BIOS: Phoenix Plug and Play NoteBIOS with ACPI 1.0 support, SMBIOS 2.1, 512K Flash ROM

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System Memory

Main memory: Two SO-DIMM sockets, expandable up to 256MB on HPA LCD equipped systems, 288MB on TFT LCD equipped systems; accepts SDRAM modules; 16, 32, 64, or 128 MB; one or two modules of these capacities can be installed
TFT panels have 32 MB RAM onboard with 2 additional RAM slots
HPA has no onboard memory.

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LCD Panel

Size: 13.3 inch TFT XGA, Resolution: 1024 X 768,
Color Depth: 65,536 colors (16-bit),12.1 inch TFT SVGA or 12.1 inch HPA SVGA; Resolution: 800 x 600; Color Depth: 262,000 colors (18-bit)

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Video

NeoMagic NM2160 High Performance Multimedia Flat Panel/CRT GUI Accelerator with 2 MB integrated RAM; Interface: 32-bit burst mode PCI bus with 128-bit memory interface
External video: Supports simultaneous LCD/External monitor; variable sync for compatibility with a wide range of monitors

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Composite video output: Supports NTSC/PAL standards for composite video connection to standard TV monitors with RCA video input connector
External resolutions/color depth: 640 x 480 at 16 million colors, 800 x 600 at 16 million colors, 1024 x 768 at 65,536 colors
Zoomed video: PC Card connection to Zoomed Video port in bottom PC slot

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I/O

Keyboard: 19 x 19 mm keys with 3 mm travel; Windows 95 keys; US, UK, German, French, Japanese available (International keyboards not available in the US)
Pointing device: EZ Pad® or EZ Point® pointing device
External ports: Two USB ports(version 1.0), FIR, serial (16550A-compatible), parallel (bi-directional, EPP, ECP), NTSC/PAL video out, PS/2 keyboard or mouse, DC input, docking connector, PC Card Type III or two Type I or II card socket, line in, mic, headphone out, VGA external monitor
PC Card controller: TI-1220 with Zoomed Video support in the bottom slot only and 32-bit Cardbus support; on the PCI bus

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Power

Battery: Intelligent 71 Watthour 12-cell Li-Ion, Intelligent 60 Watthour 12-cell Li-Ion, or 35 Watthour 8-cell NiMH
Battery life (Li-Ion 12 cell): approximately 4.5 hours (depends on application); (NiMH 8 cell): depends on application
Charge time (Li-Ion 12 cell): approximately 3.5 hours with system off or in suspend; (NiMH 8 cell): 2 hours with system off or in suspend, 5-8 hours with system on
Internal bridge battery: Maintains memory in suspend mode for about ten minutes when swapping batteries.

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Power management: Suspend mode lasts for about one week with a fully charged battery.
AC adapter: 19 VDC, 50 W output; automatic voltage adjustment between 100 and 240 VAC
*As reported by Key Labs using Ziff-Davis Battery Mark 2.0 battery life benchmark. Battery life varies depending on configuration, power management settings, and features used.

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Storage

Hard disk: Removable; accepts 2.5-inch,
12.7 mm hard disk drive; up to 6 GB capacities available
Hard disk controller: Two independent bus mastering Enhanced IDE channels on PCI bus; support PIO and Bus Master DMA transfers up to 16.6 MB/sec and Bus Master Ultra ATA transfers up to 33 MB/sec
CD-ROM (optional):
8/20x:
Panasonic UJDA 100, constant angular velocity max 20x, min 8x, EIDE interface; Full stroke access time, 150 ms (at 20x speed); 128k data buffer; CD enhanced compatible; modular
10/24x:
Panasonic CR-175-D, constant angular velocity max 24x, EIDE interface; Full stroke access time, 250 ms (at 24x speed); 128k data buffer; CD enhanced compatible; modular

DVD-ROM (optional):
Toshiba SD-C2202 Click for full specifications.
Panasonic SR-8171, constant angular velocity max 20x, min 8x (CD Disks) & 1.0x, 2.0x (DVD Disks), EIDE interface; Full stroke access time (CD), 250 ms (typical), (DVD), 410 ms (typical); 512k data buffer; CD enhanced compatible; modular

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Sound

NeoMagic NMA 2; 16 bit stereo audio, built-in OPL3 (FM synthesiser), built-in 3D enhanced controller; full duplex operation with two DMA channels; supports Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro Game playback compatibility
Volume control: Rotary hardware control on side of unit.
Speakers: Stereo speakers built into palm-rest
Microphone: omni-directional microphone built into top panel above keyboard
Connectors: microphone, line in, headphone out
Compression: ADPCM, ESPCM compression available for lower bit rates
MIDI in/out: Available through Solo Docking Station options

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Docking solutions

Solo mini-docking station:
One serial, one IR, one parallel, VGA output, AC-in, line in, microphone in, headphones/speakers out, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, game/MIDI port, one PCMCIA type III or two type II
Cold, warm, and hot docking supported in Windows® 95
Cold docking supported in Windows® NT

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Physical Specs

System unit weight: 12.1-inch, 6 lbs., 14.4 oz.; 13.3-inch, 7 lbs., 2.6 oz.
AC adapter weight: 14.6 ounces (415g)
Dimensions: 295 (W) x 237 (D) x 48.2 (H) mm

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Environmental Tolerances

Temperature: 0° to 35° C operating, -25° to 60° C storage
Humidity: 20% to 80% RH, operating, 15% to 98% RH, storage; no condensation
Vibration (operating): 5 to 500 Hz, 0.5 G acceleration,
1 oct/min., 15 min dwell at all resonance points
Vibration (non-operating): 5 to 500 Hz,
PSD 0.015G2/Hz, 2.16Grms, 200 to 500 Hz,
-6dB/octave on 3 axis, 2 hours/axis

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