nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) (05/02/91)
I am considering gotting a nec notebook for some fieldwork. My problem is that its mass storage device is 2M non-volative ram. How reliable is this. Can I trust 2 weeks worth of library notes to still be there after 2 weeks. If anyone knows anything else particularly good or bad about the nec notebook (or competitors in the notebook world for under 1K, the DAK price on this machine) I would appreciate hearing about it. As always, thanks in advance Neal -- Neal Beck Dept of Politcal Science, UCSD beck@ucsd.edu Dislaimer: The Regents pay me (a bit!) to distribute my opinions.
brian@king.csd.mot.com (05/03/91)
nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) writes: >I am considering gotting a nec notebook for some fieldwork. My >problem is that its mass storage device is 2M non-volative ram. How >reliable is this. Can I trust 2 weeks worth of library notes to >still be there after 2 weeks. The ramdisk operates off of a non-removable battery, and the rest of the machine runs off of a removable battery. The ramdisk battery needs to be hooked up to a charger every five days or so whether or not you're using the computer. I would trust the machine to keep precious notes just about as much as I would trust a laptop hard disk. In other words, I'd back it up as soon as I could. You can get an external 3.5" floppy for the UltraLite for $199. So far, I haven't heard of anyone losing any data from their ramdisk, though. >If anyone knows anything else particularly good or bad about the >nec notebook (or competitors in the notebook world for under 1K, the >DAK price on this machine) I would appreciate hearing about it. If you'd like to join a mailing list about the NEC UltraLite, aka PC1701 and PC1702, please send your request to ultralite-list-request@csd.mot.com. You'll get brought up to date with the forty or so postings which have traversed the list in the six weeks since the list was started. -- -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
ferdie@coyote.datalog.com (fred jarvis) (05/05/91)
nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) writes: > I am considering gotting a nec notebook for some fieldwork. My > problem is that its mass storage device is 2M non-volative ram. How > reliable is this. Can I trust 2 weeks worth of library notes to > still be there after 2 weeks. I have no experience with this machine, although I have had some interest in it, because of good experiences with my (obsolete)dual- floppy NEC Multispeed. Personally, I would buy the external 1.4 meg 3.5 floppy for the Ultralite, which DAK is selling for $199 more, I believe. Fred Jarvis ferdie@coyote.datalog.com