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From: aland@infmx.UUCP (Colonel Panic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Bondwell 286 laptop from DAK Industries
Summary: DAK's "pocket modem"
Message-ID: <4972@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 90 06:51:26 GMT
References: <4958@infmx.UUCP> <4334@grape2.UUCP>
Reply-To: aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney)
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Organization: INFORMIX Professional Services ("Peace thru Normalization")
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In article <4334@grape2.UUCP> kraus@motcid (David Kraus) writes:
>This one isn't bad, from what little I've played with it.  Just got it
>plugged in to my desktop yesterday, and it seems to be a lot quieter (less
>line noise) than my internal Prentice (which is as old as the hills
>anyway).  I like it, thus far.  We'll see how long batteries last, tho...
>Dave Kraus

The new (?) Stowaway pocket modem sounds promising, though pricey
($295 list).  Still, I think it'd be worth it in the long run.
What  I don't understand is why the DAK version covers up the LEDs.

Regarding battery life: I've already burned out the 9V that came with
it after a couple of hours.  With the LEDs covered, you get no low
battery warning...

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