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Author: Gebhard Markus | 0 Australia | 0 Austria | |
| 0 Argentinia | 0 Belgium | |
| 3 Brazil | 1 Canada | |
| 2 Colombia | 2 Denmark | |
| 2 France | 13 Germany | |
| 0 Hong Kong | 2 Italy | |
| 4 Japan | 0 Luxembourg | |
| 3 Netherlands | 1 New Zealand | |
| 3 Norway | 1 Portugal | |
| 1 Poland | 1 Russia | |
| 0 Singapore | 2 South Africa | |
| 0 Spain | 2 Sweden | |
| 1 Switzerland | 5 United Kingdom | |
| 53 USA | 5 form a Country not yet in the list |
| 96.2% male | 4.7% female |
| up to 16 years: 0.0% |
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| 17 to 20: 6.6% |
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| 21 to 27: 20.8% |
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| 28 to 38: 41.5% |
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| 39 to 49: 27.4% |
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| 50 to 60: 4.7% |
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| over 60: 0.0% |
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| 4/33c | 4/25m |
| 4MB: 31.6% |
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| 8MB: 18.4% |
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| 12MB: 26.3% |
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| 20MB: 21.1% |
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| 4MB: 9.0% |
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| 8MB: 26.9% |
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| 12MB: 41.8% |
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| 20MB: 22.4% |
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| 71.1% original | 28.9% upgraded |
| 79.1% original | 20.9% upgraded |
| 84MB: 14.2% |
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| 170MB: 28.3% |
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| 250MB: 35.8% |
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| 343MB: 0.0% |
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| 420MB: 0.9% |
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| 540MB: 8.5% |
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| 810MB: 4.7% |
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| 1080MB: 1.9% |
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| 1300MB: 3.8% |
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| 1440MB: 1.9% |
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| 2100MB: 0.0% |
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| Floppy: 89.6% |
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| modem: 71.7% |
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| convenience base: 39.6% |
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| external mouse/trackball etc.: 35.8% |
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| printer: 46.2% |
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| external keyboard: 17.9% |
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| monitor: 23.6% |
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| ethernet: 32.1% |
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| mobile port-expander: 21.7% |
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| car adaptor: 16.0% |
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| Zip-drive: 22.6% |
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| cd-rom: 15.1% |
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| external hard disk: 2.8% |
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| sound card: 4.7% |
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| scsi: 2.8% |
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| PCMCIA video-card: 0.0% |
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| 48.1% use Windows 3.x |
| 38.7% Windows 95 |
| 46.2% Dos |
| 14.2% Linux |
| 69.8% have only one Operating System on their Aero |
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| 28.3% have two |
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| 2.8% have three or more |
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| 63.2% business |
| 43.4% school, college, university, etc |
| 72.6% hobby, fun |
| Netscape: 67.9% |
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| Internet Explorer: 26.4% |
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| Lynx: 2.8% |
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| a different browser: 3.8% |
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| always the Aero: 3.8% |
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| most of the time the Aero: 11.3% |
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| sometimes the Aero: 50.9% |
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| never the Aero: 34.0% |
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| 52.8% have opened their Aero |
| 27.4% of the hinges have broken |
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| :-)) it is great: 64.2% |
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| :-) it is OK: 34.0% |
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| :-| I don't know: 1.9% |
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| :-( It is bad: 0.0% |
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| :-(( It is the worst: 0.9% |
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| 39.6% say it is OK |
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| 25.5% don't know |
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| 35.8% think it is a bad limitation |
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| 81.1% say it is OK |
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| 6.6% don't know |
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| 13.2% think it is too small |
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| 60.4% say it is OK |
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| 10.4% don't know |
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| 30.2% think it is too slow |
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| 27.4% say it is great |
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| 55.7% say it is OK |
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| 17.9% think it is bad |
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| 50.9% say it is great |
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| 41.5% say it is OK |
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| 8.5% think 20MB is not enough |
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| 39.6% say theirs is great |
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| 47.2% say it is OK |
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| 14.2% say it is bad |
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| 62.3% say it is great (for a notebook) |
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| 38.7% say it is OK |
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| 0.0% say it is bad |
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| 26.4% say it is great |
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| 61.3% say it is OK / did never have anything to do with them |
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| 13.2% say it is bad |
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| another Aero: 58.5% |
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| another laptop: 34.9% |
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| another desktop: 6.6% |
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Perry Donham
perry@kidpub.org wrote:
Linux on an Aero is a great combination I run Emacs for everyday things,
and also have the Gnu C++ compiler installed for schoolwork. I commute by
train to work, so in the morning I can download my email and the morning
news (from Yahoo), and spend the 90 minutes on the train answering mail
and doing work. When I get home, I plug the Aero into my LAN, and the mail
is sent. The Aero is small and quiet, perfect for note-taking.
