18 May
2011
18 May
'11
6:34 p.m.
Message: 21
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 14:07:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Cisin < cisin at xenosoft.com >
Subject: Re: Vintage Portable Computing Suggestions?
Howzbout:
HP95LX
The 95LX runs MS-DOS 3.0, has a non-standard serial port, and non-standard screen, so I
would go with the 200LX.
The tablet that Fujitsu came out with when they bought
out Poqet
This Poqet (the Poqet Plus, IIRC) can use more PC cards than the two earlier models (PQ165
and PQ181), but might be hard to locate. You will almost certainly need to rebuild the
rechargeable NiCad battery. The earlier models use 2 AA batteries.
Antikythera!!
I don't think that was programmable and I doubt that you can find one for sale.
iPaq pocket computers with Windoze CE ?(Palm Pilot
competitor)
You could probably install Windoze 3.00 on a Poqet! ? 8086??, CGA video
Yep, I have Windows 3.0 on my Poqet PQ181 (the middle model). Works nicely with a Barbie
(as in the Mattel doll) pen mouse, which might still be available from California Digital,
but the serial port adapter is hard to find. If anyone is interested, I think I still have
the artwork I made up to make a serial port adapter from printed circuit board.
As to the HP LX palmtops, since they run MS-DOS, you can use any number of programming
languages. I have used MASM and Turbo C 2.0 on both the 95LX and 200LX.
I have a 200LX and?3 Poqets (only one is working, though), but I have heard good things
about the Psion 5.
Bob