Hello everyone,
doing a little cleanout myself, and this falls into "not really
getting to play with this properly" category. I've got an HP Omnibook
600C, it's got a 486 CPU, 8megs ram, and a 340M pcmica hard drive, and
a 640x480 screen. Works ok, except it'll reset after coming out of
sleep mode - very annoying. Also, the left button of the pop-out
mouse does not work, but is probably fixable. Original battery
(Li-Ion?) still holds a charge, will give you tens of minutes of
operation!
Runs Dave's PC100 emulator quite well (80col only of course) you could
use it as a nice small terminal! The hard drive has all the HP
drivers (AFAICT) but no windows. I've only used it with DOS.
I did use to run linux on this - years ago - but due to some
proprietary hw (in particular the PCMICA stuff) I could only boot
through DOS using "loadlin". Since linux can't access the PCMICA
slots, it's of very limited use.
I have no idea what it would cost to ship but would guess in the
$20-$30 range for most of North America. I'm located in Montreal,
Canada. It comes with the power adapter and the snazzy carrying bag!
What I'm looking for in exchange: in particular, I'm looking for a
HP48, especially if it has been opened already (and still works). I'm
planning a little HW hack and would prefer not to do significant
damage cosmetically to my 48S that is still in use and has sentimental
value to boot - it got me through engineering school!
But frankly, most hackable handheld/portable computing stuff (vintage
or not) would be of interest to me :-) (anyone got a N770 lying
around?)
Joe.