Indeed I do use an HP95LX as a portable terminal. The good points : Useable keyboard (certainly better than a touchscreen) VT100 emulation Kermit, Xmodem and 'raw text' file transfer with local file storage. I can capture data from some RS232 device and then kermit it to my PC Runs on 2 AA cells -- for a long time It's tiny. It'll sit on top of _anything_. Much easier to find space for than a full CRT-based video terminal Bad points : The keyboard is a bit small for typing a lot on IT's only a 40 column display (but other models have 80 column, but I find the 40 column display easier to read i na hurry) The serial port has no hardware handshake lines. Again other models added them. The standard HP serial cable for the 95LX ends i na DE9 socket, wired as a DCE. IT was designed to plug into a PC serial port for file transfer. I have several cables, so I cut the mounded DE9 socket off one of them and wired the cable to a DB25 plug _as a DTE_. That makes it more convenient to use as a terminal. I wouldn't want ot use an HP palmtop as my only terminal, but it's a handy device. -tony