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Features of the new machineinclude 64 kilobytes of built-in randomaccess memory (RAM) and abuilt-in RS232 port and disk drivecontroller. The machine is supposedto come with a host of other features,including expandability to one megabyteof RAM in 64K increments andplug-in ports for such central processingunit chips as the Mostek 6502chip used in Apple and Atari computers,the Intel 8088 chip used in theIBM-PC and the Z80A used inOsborne and Timex computers. According to Dana Webb, incharge of public relations for CorComp., the machine will be unveiledat the winter Consumer ElectronicsShow. Webb characterizes the new computeras a "modular unit." Users willhave a choice of three keyboards:typewriter style, mylar and wordprocessingstyle with a built-innumeric keypad and programmablefunction keys. Each will be priceddifferently. The keyboard will be separatefrom the Cor-Comp peripheralexpansion box that is the brains of thenew system. Webb describes thePEB as a "slimline version of theTexas Instruments (peripheralexpansion) box." It will include amotherboard with two cartridgeslots and a processor slot. The system will come with whatC o r Cor- C o m p c a l l s Comp calls "I m p r o v e dImproved Extended BASIC'' in ROM (readonly memory). It will also have whatWebb calls "a true Extended BASICcompiler" and an operating systemthat allows the user the option ofchoosing screen display formats.Webb says the user will be able tochose from 32-, 40-, 80- or 132-columndisplays. The user will also be able tochoose screen color, he says. Thescreen will include 25 rows, with thebottom row dedicated to commandlines.