TO: Atari Sales, Marketing, Development 
         FR: Don Thomas  408/745-2031 
         DA: September 21, 1992 
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         The following news is available for IMMEDIATE release! 
 
         BSE has announced today that they are taking orders and will 
         soon ship two exciting new peripherals for the Atari 
         Portfolio. Both are encased by a standard peripheral box (a 
         la Parallel Interface) and snap easily into the expansion 
         port of the Portfolio palmtop computer. When used with BSE's 
         existing hard drives for the Portfolio, the entire system 
         (including Portfolio) can be powered by one AC connection). 
 
 
             UNIVERSAL I/O INTERFACE           UNIVERSAL RAM I/O 
           ===========================             INTERFACE 
            ALL THIS FOR ONLY $ 99.95      ========================= 
           ===========================       ALL FOR ONLY $ 199.95 
           * Serial (RS-232) port          ========================= 
           * Parallel (standard) port      * Same features as 
           * 128K EPROM (drive "B")          Standard Model 
             EPROM includes: 
              * BSE utilities                      * PLUS * 
              * PD Software 
              * XTERM (communications)     * 512K RAM upgrade 
              * UPDATE.COM                   (640K total) 
              * Read.Me Docs 
 
         * Note: The Parallel port used by this peripheral is 
                 configured as a PC standard port and allows PC 
                 standard software to address it. 
 
         * Note: The internal EPROM is 128K and addressed by the 
                 system as drive "B". It may be removed by the user 
                 and reprogrammed by a standard EPROM burning 
                 system. 
 
         * Note: BSE compact, rechargeable Hard Drives start at only 
                 $225 for a complete 20MB system. 
 
 
         To order or for info, call BSE at 602/527-8843 (voice) 
                                           602/527-1540 (fax) 
 
         * Visa and MasterCard accepted. 
         * Prices plus shipping and applicable taxes in 
           U.S. currency. 
         * BSE supports users in the APORTFOLIO forum on CompuServe.