New 20” Ruggedized Multi-Slot Portable FieldGo Workstation Who said good things only come in small packages

April 14, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
City of Industry, CA (April 12, 2005) – Broadax Systems Inc. has introduced a new Multi-Slot portable to its line of popular FieldGo systems. The FieldGo L9 is a very powerful unit that can be used for different type of applications. Its wide array of different configurations assures you that there is nothing this system cannot handle. The FieldGo L9 is so versatile it can be used in the field on rough terrain, harsh climate at sea or running tests while in mid-air.

The FieldGo L9 Series comes outfitted with a 20.1” TFT high-resolution flat panel display at 1600 X 1200 Pixels resolution. It also comes equipped with an integral detachable fold down keyboard with built-in touch pad pointing device. An optional water and dust proof keyboard is available. The FieldGo L9 has enough capacity for eight externally accessible drives; two of which are 5.25” and six 3.5”. All this is housed in a Ruggedized aluminum alloy chassis with shock-mounted drive bays. The hard-anodized surface meets MIL-A-8625E Type II/III standards.

Standard equipment on the FieldGo L9 is dual Intel Xeon 2.4GHz(512K L2 CACHE 533FSB) CPUs, 256 MB Double Data Rate (DDR) Memory, 40 Gigabyte Hard Drive and a 52X CD-Rom.
The standard ATX Form-Factor motherboard includes an integrated 8MB ATI Rage XL graphics controller, Integrated Intel 82541 Gigabit LAN and Intel 82550 10/100 LAN, 5 USB ports,
2 fast UART 16550 serial ports and 1 parallel port. This Motherboard can accommodate 5 32-bit PCI cards, has 2 ultra DMA connections along with 2 Serial ATA RAID connections. A standard 400W ATX PFC 110/220 VAC Power Supply is what powers the FieldGo L9. Also standard are amplified built-in stereo speakers.

Optional equipment for the FieldGo L9 is dual Intel Xeon 3.4GHz EMT64 (1 MB L2 CACHE 800FSB) Processors. 16,384MB Kingston DDR2 ECC Reg. memory is available for the most demanding of data intense graphic or video file sizes. Also available is an Asus Geforce FX6800 Ultra 256MB DDR PCI-Express 16X Video Card VIVO W/DVI Display adapter and an NEC 6500A Slim-Type DVD+/-R/RW, CD-R/RW Drive. For security purposes the FieldGo L9 is available with Removable hard Drive kits. You can choose the available standard kit or opt for the high-end Kinston Removable Hard Drive Kit. If you are running power hungry applications or components you might want to look at the 550W ATX PFC 110/220 VAC Power Supply or the Hot Swappable 400W+400W Redundant ATX Power Supply.

The dimensions of the unit are 19.78”(W) X 14.92”(H) X 8.97”(D) and weighs in at approximately 50 lbs.

Prices and Availability
The FieldGo L9 starts as low as $5,845 with dual Intel Xeon 2.40Ghz processors, 256MB DDR Memory, ATI 8MB integrated graphic controller, 40 Gigabyte Hard Drive, 52X CD-ROM, 20.1” TFT high-resolution flat panel display and a 400W Power Supply. Prices vary with faster CPUs, additional drives and other options. GSA and quantity discount is available

About Broadax
Focused on its primary mission to provide state-of-the-art computer systems for mobile and industrial computing needs, Broadax Systems Inc. (BSI) offers a broad range of high-end PC systems in rugged portable, notebook and industrial rack-mount designs for use in business, research, engineering, industrial, aerospace and military setting.

BSI was founded in 1986 and is a pioneer in the portable computer industry. Since its beginnings, BSI continues to improve on the design of the portable PC while retaining all the expansion and power capacities of a desktop computer. Customers include Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, the Army National Guard and other business-to-business, consumers and government agencies.

For more information on BSI and the FieldGo L9 Ruggedized Multi-Slot Portable please contact sales at

BSI Computers
17539 E. Rowland Street,
City Of Industry, CA 91748
Phone: 800.872.4547
Fax: 626.964.2665
email: sales@bsicomputer.com www.bsicomputer.com