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Manufacturer
  
CPU
  
Zilog Z-80 CPU @ 4 MHz

Operating system
  
CP/M

Release date
  
1985; 32 years ago (1985)

Introductory price
  
US$995 (equivalent to $2,216 in 2016)

The Bondwell-2 was an early laptop personal computer running the CP/M operating system. Introduced by Bondwell in 1985, it came with a Zilog Z-80 CPU clocked at 4 MHz, 64 kB RAM and 4 kB ROM. It had a 3.5" floppy disk drive, highly unusual for a CP/M system, as this OS was largely outmoded by the time 3.5" drives were introduced. The Model 2's main attraction was its price, at 995 USD it also included MicroPro's complete line of CP/M software, including WordStar. Also unusually for a CP/M system, the Bondwell-2 was capable of displaying bitmapped graphics. The flip-up LCD display's resolution was 640x200 pixels, or 80x25 text characters. A 300 baud modem was available as an option.

References

Bondwell-2 Wikipedia


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