pbg@cs.brown.edu (Peter Galvin) (08/24/90)
I saw a Packard Bell 286xxx (I don't remember what the x's were) at a local A/V superstore. It's a 286 with 1mb ram, 20mb hard disk, and backlit display. It felt heavy, maybe 15 lbs? But the price was $1499. Anyone know anything about this system? I'll summarize any responses. Thanks. -- --Peter ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Peter Baer Galvin (401) 863-7623 Systems Manager, Brown Univ. Comp. Sci. pbg@cs.brown.edu Box 1910 (115 Waterman Street) uunet!brunix!pbg Providence, RI 02912 (02906) pbg@browncs.bitnet
neal@mnopltd.UUCP (08/24/90)
->I saw a Packard Bell 286xxx (I don't remember what the x's were) at a
->local A/V superstore. It's a 286 with 1mb ram, 20mb hard disk, and
->backlit display. It felt heavy, maybe 15 lbs? But the price was
->$1499. Anyone know anything about this system? I'll summarize any
I have a PB286lp, which is actually a Mitsuba ?????. Used it for about
six months now. It was (and maybe still is) about the least expensive
fast 286 around. Only drawbacks I found are:
- Screen is either CGA or Hercules. If you pick hercules, you
lose end of the screen. (748 - 640 pixels) This did not affect
any software I was using, so I don't mind.
- Actual battery life is long; about 3 hours. HOWEVER, the damn
thing starts beeping after about 1.5 hours.
BTW, you can stuff 4 regular simms in it to get either 2mb or 5mb.
When I bought it, it was around $2K, and everything else was $3K. ( I
refuse to spend more than $2K on ANY equipment that gets schlepped around
a lot. ) If I had the same choice TODAY, I would get something that
has the EGA screen and spend the extra $500 as opposed to the wierd screen
and $1.5K. But this stuff gets cheaper every month, and portables only
last so long before something gives out...
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