29 Jun
2007
29 Jun
'07
10:08 a.m.
feldman.r at comcast.net wrote:
The HP 100LX/200LX palmtops used a custom 80186 and ran most DOS applications, running
MS-DOS 5.0 from ROM. There could be problems with the LX's graphics, which was 640x200
CGA with some quirks.
Reminds me:
The HP Omnibook 530, a 486SX20 and 4Mb SRAM, unlighted reflective mono VGA, 4
PCMCIA slots, one bootable Maxtor 130Mb PCMCIA hard disk in a tray and a pop-out
mouse on a stick, ran MSDOS5 and Win3.10, had Word + Excel installed. Powered by
a 600MaH NiCd battery, ran for about 15-20 minutes on a brand-new, fully charged
battery, noticeably less on recharges. Original price was something like $1300,
IIRC. It could be turned off without being shut down then turned on and it would
resume from where you left off, and the fully charged battery would save state
for about 3 days or so. This little beastie was around 1x10x6 inches and weighed
about 2 to 3 pounds, IIRC.
Replacing the hard disk with a flash card extended the battery to about 2 hours
running DOS, or about an hour in windoze.
HP briefly published a PDF of the tech manual for it a few years back.
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jd
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