Digital Book System DBS 1

DIGITAL BOOK SYSTEM, The Revolutionary New Way to Retrieve Information Instantly. Electronic Publishers' Digital Book System (model DBS-1-1) is a small (5x 3.25 x 0.5" ), light (4 ounces), device with QWERTY keyboard and monochrome screen (40x160 resolution). It uses a 65C816 processor with 32 KB RAM. Thus, it has more in common with an organizer than either Sony's DATA DISCMAN or a portable PC. Though it has a notepad feature, it is designed for more or less passive reference work. The device comes packaged with the Merriam Webster Dictionary and Word Games.

The Digital Book System package costs a reasonable $199 (MSRP). This practically guarantees that the device will be used for reference works only. Nevertheless, according to Japan's Nihon Keizei Shimbun (quoted in Herther), over four million units have been sold.
FEATURES: Stores two Digtal Books, each containing up to 45 Megabytes of Data, with
instant communication between books: MERRIAM-WEBSTER
DICTIONARY Plus: Packed with 274, 000 complete definitions for 83, 000 words. *Thesaurus with 496, 000 synonyms for 40, 000 words. *Spell correction for 83, 000 words. Type in a word....... Instantly get the correct SPELLING - DEFINITIONS - SYNONYMS.
WORD GAMES: Plays 10 challenging word games to help build your vocabulary. Includes such favorites as HANGMAN - ANAGRAMS - JUMBLE, plus the all new LETTER POKER - CRYPTOMANIA - LETRIS - WORD DOZER. Word Games makes a great travel companion.
ACCESSORIES INCLUDED: Hard cover carrying case - Batteries (uses 4 Lithium) - One-Year Warranty from.
MSRP: $ 199.00W arranty 1 year from