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This page is an effort to preserve the last few shreds of Ultralite knowledge remaining. Here I'll post what information and files I have, and any other Ultralite owners still remaining can submit their information. Thanks to Eric Schneck for providing lots of the info here.

Specs

• CPU: NEC V30 at 8.14MHz
• RAM: 640k
• ROM: 512k containing custom MS-DOS 3.3, MS-DOS Manager, and LapLink
• Storage: 2MB battery-backed solid state memory (The PC-17-01 had only 1MB, the PC-17-02 had 2MB)
• Graphics: CGA compatiable, 320x200x4 or 640x200x2
• Communications: built-in 2400bps modem, RS-232C port
• Accessories: optional ROM cards containing software, SRAM cards for additional 256 or 512KB of storage, external 1.44MB floppy drive/parallel port

Utilites

• ZIP file of two utilites: one to change Ultralite system settings, and a lightweight terminal application - DGSET.COM and DGTERM.COM

Historical Documents, Magazine Clippings

• The ultralite-list archives from grot.com have come back to life!
• In 2021 I finally got around to scanning my Ultralite service manual and uploaded it to the Internet Archive.
• NEC Ultralite specifications from NEC FastFacts
• Consumer Reports, Sept. 1989. A short article reviewing the Ultralite.
• DAK Catalog Ultralite article: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
• E-Mail from NEC explaining the BIOS registers for turning on/off the backlighting
• Flyer from NEC showcasing the available ROM card software for the Ultralite.
• Table of Contents from an all-Ultralite magazine, the Ultralite Connection.
• The first 50 digests of the old ultralite-list
• Photos I took of my Ultralite when I was creating this web page, in 2005.