Before this time, Bondwell primarily produced CP/M machines, such as the Bondwell 12 and Bondwell 14. By then, CP/M was no longer very popular, and the larger cases were also not selling well. The result was the series to which the B200 belongs: an IBM PC-compatible machine.

There is no hard drive present, and there is no way to connect one. The only data storage is via floppy disk, with two 720kB drives.

The screen is a monochrome LCD (CGA-compatible) and is non-illuminated. A switch allows for an 'inverse' mode to be selected, but this hardly improved readability.

The Bondwell B310 is the successor, which did have the option to connect a hard drive.