Durward T. Stockman
durward@tenet.edu wrote:
I use my aero for a grade book and portable computing when I travel. I teach
computer science, calculus, physics and computer literacy at Whiteface High
School in Whiteface, TX. I own ten computers my self (although, several do not
have monitors yet). I have a Tandy 100, a Sharp 4100, as well as the Aero. My
desktop is a minitower with a Pentium-133 with 16MB. I have a Kraft track ball, an
Alps Glidepoint, a Logitech trackman, a Mouse systems mouse, an a Gravis game
pad. I have three Media Vision ProAudio Spectrum 16's. I have a Zip drive that I
use variously with each of several machines.
At school, I use a Compaq Armada 4110D, 16MB RAM, 810MB HDD, three
batteries to keep football, basketball, and track stats. My school desktop is a
Pentium-166 with a 2GB HDD and a 2GB DAT tape backup on a 100 unit Artisoft
Lantastic v7 network that I control.
Filipe Gama
filipe.gama@ip.pt wrote:
If my Aero dies,:-(((, I'll buy an AERO with 256 colours,
1 MB ram video, a Pentium 200 and a Trackball. -)).
Brandon Hines
soleil@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu wrote:
I use MSIE 2.0 for web browsing on the Aero. It seems much more light weight
on the Aero's limited resources compared to 3.0 of either MSIE or NS.
diomard arrazau jean christophe
jean-christophe.diomard-arrazau@inforoute.cgs.fr wrote:
i wanna know some adresses of hardware (for , at first hard disks and RAM) dealers in south of france (toulouse) or in north of spain.
Dennis Bring
desbrm95@student.umu.se wrote:
If someone would re-program the graphic-chip-bios...
Markus Gebhard
gebhard@fmi.uni-passau.de wrote:
Have fun!
Todd Butts
blues@wam.umd.edu, datsun240z@hotmail.com wrote:
Is it possible to run win95 or win NT on a 4/25? I just got my Aero,
and am still trying to get it set up so I can take full advantage
of it's possibilities.
David Murray
dmurray@powermedia.net wrote:
The Aero is the best notebook of its time! It has some limitations, but I will
never get rid of it, even if I buy a new notebook. On a side note, I am now
working in the mobile product division at AST computer, and though I love all of
our notebooks, I still love the Aero! I wish we could find a way to do 256
colors in Windows, and I wish it had 2 PCMCIA slots.. but oh well, can't have
everything!
Bryan Taylor
bryan.taylor@dsw.govt.nz wrote:
New Zealand
Dianne Duncan
dduncan@silverlink.net wrote:
I really like the light weight and portability. I wish I could fix the problem of the Aero not recognizing the external floppy drive after installing Windows95.
Michael
michael.meshik@usa.net wrote:
My country is Russia.
Todd
ether@gte.net wrote:
I want another one. anyone care to part with theirs?
Jack F.H. Wolff
jackflash@t-online.de wrote:
Got my Aero yesterday (15.04.97), been surfing all night long for infos
and softpaqs .... (COMPAQ is BIG on Support !!! for an "old" Model)
I waited a long time to get an Aero, not so easy to get nowadays. The 16 Color
limitation is a pain, so my RAM and HD. Im looking into 20 MB and a >500 MB
Harddrive. Doe anybody have a good source in Europa?
