Dual PMD-6000

Dual PMD-6000

The Dual PMD-6000 is a Pentium-based generic/ODM laptop that was released in around April 1997. This laptop was also known as the PMD 6 (PMD stands for PentiMedia). Interestingly, Dual Australia's website stated that "The PMD 6 era was short lived, it proved to be a troublesome notebook as many consumers found it extremely hard to setup." I'm not sure what this could mean. Potentially, it could be that installing a CPU into one was difficult, which would be a major negative to vendors/resellers, as most ODM laptops would ship to resellers without CPUs, RAM, and hard drives. If it took 20 minutes to install a CPU in this laptop when it only took 3 minutes in a laptop from a competing ODM, that would be a major negative for the reseller, which would have made it unpopular. Just speculation though.


Specifications

Spec Details
CPU CPU Type: Socket 7
- Intel Pentium MMX @133-200MHz
- AMD K5
Chipset Unknown
RAM Type: FPM or EDO, 2x 72-pin slots
Standard: N/A
Maximum: 32MB
Storage 2.5" IDE
Requires Adapter: Unknown
Standard: N/A
Display Options - 12.1" Passive Matrix LCD (@800x600?)
- 12.1" Active Matrix LCD (@1024x768?)
Graphics Chipset Unknown
VRAM: 2MB
Audio Unknown vendor, has sound
- Stereo Speakers
Main Battery NiMH
CMOS Battery Unknown
Power Supply Unknown
Media Drives Dual Modular Bays
- Bay 1 holds Floppy Drive or battery
- Bay 2 holds 8X CD-ROM Drive or 230MB MO Drive
PC Cards 2x PCMCIA Slots (2x Type II/1x Type III)
- ZoomVideo Support
Networking None
Other I/O - 1x Parallel
- 1x Serial
- 1x VGA Out
- 1x PS/2
- 1x Mic In
- 1x Line In
- 1x Line Out
- Infrared
BIOS Unknown
Pointing Device Trackpad


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