The Hitachi Flora Prius was a range of personal computers marketed in Japan by Hitachi, Ltd. during the late 1990s.[1][2][3]
The Flora Prius was preinstalled with both Microsoft Windows 98 as well as BeOS. It did not, however, have a dual-boot option as Microsoft reminded Hitachi of the terms of the Windows OEM license.[4] In effect, two thirds of the hard drive was hidden from the end-user, and a series of complicated manipulations was necessary to activate the BeOS partition.[5]
Models
FLORA Prius 330J came in three models:
- 330N40JB: Base version with no LCD Screen
- 3304ST40JB: Included a 14.1-inch super TFT color LCD Display
- 3304ST40JBT: Included a 14.1-inch super TFT color LCD Display and WinTV Video capture board
Base specifications
- CPU: Pentium II processor (400 MHz)
- RAM: 64 MB SDRAM
- Hard Drive: 6.4 GB (2 GB for Windows 98 and 4.6 GB for BeOS)[clarification needed]
- CD-ROM Drive: 24X speed max.
- 100BASE-TX/10BASE-10
References
- ^ Hitachi to Release New FLORA Prius 330J Model PCs with Preinstalled BeOS(TM) for the Consumer Market, November 11, 1998 News Release, Hitachi, Ltd.
- ^ 1999 Hitachi to Bundle Award-Winning BeatWare Mail-It with New FLORA Prius 330J PCs, The Free Library (January, 19)
- ^ BeOS v. 4.0 products designed for interoperability, 11/30/1998, By: Craig Menefee, ITworldcanada.com
- ^ Microsoft's Dirty OEM-Secret, By Eloquence, Oct 23, 2001, kuro5hin.org
- ^ Launching the BeOS on Hitachi FLORA Prius systems, The BeOS Tip Server
