Chicony NB7

The Chicony NB7 is a 486-based laptop, introduced around February 1995. So far I've seen only a few of these in the wild, including the generic unit shown on the right, and several sold as the Cannon Innova Book 200LS. The NB7 was build around an 11.3-inch passive matrix display, and appears to have been the first laptop with an 11.3-inch display. Active Matrix displays were also available from Chicony, but all Canon NB7s are passive. The NB7 does have built-in ESS sound, although I currently don't know which specific ESS chip was used - it will either be the 488, 1488, or 688, but I don't know which of the three it has.

This model was sold as/by: Cannon Innova Book 200LS, Ambra, Austin Vista

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Specifications

Spec	Details
CPU	CPU Type: Unknown - Cyrix 486DX2 @66MHz - Intel 486DX4 @75 or 100MHz
Chipset	Unknown
RAM	Type: Proprietary Standard: 8MB Maximum: Unknown
Hard Disk	2.5" IDE Uses proprietary adapter?: Unknown Standard: N/A
Display Options	- 10.4" Active Matrix Color @640x480 - 11.3" Passive Matrix Color @640x480
Graphics Chipset	Chips & Technologies 65540 VRAM: Unknown
Audio	ESS AudioDrive 688
Main Battery	NiMH
CMOS Battery	Unknown
Power Supply	Barrel Jack
Disk Drives	3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive
PC Cards	2x PCMCIA Slots
Networking	Unknown
Other I/O	- 1x Parallel - 1x Serial - 1x VGA Out - 1x PS/2 - 1x Dock Connector - 1x Headphone Out - 1x Line In
BIOS	Phoenix
Pointing Device	TrackPoint

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Page last updated (MM/DD/YYYY): 11/21/2024
Update Reason: more images added

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