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RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - Bish0pQ - 08-04-2017
(08-03-2017, 07:35 PM)Ender Wrote:(08-03-2017, 01:04 PM)Bish0pQ Wrote: This seems fun to play around with. If they're not too expensive I might pick one up. I like the design & portability.
This one is $50... With shipping it's $65.
Most of the other MS-DOS are about $140.
There's a bunch of Windows CE ones, but they use the SuperH architecture, and I don't want to have to go searching everywhere to find the instruction set, and then learn the instruction set. (80186 is a subset of x86).
There's a few modern ones that run Windows XP, Vista, or 7. (The SONY VAIO UX for example)
That is actually not as expensive as I thought. I had a PDA running XP, though it wasn't really convinient and it didn't work very good.
RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - Blink - 08-08-2017
So... I found my wallet and bought the 95LX!
It'll arrive next Monday, I guess I'll do a mini-review.
RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - 3rd Impact - 08-09-2017
What can these even be used for?
RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - Blink - 08-09-2017
(08-09-2017, 06:24 PM)3rd Impact Wrote: What can these even be used for?
I'm planning on connecting it to a WiFi connected Arduino, and making something similar to SSH to control my desktop.
Update: Its coming tomorrow.
RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - Blink - 08-13-2017
Forgot to update.
It came in. So did a PCMCIA to SDHC adapter. Now I need to find an SD card...
I have no idea where the cable I got for serial is.
It works great! There's a small hiss noise that is louder at boot and shutdown, and seems to click. The clicking happens at a higher frequency when a key is pressed. If someone can tell me why this is, that would be awesome, as I've got no idea.
RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - rainforest - 08-22-2017
This seems awesome! What are you going to do with it? It reminds me of a old graphing calculator.
RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - Blink - 08-23-2017
(08-22-2017, 11:13 PM)rainforest Wrote: This seems awesome! What are you going to do with it? It reminds me of a old graphing calculator.
TI calculator? I've done a lot with the TI-84 plus.
I'm gonna try to hook it up to a microcontroller with WiFi and remotely access my main computer. I uhh... Sorta can't find my palmtop now, so I really need to find it.
RE: I'm getting a palmtop! (probably) (tiny laptop) (MS-DOS) - boobyboy - 10-09-2017
Haha, this is actually neat.