Chris Evans
71740.3451@COMPUSERVE.COM wrote:
I love this computer. If I could continue to upgrade it, I would never get rid of it. For instance, I would be in hog heaven if some company manufactured a Pentium CPU/logic board upgrade. I still have to get a larger hard disc, but otherwise I think this is a terrific little machine.
Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no wrote:
After all these years, I still get envious looks from people carrying
4-kilogram laptops. That's great!
Peter Barrette
pbarrette@hotmail.com wrote:
I have also replaced the backlight three times (I kept dropping it). If you need one for yours, call JKL Components and ask for part #BF3100-20B. It is slightly shorter than the original, but I couldn't find a better one.
I am also always on the lookout for an Aero for spare parts or one to try upgrages on without destroying my good one.
peterb
Edward L Savage
EddySavage@AOL.com wrote:
I, and my wife, find the Aero a good product for the mix of work and home needs we have. It's the perfect size for business trips. Great little fax machine. Loaded: 3 different on-line PCbanking pgms, Sales-demo programs for clients (thats where the screen hurts), MSWorks (swap files with work PC), ClarisWorks (swap files with home Mac), AOL, few other programs. We call it "The little processor that could." We'd buy another.
Andrew Davie
adavie@geocities.com wrote:
i only have one monitor, but i have a great PS/2 keyboard (one of the heavy, older ones) for my Aero's docking base. If i do a bunch of typing on the Aero, i'll move the monitor from my desktop machine so that i can use the PS/2 keyboard. Of course, i can also use the keyboard with the Aero WITHOUT the external monitor...
Nick Razzum
76143.2416@compuserve.com wrote:
I Wanna upgrade mine to greater that a SX! I'd spend a good amount of money to do it, can't believe Compaq hasn't figured that one out yet...
Robert Carpenter
racarpenter@ccgate.hac.com wrote:
Great little machine. Recently became initiated into the Aero Club when I had to replace the clutch. All the web info really helped and saved me about $100 by doing it myself.
Thanks All!
Tyler Carr
tylerca@wfs.twc.com wrote:
compaq upgraded my hard drive to the 420MB when I sent it in with a hard drive problem. I didn't ask why.
Edgar Hilton
efhilton@alum.mit.edu wrote:
THis is a great little machine! It flies with Linux and Xwindows for such a small computer! I compile code, write LateX documents, and this little guy chugs along really great! I have gotten many comments for its size too!
Karl-Heinz Wietzke
sp_kw@physik.uni-paderborn.de wrote:
Someone asked me about the difference between a laptop and
a notebook, when he saw my Aero, he knew.
David Phillips
Doodlebugg@aol.com wrote:
I have added an Altec Multimedia with 8xCDRom, 16 bit Sound Card, and
Game Port to my Aero 4/33C. I'm currently using CShow for viewing
graphics in 360x480x256, it works really good compared to the 16 color
picture you get normally. I really like the Aero and hope to get to
256 color in Win95 if we can ever figure it out, I know there's a lot
of people working at it. I have 12MB Ram and am going to eventually
go to 20Mb. A space saving project I am working on until I upgrade
my 255MB Hard Drive is to use the CDRom for many files and programs.
By borrowing a CD Wrighter.
I now have Office Pro 4.3 running as a server on the CD, and run with
5 MB of space on my Hard Drive (100MB on CD)used for the .mda
files and a few others to get it to work properly. It takes a little
redirecting of some of the paths in some files, but the advanced find
feature in Win 95 makes it easy. I also put the Windows Cab files on
Same CD. along with a lot of other Stuff.
If anybody finds a solution to the color problem, or maybe even the
ability to trick programs into running without it please let me know.
The size of everything is perfect, we just need more colors.
The Aero must live on.
ingo donasch
ingo@specs-usa.com wrote:
The battery charge does not work properly with NiMH batteries!
