25 Mar
2004
25 Mar
'04
5:49 a.m.
Does anyone have an extra working/possibly repairable 200LX laying around, that they would
be willing to part with for $50 or less? They seem to be selling for far too much on
e-bay. I don't really need any of the extra things that are included in all these
auctions, memory cards, adapters for this and that, modems, or manuals. I would just like
the unit. Thanks in advance for any leads anyone can provide.
Andrew Strouse
( kittstr(a)access-4-free.com )
25 Mar
25 Mar
3:05 p.m.
At 11:49 AM 3/25/04 -0500, you wrote:
Does anyone have an extra working/possibly repairable
200LX laying around,
that they would be willing to part with for $50 or less?
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Not on your life! I just paid $120 for one and considered
myself lucky to get it that cheap.
Joe
3:19 p.m.
>Does anyone have an extra working/possibly
repairable 200LX laying
around,
that they would be willing to part with for $50 or
less?
I have a 200LX and would never DREAM of parting with it. GREAT fun little
computer. I've seen them hit around $150+ on ebay. I got mine free when I
was an HP9000 distributor as a sales reward :) I love that LX almost as much
as I love my 41C. My LX does have the dreaded hingecrack, I've tried several
methods of repair, no real joy yet.
I have quite a few flash cards from cisco routers and other devices, but
NONE are recognized by the 200LX. Anyone have a flash card that works in a
200LX they would be willing to trade?
Thanks!
Jay West
7:11 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 08:19:31PM -0600, Jay West wrote:
If your flashcards came out of routers and are not recognized by the HP
200LX, than they are most likely "linear flash" cards. Those cards are
accessed by memory mapping and are also used in the Newton family of
handhelds (although any Newton user will shun linear flash cards coming
>Does
anyone have an extra working/possibly repairable 200LX laying
around,
that they would be willing to part with for $50
or less?
I have a 200LX and would never DREAM of parting with it. GREAT fun little
computer. I've seen them hit around $150+ on ebay. I got mine free when I
was an HP9000 distributor as a sales reward :) I love that LX almost as much
as I love my 41C. My LX does have the dreaded hingecrack, I've tried several
methods of repair, no real joy yet.
I have quite a few flash cards from cisco routers and other devices, but
NONE are recognized by the 200LX. Anyone have a flash card that works in a
200LX they would be willing to trade? from routers as those tend to be "worn out"
(near the end of their
maximum read/write cycles and therefore likely to fail)
because routers
write them a lot).
The HP200LX can, however, use PCMCIA flashcards with an IDE block device
interface. Those exist, but they tend to come in small sizes and only
used. If you want a lot of storage for the little fellow for a good
price, use CompactFlash cards. Yes, the HP200LX can use those ones
perfectly, all you need is a CompactFlash-to-PCMCIA adapter, which is
rather cheap since it is just a handfull of sheet metal, plastic and
wires, no electronics.
Currently I'm running my trusty old HP200LX with a 256 MB "harddisk" - a
256 MB CompactFlash card in a CompactFlash-to-PCMCIA adapter. It's
really nice to have the complete set of RFCs, several developer tools (C
compiler, Pascal compiler, Lisp interpreters, editors ...), a few books
in plain text format and some more stuff in your pocket - and still a
lot of disk space left ;-)
Regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
9:49 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:11:19AM +0100, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
The HP200LX can, however, use PCMCIA flashcards with
an IDE block device
interface. Those exist, but they tend to come in small sizes and only
used.
A couple years ago, I picked up a small stack of 4MB and 20MB CF cards
for a few $$$ each. I use the 4MB cards as "floppy replacements" with
IDE adapter frames for router-like boxes, but the principle is the
same.
If you want a lot of storage for the little fellow for
a good
price, use CompactFlash cards. Yes, the HP200LX can use those ones
perfectly, all you need is a CompactFlash-to-PCMCIA adapter, which is
rather cheap since it is just a handfull of sheet metal, plastic and
wires, no electronics.
I have found new CF adapters for as little as $6 w/shipping. It's
also possible to find 4MB PCMCIA Flash cards, but probably not as
cheaply as a larger CF card + adapter, just because they are less
common.
I've been using these with everything from Intel Linux boxes to
cameras to my SBC6120. CF cards are fun to play with.
-ethan
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26 Mar
26 Mar
1:08 a.m.
At 08:19 PM 3/25/04 -0600, you wrote:
That's a common problem in them and AFIK no ones ever found a way to fix
them except to replace the case. :-(
Joe
>Does
anyone have an extra working/possibly repairable 200LX laying
around,
that they would be willing to part with for $50
or less?
