davidl@leonardo.intel.com (David D. Levine) (01/13/90)
I've got an NEC PC-8500 laptop. I've been using it for years to take notes, and I'm very happy with it. (As the Secretary for a variety of local science fiction fan organizations I've found it to be absolutely indispensible!) It's very light and small, but it's got a full-size keyboard with a good feel and a readable 24x80 screen that tilts. It also runs for months on ordinary flashlight batteries. The problem is the amount of "disk" available. I say "disk" in quotes because it's a CP/M machine with 64K of RAM, divided into 32K of user RAM and a a 32K RAMdisk. (All the software is in ROM.) 32K is plenty for the minutes of an SF club meeting, but now we're putting on a Westercon and the convention committee meetings tend to overrun the available storage space. Can anyone suggest a way to increase the amount of storage space for a reasonable price? I understand that there was once a RAM extension module and a 3.5" disk module for this machine, but my dealer's out of business and I've never seen anything for the PC-8500 anywhere else. If you have some old PC-8500 peripherals in your garage or junkbox, I might be glad to take them off your hands. Maybe you know where the last NEC PC-8500 dealer in the universe is. Please help! I can't really afford to upgrade to an UltraLite. (Unless you know where I can get one used for under $1000...) - David D. Levine, Intel IMSO Tech Pubs davidl@leonardo.intel.com "Atomic batteries to power... turbines to speed..."