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Olivetti Quaderno

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Olivetti Quaderno
File:Olivetti Quaderno.jpg
Quaderno PT-XT-20
DeveloperOlivetti
TypeLaptop
(subnotebook)
Release date1992 (1992)
Discontinued1994

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File:Personal computer con interfaccia grafica, mini-portatile - Museo scienza tecnologia Milano 15813.jpg
Olivetti Quaderno PT-XT-20, side photo
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Olivetti Quaderno 20 and Olivetti Quaderno 33 - RetroComputer museum Zatec, Czechia
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Olivetti Quaderno 33 (PT-AT-60) - RetroComputer museum Zatec, Czechia

The Quaderno was a miniportable (smaller than a regular) notebook, produced by Olivetti in two versions since 1992: Quaderno (PT-XT-20) and Quaderno 33 (PT-AT-60).

History

When it made its debut in 1992,[1] this model released a good idea of a laptop that was smaller (has the same size as an A5 sheet) and light (1 kg against the average weight of 3 kg of a laptop of the same period). The first version did not have the expected success, despite having an excellent processor and also features unknown to the contemporaries, such as the microphone and integrated amplifiers. The main reason for this failure was the strong limitations of the operating system, not up to the potential of the computer. For this reason, Olivetti decided to present a new version just one year after the first, the Quaderno 33, equipped with the operating system Windows 3.1.

Awards:[2]

  • 1992, 25° Premio SMAU Industrial Design (Italia)

Specifications

QUADERNO (PT-XT-20)
  • CPU: NEC V30HL, 16MHz.
  • Memory: 1MB (640KB + 360KB LIM expansion).
  • Hard disk: 20MB, 2.5"[3][4].
  • Operating system: Olivetti MS-DOS.
  • PCMCIA: slot Type II.
  • Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 32 mm.
  • Weight: 1050 gr.
  • Display: LCD 14 x 10.5 cm, DCGA (640 x 400) 4 gray color levels[3].
  • Battery: 6 AA batteries Ni-Cad 7.2V.
QUADERNO 33 (PT-AT-60) (only differences)
  • CPU: Intel 80386, 20MHz.
  • Memory: 4MB (expandable with RAM card PCMCIA).
  • Hard disk: 60MB.
  • Operating systems: MS-DOS 5.0 - Windows 3.0.
  • Display: LCD with backlit[5], VGA 640 x 480 pixel with 16 gray color levels.
  • Input device: integrated Trackball.

References

  1. "Lavorare dovunque: i computer portatili Olivetti" (in italiano). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2011-04-02. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Mario Bellini architects". www.bellini.it. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Olivetti Quaderno (PT-XT-20)". 80-90s Computing. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  4. "From the archives: Olivetti Quaderno review". Machina Speculatrix. 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2021-01-04. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. "Olivetti Quaderno". MCmicrocomputer. 128-130. 1992.

Literature

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Top cover with multimedia buttons


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