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From: gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (George Wang)
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Subject: Re: Tandon NB/386SX (was Dataworld laptop)
Keywords: dataworld tandon NB 386SX noteboook
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Date: 28 Apr 91 04:28:07 GMT
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In article <6964@awdprime.UUCP> mheyda@heyda.austin.ibm.com (Michael Heyda) writes:
>then saw the Tandon.  Whats interesting about this is that Tandon sells
>a 2 slot expansion box for $300 and Dataworld sells a 3 slot for $700
>(thats one expensive slot --- $400!)  Tandon maintained that they made
>their own machine and Dataworld says that they second sourced it but
>didn't say from who.  I would be interested to know if the expansion
>boxes are compatible.  I could deal with $300 for two slots since thats
>all I would use, but $700 for 3 slots is a bit steep.
>
>Please post in this group.  Thanks.

From previous discussion, most of us concluded from the pictures that
the original Zeos 386-20 LAPTOP (not notebook) was the SAME as the
Dataworld Laptop.... When I noticed that someone mentioned that
the Tandon was the same as the Dataworld, I read the features
that were posted... That person mentioned a "resume" mode as well
as the use of D-batteries... Unless Dataworld switched the OEM
brand of their laptops, I know for a fact that the Zeos laptop
does NOT use D-batteries nor does it have a "resume" function....

Previous discussion said that the Zeos laptop, which sold for
$2,195 at the time, was a good buy... Good functional machine except
that it was a bit heavy... Display was good... You could try
adding your own larger Conner IDE drive, but it would add a "bulge"
to the center of your machine....

George


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