mgm601@anu.oz.au (" Marcia G McPherson") (05/01/91)
My family has an HP Portable Vectra CS at home, which we have used for 2 years. We run MS-DOS 3.2, MS Works v1.0, MS Word v5.0 and Turbo C v2.0. My eldest son is now at the ANU, studying Computer Science, and would like to get a modem so that he can work from home, instead of having to go in (25 km) to the Uni. every time he wants to do an assignment. We tried asking out local HP dealers, but they don't seem to know that the Portable Vectra actually exists. The HP Headquarters don't seem very helpful either - maybe because they figure they won't get enough return. To make things worse, I heard a rumour that the low end Vectras (CS, Portable CS and Portable CS model 20) had been phased out. Does that mean that peripheral prices will go up or down? If anyone can help me, my son would be extremely grateful. thanx in advance, M.G. McPherson email: mgm601@csc2.anu.edu.au
dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low) (05/03/91)
>My family has an HP Portable Vectra CS at home, which we have used for 2 years. >We run MS-DOS 3.2, MS Works v1.0, MS Word v5.0 and Turbo C v2.0. My eldest son >is now at the ANU, studying Computer Science, and would like to get a modem >so that he can work from home, instead of having to go in (25 km) to the Uni. >every time he wants to do an assignment. >We tried asking out local HP dealers, but they don't seem to know that the >Portable Vectra actually exists. The HP Headquarters don't seem very helpful >either - maybe because they figure they won't get enough return. To make things >worse, I heard a rumour that the low end Vectras (CS, Portable CS and Portable >CS model 20) had been phased out. Does that mean that peripheral prices will >go up or down? >If anyone can help me, my son would be extremely grateful. You should be able to get any external modem from anybody and hook it up to the serial port. You can forget about finding an internal modem. You can get a 2400 baud external modem for about $100-$200 depending on what features beyond the basic set are in the modem. Yes, the low end Vectra models you listed are obsolete products. Danny Low "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You" Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley HP NPCD dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com