Brian Hickman
hickman@radiks.net wrote:
Could someone guide me through fixing my floppy drive (using simple terms) after I have installed win95.
Jeffrey Silgen
CalNoah@aol.com wrote:
I just bought my Aero a week ago, used from Argecy Computing. I asked before, they said they refurbish them, paint, repair, etc. Ha! Mine arrived with a clutch near the breaking point. I'll replace it soon. The ECP port had no screws holding it in. But that's okay, their price was better than anywhere and I LOVE this Aero SO MUCH, I'd NEVER send it back.
It's WAY faster than I every dreamed, light years beyond my SLT386s20 (which I covet as well), weighs a lot less too. The keyboard is incredibly good for such a little thing, it's size and weight being it's best attribute, aside from its dashing good looks and charm.
My Presario 3020 (Ultimate design????), which I bought about two months ago will have to claw it's way into my heart and will NEVER be as endearing to me as my one week old Aero!
Thanks for maintaining this page!
Terence Kennedy
sygma@info.bw wrote:
Home country not listed: Botswana
Local Compaq agent said this repair was "a first": replacement of the entire motherboard because the parallel port failed and produced garbage.
Tests and a Compaq engineer confirm the Aero is not "millenium-bug" proof are there any BIOS updates to take it past the year 2000?
Stefano Dainese
angel@esedranet.com wrote:
My Aero is great to carry away for business. It works great with Win95, but could not run Access95 with 12M. I don't know if it's a problem with my machine or if it's just impossible. I would like to know what are the best settings with Win95, expeccially for the video. Ciao from Italy to all the Aeronauts!
Hiroshi Nagae
chor wrote:
LIttle pretty Aero is good equipment for me when use outfield.
I was going on business with my Aero always and used Internet & mail.
My other notebook has great specification but it's too big and heavy.
So little pretty Aero is best friend for me on business trip.
I wish upgreade the Harddisk and use win95 at this Aero.
Dwane Woodard
lotech@pop3.concentric.net wrote:
I found my Aero in a Pawn Shop in Atlanta GA for under $250 (USD) I
had been looking for a PALMTOP computer but they cost about $700 - the
thought of getting a real 486/sx computer for less than half that price
was the ideal thing to do... I mean hey - wouldn't you? I have multiple
computers including a multimedia laptop. I carry the Aero around as
my PIM (Personal Information Manager) it replaced my DayRunner!
Kyle Amon
amonk@labyrinth.cftnet.com wrote:
I still have an 8-bit Atari 800 running too! :)
Some day I'm going to add a hard drive and connect
it to my home network and surf from it through the
joystick port. Well, maybe when I retire.
Rich Lilling
RALill@AOL.com wrote:
It's a good machine for my purposes: word processing on the go, sending and receiving E-Mail and downloading state legislative information for work.
If you're looking for a multi-media superstar look elsewhere.
p.s.
The damn hinge will get you eventually!!
Will
wgrant@flash.net wrote:
The Aero is great, currently mine is covered in beautiful stickers,
but I think it would be really really really kewl if a few fellow
aeronauts would band together to get some clear cases (the same kinda
material they make those nice pager cases out of) molded, lime green
would be my preferance, but any color would be swift.
Jon Kroll
jkroll@juno.com wrote:
I just returned from a visit to Albania, where I had been working for almost a year with my Aero. I thought I had lost it when we were evacuated from the country in March, but I was happy to see that it was still in good shape when I returned this month and was able to recover it.
Hiroshi Noguchi
hnoguchi@cc.tuat.ac.jp wrote:
I use Contura Aero on Linux2.0.30. I feel pcmcia-cs-2.9.7 bad on my contura. Can't use it smart , replace it ver.2.9.2.
r. hoar
hoar_rusty@ftsc-emh.ftscpac.navy.mil wrote:
There's gotta be a better way to mount a trackball !!!
If the screen turns to s___, just whack the left side of the case - it clears right up !!!
