10 Aug
2006
10 Aug
'06
6:37 a.m.
Hans Franke wrote:
Well, you can "speak" with a one-bit D/AC running at ~20Ks/s
so that's not particularly impressive :> (e.g., old pinball
machines generated speech by bit-banging with a 1MHz 680x).
<frown> Installing the card and hitting Extras | Card says
"No card installed". So, I will assume it is incompatible
(though I found a web page that claimed "Intel Series 2"
SRAM cards were compatible -- this is an Intel Series 2
FLASH card :< )
I'll have to check to see if the SRAM memory expansion cards
for the HP LJ5L's are *true* PCMCIA cards or just LOOK like
them... (I think I have a few 8M cards)
More research required! :>
Am 9 Aug 2006 20:25 meinte Don:
The display is really horrid. A backlight *might* help
but the available contrast makes this impractical to read
in many lighting conditions (screen is too reflective
and contrast too low). My Visor has that beat hands down
(and the Visor is pretty bad! :< )
Hans Franke wrote:
Am 8 Aug 2006 23:47 meinte Don:
*Ah*!
This has a *smarter* recognizer that can
apparently recognize disconnected strokes, etc.
So, don't draw T's like 7's (graffitit) but, rather,
draw the crossbar with a second stroke! Amazing! (of course it has issues with my
cursive
writing but most PEOPLE have those same issues with it! :>)
OK, I will have to reconsider my criticisms...
A first step to understand why the Palm was seen as a
running Joke in the Newt community. Wait till you get
an idea about the application concept. It's more than just a cheap hardware with a boot
loader
and a few predefined Apps. You'll get a whole application
framework in addition to a comfortable OS (it just doesn't
reassemble your traditional CP/M alike concept). I think
the time wasn't just right.
A common problem :-(
Microsoft might do it in the
right pace - and step by step they're coming where the newt
has been a long time ago. Of course, with WinCE and .Net,
it will be a bulky and resource eating thing, Hunderts of
MBytes of RAM and Gigs of ROM needed to do what the newt
And, you'll need to upgrade the software every 2 years :>
did in a few 100 K, but hat's why PocketPC will
win in the
long run ofer all other PDAs arround.
Unfortunately, I've not found PDA's to be particularly
useful -- i.e. worth *carrying*. But, this little box
is almost the same size as my pen&paper address book
(I don't rely on a computer to store such things since
I don't want to have to boot a computer just to look
up a name/address!) so that would be an "appropriate" use.
A *decent* calculator wouldn't be bad (though the built-in
calculator application is a joke!)
Or, maybe write a little Soduku program as a time-waster...
In that context it might be usefull to install the
latest
(aka last) OS release. If it's a 120/130, 2.0 should work.
110. I think I can "upgrade" to 1.3 (?) but I haven't
done enough research yet.
Or look for a Newt2k. A bit bulky, but awsome and
fast.
Well, if one falls into my lap for the same price (free),
I'll consider it! :>
>>> A
friend, a number of years back, hacked his box to be a TV remote.
This can be done with the Visor -- but kind of
clumsy
since the IR window is on the *side* on the Visor...
Better for the Newt - IR is on the top - and it's just cool
to flap-open it. There is even a speech recognition software,
so grab you Newt and say 'Comuter, give me the news channel'.
Not to mention the awsome sound programm wich can even be
made to speak. >> Can
you "install" software (like on a Palm/Visor)? Or, do you
>> need to surgical "change it's mind" :>
> Maybe first a freeze utility to
'unload' Apps would be a
> good first choice - Storage is rare, especialy on the old
> ones. But then again, huge (aka 16 MB :) PCMCIA memory
> cards aren't expensive anymore. Unlike most other devices,
Are there requirements for which types of cards
it supports?
E.g., I have a spare 20M flash card looking for a use...
Perfekt.