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From: aaron@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Aaron Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Zenith MiniSport questions...
Message-ID: <1991May10.163131.22595@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 10 May 91 16:31:31 GMT
Sender: Aaron Wallace
Reply-To: aaron@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Aaron Wallace)
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Hi!
I just got a MiniSport 2 and didn't get any docs with it.  Pending getting them
from Zenith, I have a few questions about the machine:

1) Are the lithium batteries in it "standard," in that they can be bought at
random stores, or are they proprietary?  Does anyone have a good source?

2) The 2" disks *are* proprietary, and someone here posted a mail-order
source for them not too long ago.  At the time I thought "how quaint!"; now
I'm pleading to get the info...!

3) How exactly does the battery/adaptor work?  What I'm most concerned with is
running the machine from AC--will this try to charge the battery (meaning
I should wait until it's dead, right?), or does it only chanrge when the
machine is off or the battery removed?

4) Does anyone know of a good third-party internal modem?  I can get Zenith's
for a bit over $200, but if I can save a bit I'd like to...

Thanks in advance for any info or helpful stuff.  So far, I like it--though
even 6 lbs is a bit too heavy to haul around class to class.  I'll use my
PC4 for that!

Aaron Wallace