17 Nov
1999
17 Nov
'99
3:49 a.m.
>I passed one up a couple of weeks ago. Seller was
asking 95 pounds, was
>prepared to sell for 80, but no less - she claimed the Windows 95
>installation on the hard drive was worth that. I told her just what I
>would do if I got a machine with Windows 95 on it... (hint: it involves
>a disk partitioning tool and a Linux distribution kit)
>
>Philip.
>
Are you sure this was a P70 (which usually shipped
with 386s) and not a P75
(which usually shipped with 486 or better processors)? I tried a Win '95
installation on my 4MB RAM/120 MB HD/386 P70, and from "power on" to
"ready
to use" took over two minutes. Trying to open any windows or run any
applications caused a frenzy of drive activity (reading and writing to the
swapfile, I suspect). I can't imagine anyone actually using a P70 running
Win '95. Running Windows 3.11 though, they were decent portables for their
time - nice crisp display, good keyboard. Very capable "get some work done
in your hotel room" computers.
No, I'm not sure, but I thought it was a P70. (I wouldn't have bought it for 80
quid even if I had known/believed it had a 486 in.) It was a briefcase-sized
thing that stood vertically - the keyboard flapped down (or took off - can't
remember) and the plasma panel tilted out a little.
As for your performance problems, based on your description of the "flurry of
drive activity" I suspect that it would work better with more memory. No, I
didn't ask how much memory this thing had.
Much as I like plasma displays, I am not sorry I didn't buy this one.
Philip.
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