[3] It featured 64 KB of RAM, the Protext word processor, various organiser-like facilities (diary, address book and time manager), a simple calculator, and a version of the BBC BASIC interpreter.

[4] The computer's design, evocative of the TRS-80 Model 100, features a screen with 80 character columns by eight rows, and not backlit,[3] but this let the NC100 run for up to 20 hours on four standard AA cell batteries.

Protext and the other applications were designed with a computer novice in mind - although experienced users can find and use a large array of more complicated features.

[6] The design also included terminal emulation and XMODEM file transfer software which enabled the NC100 to communicate through dial-up analogue modems.

UK tech journalist Sue Schofield used one to upload a review of the NC100 directly into the online filing computer of the Independent newspaper in 1993.