The Bondwell-2
is an early
laptop
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personal computer
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running the
CP/M
CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for Intel 8080/Intel 8085, 85-based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Dig ...
operating system. Introduced by
Bondwell in 1985, it came with a
Zilog
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The company was founded in 1974 by Federico Faggin and Ralph Ungermann, who were soo ...
Z80
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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 Bondwell-2's main attraction was its price,
at 995 USD. It also included
MicroPro
MicroPro International Corporation was an American software company founded in 1978 in San Rafael, California. They are best known as the publisher of WordStar, a popular early word processor for personal computers.
History Founding and early su ...
's complete line of CP/M software, including
WordStar
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. Also unusually for a CP/M system, the Bondwell-2 could display
bitmapped graphics. The flip-up
LCD display's resolution was 640x200 pixels, or 80x25 text characters. A 300
baud
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It is the unit for symbol rate or modulat ...
modem
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was available as an option.
References
External links
vintage-computer.com: Bondwell 2 Laptop vintage-computer.com
* {{Citation , url = http://vintage-laptops.com/?page_id=220&lang=en , contribution = BONDWELL MODEL 2, 360 degree model , title = Russian Vintage Laptop Museum , type = museum
Early laptops
CP/M
Computer-related introductions in 1985