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A color-display version of the HewlettPackard Series 200, MC68000-based technical computer is now available with a system configuration that includes 640K bytes of RAM, duai 51/4-inch flexible disks, and Basic and Pascal languages. Designed as a personal CAD workstation, the HP Series 200 Model 36C offers color enhancements for about $3000 more than the Model 36 workstation with monochromatic monitor. Features include four graphics memory planes, gray scale, and a color map accessible through HP's enhanced Basic or Pascal graphics-language extensions. In addition, the HP Model 36C has the MC68000 microprocessor, integrated mass storage, and supported peripherals. Several engineering software packages are available through the HP Plus third-party program, including 2-D drafting, finite ele-ment, and noise and vibration packages. A technical artwork generation system, which allows the user to design PC boards, schematics, and other 2-D drawings, will also be available. The Model 36C offers two ways of producing colors. It allows selection of 16 true colors from a palette of 4096 colors for lines or filled images by controlling the intensity of the CRT guns. Or the HP Model 36C can generate 4913 dithered area shades for color compatibility. The base price of the Model 36C is $15,140 including the MC68000 processor, built-in HP-IB port, dual 5 l4-inch flexible disk drives (each with 264K formatted storage space), color display with four graphics memory planes, keyboard, 128K bytes of read/write memory, and eight slots for memory and I/O expansion. A configured system priced at $17,660 adds 512K bytes of read/write memory (for a total of 640K bytes); Basic 2.0 and Basic Extensions 2.1 for matrix manipulation/advanced graphics and I/O; and Pascal 2.1 with graphics and I/O extensions.