skl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) (01/06/91)
Does anybody have any comments/opioions/observations on the
Bondwell B310 laptop? A local outlet here is selling them
at a very attractive price and I would like to know what others
think of it.
The package being advertise here includes:
- Ultraslim and lightweight case (7lbs)
- 12MHz CMOS 80286 CPU with 0 wait state
- 1Meg RAM (expandable to 2Meg)
- 40Meg 25ms Connor hard drive with 1:1 interleave controller
- 1.44M 3.5" floppy drive
- 10.5" supertwist non-glare LCD screen
- Removable rechargable NiCd battery pack
And its retail price around here is roughly equivalent to US$1450.
I would appreciate any comments on if this would be a good
system for "office computer inside a briefcase" type applications.
Thanks in advance for any advices.
...Sam
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Internet: <skl@wimsey.bc.ca> UUCP: {van-bc,ubc-cs,uunet}!wimsey.bc.ca!sklthomas@neon.in-berlin.de (Thomas Ziemer) (01/08/91)
skl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) writes: Hello Samuel > Does anybody have any comments/opioions/observations on the > Bondwell B310 laptop? Yes, here it comes. > - 12MHz CMOS 80286 CPU with 0 wait state The landmark test (version 0.99 and 1.14) shows about 16 MHz but the real frequence is 12 MHz. That's true. > - 1Meg RAM (expandable to 2Meg) It's not easy to install the module to expand the laptop to 2 MB. You have to disconnect the whole case to remove the hard disk and floppy. Then you can put in the module (I have broken all my fingers while installing this damn thing... ;-) > - 40Meg 25ms Connor hard drive with 1:1 interleave controller My coretest version 2.8 shows a transfer rate of 702.9 KB per second. A good value I think... > - Removable rechargable NiCd battery pack The manual says that the laptop will run about one and a half hour with one battery pack. My experience is that this is not true. The duration is much lower than this (about 1 hour). Nevertheless I think the B310 is a nice small piece. Compatibility: On my machine there is one partition of DR DOS 5.0 and one of Xenix Sys V/286. Both operating systems run correct with no errors. > And its retail price around here is roughly equivalent to US$1450. Yes. The price here in germany is about 2100 DM. This is the same you said. Bye ... thomas -- __ _______________________________________________________________________ (00) N E O N Research Caboose, Berlin Computer Science Research \`\/ Thomas Ziemer, 1000 Berlin 20, Germany, Phone# (data): +49-30-361 89 95 "" Smart Addresses: thomas@neon.in-berlin.de, thomas@neon.mbx.sub.org
naylor@med.wcc.govt.nz (Richard Naylor) (01/10/91)
In article <1168@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>, skl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) writes: > Does anybody have any comments/opioions/observations on the > Bondwell B310 laptop? I bought one in Hong Kong in December for $HK9900 (sorry don't have current conversion handy). I bought it for my kids to use. It survived the trip down from HK to NZ in a briefcase without any problems, despite being a very light plastic case. I find the batteries last about 1 hour with average use. My biggest problem is that I seem to have a loose connection on the CMOS ram battery. I loose the setup in CMOS ram about once a week. I tried taking the thing apart to see if it was a loose joint, but access was poor, without stripping the whole thing down. Overall, I like it. its a cheap Ltop, that goes well. I would love another one for work or me as my kids have taken it over :-( +---------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Richard Naylor | Domain: naylor@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz | | Computer Services | PSImail: PSI%0530147000090::naylor | | Wellington City Council | Phone: (4) 733-130 x838 | | PO Box 2199 Wellington | FAX: (4) 733-430 | | New Zealand | | +---------------------------+------------------------------------------+