I have a 200LX and would never DREAM of parting with it. GREAT fun little
computer. I've seen them hit around $150+ on ebay. I got mine free when I
was an HP9000 distributor as a sales reward :) I love that LX almost as much
as I love my 41C. My LX does have the dreaded hingecrack, I've tried several
methods of repair, no real joy yet.
I have quite a few flash cards from cisco routers and other devices, but
NONE are recognized by the 200LX. Anyone have a flash card that works in a
200LX they would be willing to trade?
Thanks!
Jay West
2:05 a.m.
OH my! Was up late googling and found that there is a version of Unix that's
been ported to the 200LX. Minix. Woohoo! Now maybe it will support a
parallel port zircom ethernet adapter.... wireless would be best but not
sure you could hook up any known wireless device to it and still keep the
needed flash disk space.
Nifty!
Jay West
2:09 a.m.
That's a common problem in them and AFIK no
ones ever found a way to
fix
them except to replace the case. :-(
See
http://www.striegels.com/alan/HPLX/hpcrack.htm
4:58 a.m.
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Jay West wrote:
Hey, that (brass strip) is the perfect solution for a busted door handle
I'm trying to repair!
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That's
a common problem in them and AFIK no ones ever found a way to
fix
them except to replace the case. :-(
See
http://www.striegels.com/alan/HPLX/hpcrack.htm 
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2:05 p.m.
At 07:09 AM 3/26/04 -0600, you wrote:
Interesting. But a lot of them crack right in the crease between the
body and the round portion of the hinge. Still I wonder if putting the
brass parts on their before it cracks would help prevent future breakage.
Joe
That's
a common problem in them and AFIK no ones ever found a way to
fix
them except to replace the case. :-(
See
http://www.striegels.com/alan/HPLX/hpcrack.htm
25 Mar
25 Mar
3:32 p.m.
Joe R. wrote:
At 11:49 AM 3/25/04 -0500, you wrote:
You'll hate this, then. I picked up a 200LX at a hamfest for $10.
The guy said he'd take $5, but I just felt bad about that. Picked up a
couple 128MB Sandisk Flash cards off of eBay for $15 ea. Found a serial
and power kit for about $20. Thinking about having the backlight, speed
mod, and memory mod done to it.
No, it's not for sale. Not yet.
--jc
Does anyone have an extra working/possibly
repairable 200LX laying around,
that they would be willing to part with for $50 or less?
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Not on your life! I just paid $120 for one and considered
myself lucky to get it that cheap.
Joe
5:58 p.m.
Sure would be nice to boot up something like pico FreeBSD on my 200LX :) But
alas that still requires 8mb and 386 :\
Jay
27 Mar
27 Mar
1:23 a.m.
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 12:02:40AM +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
It works on the HP200LX. The one time I tried it, I found it to be
rather sloooooowww, so I aborted any further playing around with it.
Regards,
Alex.
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looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
Sure would be nice to boot up something like pico FreeBSD on my 200LX :) But
alas that still requires 8mb and 386 :\
What about minix? 
12:39 p.m.
It works on the HP200LX. The one time I tried it, I
found it to be
rather sloooooowww, so I aborted any further playing around with it.
I can't believe it's slower than on a 4.77MHz PC/XT (true-blue IBM), and
that was my first unix machine... Compiling the kernel took several hours
IIRC...
-tony
26 Mar
26 Mar
1:21 a.m.
At 09:32 PM 3/25/04 -0500, "J.C. Wren" wrote:
Joe R. wrote:
You'll hate this even more! I got a HP 100LX and a HP-67 included for
free :-)
No, none of them are for sale.
Joe
At 11:49 AM 3/25/04 -0500, you wrote:
You'll hate this, then. I picked up a 200LX at a hamfest for $10.
Does anyone have an extra working/possibly
repairable 200LX laying around,
that they would be willing to part with for $50 or less?
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Not on your life! I just paid $120 for one and considered
myself lucky to get it that cheap.
Joe
3:01 a.m.
Thaddeus' used handhelds website. Fixing one costs $129 though...
http://www.usedhandhelds.com/
I also use SanDisk compact flash cards in my 1000CX. It's quite the
handy tool. :)
TTFN
Andrew
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 11:49, Andrew Strouse wrote:
Does anyone have an extra working/possibly repairable
200LX laying around, that they would be willing to part with for $50 or less? They seem
to be selling for far too much on e-bay. I don't really need any of the extra things
that are included in all these auctions, memory cards, adapters for this and that, modems,
or manuals. I would just like the unit. Thanks in advance for any leads anyone can
provide.
Andrew Strouse
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