If you want your data on disc, man, try Data Discman

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: September 13, 1991| Author: Joanne Kelley | Copyright information

Want some background on the Hanseatic League? How about an English-language guide to Paris? Or Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion?

Sony Corp. of America introduced an electronic book player Thursday that is designed to provide users with just such information - all at the flip of a hand-held screen.

The portable Data Discman, an information retrieval system, will be available in November for a suggested list price of $550, Sony announced. It will inclu...

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