mse@laertes.juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Martin Eby) (05/08/91)
I have an opportunity to buy a NEC ultralite machine
V30, 2megs, extra battery, internal modem
for about $1000, but I don't know if that is a good deal. So...
1) Is $1000 a fair price for the described unit?
2) How long will the battery last?
3) How big is the A/C power/charger unit?
4) Is it a CGA display?
5) Any problems with compatability?
6) Can you use real-time data compression programs such as 'Stacker'
with the silicon disk? I assume so....
Thanks in advance,
Martinbrian@king.csd.mot.com (05/09/91)
mse@laertes.juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Martin Eby) writes: >I have an opportunity to buy a NEC ultralite machine > V30, 2megs, extra battery, internal modem >for about $1000, but I don't know if that is a good deal. So... >1) Is $1000 a fair price for the described unit? DAK is offering the 2MB version for $899 and an extra battery for $69. They're new. They also throw in a disk version of MS Works, for whatever that's worth... Unless your deal includes some application ROM cards or something like that, you could do better with DAK. Also, IME Computer in Boston is/was selling refurbed 2MB units for $749 or something like that. >2) How long will the battery last? About 2 hours. Less if you're using the modem; more if you put the CPU in turtle-mode. >3) How big is the A/C power/charger unit? Approximately 5x2x3" (guessing...) and 1.5lbs (more guessing). Kind of unwieldy... >4) Is it a CGA display? Yes, but monochrome of course. Two kinds of color emulation. >5) Any problems with compatability? I haven't run into any so far. >6) Can you use real-time data compression programs such as 'Stacker' > with the silicon disk? I assume so.... I've been using XEQ and PKLITE for executables with no problem, but I haven't tried Stacker. >Thanks in advance, >Martin Subscribe to the UltraLite mailing list if you'd like more info. Send a request to ultralite-list-request@csd.mot.com. -- -Brian Smithson Motorola Inc., Computer Group, Commercial Systems Division 10700 N. De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014 USA, (408)366-4104 brian@csd.mot.com, {apple | pyramid}!motcsd!brian