<s>
The	O
Quaderno	O
was	O
a	O
subnotebook	B-Device
produced	O
by	O
Olivetti	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
from	O
1992	O
:	O
Quaderno	O
(	O
PT-XT-20	O
)	O
and	O
Quaderno	O
33	O
(	O
PT-AT-60	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
made	O
its	O
debut	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
this	O
model	O
realised	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
that	O
was	O
smaller	O
(	O
having	O
the	O
same	O
footprint	O
as	O
an	O
A5	O
sheet	O
)	O
and	O
lighter	O
(	O
1	O
kg	O
)	O
than	O
contemporary	O
laptops	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
failure	O
was	O
mostly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
bundled	O
software	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
fully	O
exploit	O
the	O
potential	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
design	O
and	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
Olivetti	O
decided	O
to	O
present	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
just	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
,	O
the	O
Quaderno	O
33	O
,	O
equipped	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1993	O
review	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Quaderno	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
crippled	O
DOS-compatible	O
machine	O
with	O
an	O
NEC	B-Device
V30	I-Device
processor	O
equivalent	O
to	O
an	O
Intel	O
8086	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
thing	O
about	O
the	O
old	O
Quaderno	O
was	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
digitally	O
record	O
dictation	O
using	O
its	O
built-in	O
microphone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	O
offered	O
a	O
standard	O
layout	O
and	O
additional	O
function	O
keys	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
acting	O
as	O
shortcuts	O
to	O
launch	O
applications	O
,	O
although	O
unlike	O
other	O
laptops	B-Device
,	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
support	O
these	O
capabilities	O
was	O
loaded	O
from	O
the	O
hard	O
drive	O
and	O
not	O
from	O
ROM	O
,	O
thus	O
requiring	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
retain	O
the	O
driver	O
files	O
responsible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
Quaderno	O
model	O
,	O
whose	O
principal	O
software	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
personal	O
productivity	O
applications	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
model	O
came	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
Works	O
and	O
Lotus	O
Organizer	O
.	O
</s>
