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From: ferdie@coyote.datalog.com (fred jarvis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Non-volatile ram (and nec notebook)
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Date: 5 May 91 06:18:37 GMT
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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