Request For Manuals For Bondwell B200 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: granzeier
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2025, 09:23:52 pm
content: Last night I won an eBay auction for a Bondwell B200 laptop.Unfortunately it does not come with any manuals, and I have been unable to find any on-line.As far as the basic operation, I have been using PCs since the mid 1980s, and will have no troubles with that part. I am looking for B200-specific information like the "Reverse Video" switch on the back, what software came with the laptop - things like that.Does anyone have any links to any of the B200 manuals, or have any paper versions that I could get for cheap?

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 06:44:51 am
content: HiDid you still need the B200 manuals as I have a set I could scan and send to you?I have a B200 and need the floppy discs if you have a copy?RegardsBret

author: granzeier
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 11:43:54 am
content: I do still need the manuals. Thank you.If it's alright with you, I will take those scans and put them up on Internet Archive, and maybe some other places, so that others can find them.The two disks that came with the computer were a single MS-DOS boot disk (in A:) which had a blank label on it - I found that it was MS-DOS 3.30 by booting it on another computer. the other disk (in B:) had a label with: "GAMES MAHJONG," and so they are not the original disks. If you would like, I can get the directory, and send it to you. Then if you still want them (I do not remember what other stuff is on the game disk, and have MS-DOS 3.30 complete,) I can image them and send those images to you.

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 12:01:20 pm
content: Hi AgainI will scan and upload later this week.Feel free to share.RegardsBret

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: «Reply #4 on:Todayat 04:32:23 am »
content: Bondwell B200 ManualPages 1 - 7 of 25

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: «Reply #5 on:Todayat 04:35:18 am »
content: Bondwell B200 ManualPages 8 to 13

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: «Reply #6 on:Todayat 04:37:49 am »
content: Bondwell B200 ManualPages14 to 18 and Page 3

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: «Reply #7 on:Todayat 04:39:40 am »
content: Bondwell B200 ManualPages 19 to 24.Feel free to share them

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: «Reply #8 on:Todayat 04:42:53 am »
content: Bondwell B200 original invoice

author: granzeier
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: «Reply #9 on:Todayat 09:38:55 am »
content: @Voltspeed, this is great - thank you very much.Are you interested in the contents of the two disks that I received? They are certainly not he originals; according to the book, the computer came with DR-DOS, but the boot disk that I received is MS-DOS 3.30.Also, have you posted these files anywhere on-line, or would you like me to post them?

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: «Reply #10 on:Todayat 10:30:59 am »
content: HiA friend had a DOS 3.3 disc and it didn't work.The invoice says it is DR-DOS.If you have a copy on 3.5 I'd be happy to pay for a copy and also the game it came with.CheersBret

author: Voltspeed
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: «Reply #11 on:Todayat 10:32:12 am »
content: Hi AgainYes, if you could post them, I'm a newby.Thanks

author: granzeier
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: «Reply #12 on:Todayat 07:08:37 pm »
content: Okay, but the boot disk that came with my B200 is Microsoft's MS-DOS 3.30, not the Digital Research DR-DOS 3.50 that was supposed to come with it.I'll try to get the disks imaged on Monday, or Tuesday.Thanks again for the manual. I just got through going over the whole thing, and it's interesting. Also, what sized paper does the manual use - it doesn't look like regular 8.5" x 11" letter-size paper.