Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsc!schnable
From: schnable@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (andrew.schnable)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Info wanted on T1000SE
Message-ID: <15099@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 13 Apr 90 17:34:37 GMT
References: <1990Apr10.021547.10271@udecc.engr.udayton.edu>
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From article <1990Apr10.021547.10271@udecc.engr.udayton.edu>, by abaumhau@udecc.engr.udayton.edu (Andy Baumhauer):

> a)  Can the extra memory be used as a ram disk?

yes - and it's battery backed-up too.  Or you can opt to turn it into
a heap that is shared by a disk cache/ram drive/printer spooler/display
memory. Or you can split the spare memory between the "HARDram" and the
heap. The heap-based ram disk is not battery backed-up. Supposedly the
heap-based ram drive grows as you put files on it.
 
> b)  Is the expansion memory board an ordinary SIMM module?

no.

> c)  How long does the battery last during average use?

2 - 4 hours is what I have been seeing.

> d)  Would you recommend this machine?

YES. The display and keyboard are outstanding. The "ctrl" key
is even in the right place. 1.44 Mb floppies are terriffic.
I rarely miss my hard disk.  I like using a machine without a fan
(very quiet). 

> 
> Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated.
> 

Get a spare battery (~60), and a 2 MB memory card (~$700), if
you can afford it. 

andy schnable@cbnewsc.att.com