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*        Internet newsletter for      *

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         No 2      May 15, 1995





Hello all PF fans everywhere!!!!



There are some more news again for old good Portfolio.



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Hottest NEWS from the TOAD Computers.



New Portfolios still available!!

You can buy the 1MB CARD for PF!!



New PF		           $200

1MB RAM/FLASH CARD         $179

PC Card drive		   $79

110V AC adapter            $10

Portfolio Books            $17



Contact:



e-mail		toad@charm.net

fax		+ 1 410 544 1329





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First of all, there are now more than 45 PF fans that have

contacted our PF club via Internet. And it is a nice number.



Well, so it seems that PF has not died completely. I do not know

the total number of all Portfolios in the world. And I am sure

that no one knows how many of them are still being used. But let's

try a small estimation:



Maybe    500 000 PFs  were made. If 3/4 were dead by now still

about    125 000 PFs  would be living.



If only one in ten (1/10) PF users was interested in novelties, there

are 12 500 people who want new things. And it seems worth making

new soft and hard for them.



Well the greatest problem seems to be the access to the PF users.

Those who are on the NET have no problem getting soft, texts and

ordering new hardware. But most of the people in the outer world 

will never get in touch with our activities.



If you know any PF users who cannot join the NET, please make 

a copy of this text on your printer and distribute it.



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Write to our magazine!!!



If you have any ideas, comments, etc. that seem to interest

other PF users, send e-mail to us. We will include your message

into new issue of the newsletter.



If you decide to write, please identify the SUBJECT so that

it is easy to recognize it from other e-mail.



Example:



SUBJECT  "PF NEWs: list of soft available from X.Y."





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There is a steady demand for new things and especially for peripherals.

The reason is simple. A "dead" Atari dealer told me that about 10 times

more PF units were sold than cards, interfaces, card readers.



It seems very funny that our club that was originally meant to be

a non-profit organization, is now running hardware production.



I asked at the Czech Customs Office and found that there is no

special regulation for export of electronics.



So it is possible now to get all the things we have for PF



Here is the list:



CODE	   description  	price in CZC		note

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HPC 010    new PF 128k RAM		5800		

HPC 011    new PF 512k RAM		8200

HPC 102    Atari serial interface	1900

HPC 202	   Atari 64k RAM card		1900

HPC 104    256k Memory expansion+	2900

HPC 301    PC card reader		2800



HPD 300	   parallel interface		1400

HPD 400	   128KB RAM card		2300

HPD 500    FDD unit 1,44 MB		5800

           + 25pin par. interface

HPD 600    PortWalk tape recorder        700

           interface

HPD 103    Leather case for PF           500

HPD 200    Portfolio Tech. Guide	 400

           120pgs, English + diskette

HPD 203    Portfolio Programmier Praxis  400

           345pgs, German + diskette

HPD 700    Upgrade your RAM to 512 KB	3500

HPD 801    60 pin PF BUS connector       300

HPD 803    hardware adaptation for	 700

           permanent NiCd usage





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How to order the products



1. Decide what you want to get. It seems better to find

some PF friends and share the expenditures on charges

for sending the stuff.



2. Send us your "order" 



	by e-mail to   	sedlakj@dec59.ruk.cuni.cz

	by fax  to      + 42 2 29 51 86



3. We will contact you back, telling if the products are

   currently available and stating the total price in CZ.

   (total price + shipping charges).

   Current rate:  1 USD makes  29 CZ crowns 



4. Send the money in USD or DEM to our bank account



   account no. 770252-028/0800

   at Ceska Sporitelna Praha 2



5. After receiving a note from bank, we will send the ordered

   things directly to you.





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* What we are looking for:



- any PF fans that want to join us



- any PF users who are able to develop new soft



- information about: Re:Port, Portfolio Connection Newsletter, etc.



- any kind of emotional, mental and other support



- any dealer that is willing to go on with

  PF stuff and wants to sell our products



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This issue of Portfolio News was published on May 15, 1995.

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Special greetings to:



Don Messerli		- for his soft and graphics

BJ Gleason		- for PBASIC and tons of other things

S. Spoelstra		- for his BASIC, and others

Tomas Dusek		- Go on developing the hardware!

Martin & Milan Hrdlicka	- the authors of new graphic BIOS

