Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!sunybcs!ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu!v118hj3d From: v118hj3d@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthony M Petro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: BONDWELL LAPTOP Message-ID: <26699@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 30 May 90 00:37:34 GMT References: Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Reply-To: v118hj3d@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 29 In article <18180@well.sf.ca.us>, rchrd@well.sf.ca.us (Richard Friedman) writes... >greg.trice@canremote.uucp (GREG TRICE) writes: > >=I have a Bondwell-2 laptop that's now 4 years old. Generally speaking I >=like it, except for the display. This is a first-generation TN LCD and >=has very poor contrast and viewing angle. >=..... >=Unfortunately I can't just replace the >=computer as a whole as it was a unique design (with a Zilog CPU) and as >=far as I know there is no current laptop available that's remotely >=software compatible. > >>Is THIS the Bondwell model that DAK is selling? >>If it is, it doesnt sound too good. But DAK advertises lots of >>(outofdate) software like Wordstar. What is so incompatible about >>the Bondwell. ? nope, dak is actually offering a rather competitive machine- 286, 1MB 80ns ram and 20MB disk for $1299. i ordered one. be prepared for a long backorder. my question: does anyone know if bondwell will offer a display upgrade through someplace like Sears (a distributor) or dealers? i'm not about to sit around and wait for someone to start offering the B310+ for $1300. anthony m. petro "beethoven" i can say what i want; i'm just an undergrad V118HJ3D@UBVMSD.BITNET "soon the gypsy queen in a glaze of Vaseline petro@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu will perform on guillotine; what a scene, ..!uunet!acsu.buffalo.edu!petro what a scene..."