AST Advantage! NB 486SX/33

The AST Advantage! NB 486SX/33 is a 486-based laptop that was released in 1994.

These are fairly common based on how many are on eBay. These were rebadged Twinhead Slimnot4e 486 laptops. This same laptop was rebadged and sold by multiple other companies as well, including Compudyne. It's notable due to the very odd trackball placement - above the keyboard and a little to the left. Such a weird place for it.

There are some more photos of this machine here.

An internal photo shown in an eBay listing looked like it might have had a few leaking caps inside, so that's something to note. I also saw what appeared to be a supercapacitor, so it may have used that as a CMOS battery.

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Specifications

Very incomplete. Despite how common these are, I could not find a full specsheet anywhere.

Spec	Details
CPU	CPU Type: Unknown Intel 486SX @33MHz
Chipset	Unknown
RAM	Type: Unknown Standard: 4MB Maximum: Unknown
Hard Disk	2.5" IDE Uses proprietary adapter?: Unknown Standard: Unknown
Display Options	Passive Matrix Grayscale @640x480
Graphics Chipset	Unknown VRAM: Unknown
Audio	PC Speaker
Main Battery	Unknown=
CMOS Battery	Unknown
Power Supply	Unknown
Disk Drives	3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive
PC Cards	Unknown
Networking	Modem
Other I/O	- 1x Parallel - 1x Serial - 1x VGA Out - 1x PS/2
BIOS	Unknown
Pointing Device	Trackball

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