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===Walkabout/320===

The Walkabout/320, introduced in July 1991, was another radical redesign, reducing its weight to just under {{convert|6|lb|kg}} and measuring smaller across all dimensions, measuring {{convert|11|by|5|by|1.8|in|cm}}, making for Data General's first [[notebook computer]].<ref name=dgpc>{{cite journal | date=July 29, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdAPo2ZypRMC&pg=PA42 | title=DG notebook PC makes its debut | work=Computerworld | publisher=CW Communications | volume=XXV | issue=30 | page=42 | via=Google BOoks}}</ref> The clock speed of the computer's i386SX was bumped up to 20&nbsp;MHz, while the stock RAM was increased to 2&nbsp;MB (although the memory ceiling was decreased to 6&nbsp;MB). Data General offered the Walkabout/320 with a 60-MB Conner hard drive, as well as the same 40-MB Conner drive of its predecessor as a lower-cost alternative.<ref name=newsbytes>{{cite journal | lastlast1=McMullen | firstfirst1=Barbara E. | firstlast2=McMullen | first2=John F. McMullen | date=July 24, 1991 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A11214462/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Data General introduces 386SX notebook | work=Newsbytes | publisher=The Washington Post Company | via=Gale}}</ref> Most other features were carried over from its predecessor.<ref name=cbr>{{cite journal | date=July 24, 1991 | url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/data_general_enters_notebook_fray_with_walkabout | title=Data General Enters Notebook Fray with Walkabout | work=Computer Business Review | publisher=New Statesman Media Group | archiveurl=http://archive.today/2023.11.13-040001/https://techmonitor.ai/technology/data_general_enters_notebook_fray_with_walkabout | archivedate=November 13, 2023}}</ref>

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