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Hitachi Flora Prius

Summary

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 edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ Hitachi to Release New FLORA Prius 330J Model PCs with Preinstalled BeOS(TM) for the Consumer Market, November 11, 1998 News Release, Hitachi, Ltd.
  2. ^ 1999 Hitachi to Bundle Award-Winning BeatWare Mail-It with New FLORA Prius 330J PCs, The Free Library (January, 19)
  3. ^ BeOS v. 4.0 products designed for interoperability, 11/30/1998, By: Craig Menefee, ITworldcanada.com
  4. ^ Microsoft's Dirty OEM-Secret, By Eloquence, Oct 23, 2001, kuro5hin.org
  5. ^ Launching the BeOS on Hitachi FLORA Prius systems, The BeOS Tip Server