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July 7, 1998 (TOKYO) -- The Japanese version of Windows 98,
scheduled to ship on July 25, attracted substantial attention from
crowds at the recent Windows World Expo /Tokyo '98.
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Many peripherals in compliance with USB and IEEE1394 were also
demonstrated at the show.
Some 295 PC-related makers joined the exhibition, held at Makuhari
Messe, outside Tokyo, from July 1-4.
Windows 98 was revealed to the public for the
first time at this exhibition. In the keynote address on the first
day, Susumu Furukawa, chairman of Microsoft Co., Ltd. of Japan,
stressed the new functions of Window 98. A demonstration session
for Windows 98 at the company's booth attracted more people than
the booth could hold (See chart ).
In addition, there were many peripherals with the USB and IEEE1394
interface on display that are supported by Windows 98. Audio
equipment from Roland Corp. and Yamaha Corp. were introduced as
universal serial bus (USB)-capable peripherals. There also were
exhibits with conventional mouse, keyboard and printer devices.
IO Data Device Inc. displayed prototypes of a Super disk drive for
USB, an interface board for IEEE1394 and a CD-ROM drive for IEEE139
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Following Sony Corp.'s VAIO series, Toshiba Corp. exhibited
DynaBookSS 3000 Series, a slim B5-sized, notebook PC with Windows 9
8 installed. In reply to these challenges, Sony showed a new model
of its PCG-505 equipped with an IEEE1394 port. It interested many
visitors.
Sony also displayed a mini-notebook PC prototype similar to Toshiba
's Libretto. The model is equipped with a color thin-film transistor
liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) of 1,024 x 480 dots based on the
USB and IEEE1394 interfaces. It also has a charge-coupled device
(CCD) camera attached on the upper part of the monitor for shooting
static and dynamic images.
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. joined the show with a sample A5-sized mini
-notebook PC having a 6.7-in. TFT-LCD displaying 800 dots x 600 dots
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Sony and Casio have not priced the above-mentioned models yet, but
will try to launch them in the market within this year.
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Related stories:
Sony Develops Mini-Notebook
PC With CCD Camera
Toshiba Announces Release of Super Thin
Notebook PCs
(Nikkei Personal Computing)
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