new toys

[firemonkey]

I was cleaning up around my office and storage area and found a couple of super pimp PDA's.


They have PCMCIA slots!!



I wonder if I could get a wireless G card working in one.

???

Any guesses, what they are?
<I know, just a lame game to kill time before I goto lunch>

[WebHead]

That rocks! What kind of PDA's are they? PocketPC?

[firemonkey]

nope :P

these a Old School!


hint they run off of 4 AA batteries here are there specs

ARM 610 RISC processor at 20 MHz
custom system ASIC
Low-power, transflective LCD display with EL backlight (320 by 240 pixels) 3.8 in. by 2.8 in. (9.6 cm by 7.2 cm)
Nonglare writing surface
Telescoping pen
8MB of ROM; 2.5MB RAM (1,199K of system RAM; 1,361K of nonvolatile user RAM)
One PC Card Type II slot with 325 mA capacity
Low-power, half-duplex, infrared transceiver that works at up to 38.4 Kbits/sec within 3.28 ft. (1 m)
Protective, removable lid
Length: 8.0 in. (20.32 cm)
Width: 4.0 in. (10.16 cm)
Height: 1.2 in. (2.9 cm)
Weight: 1.0 lb. (0.48 kg) without batteries

[Stalemate]

Is that a Newton?!

Looks like the MessagePad 130.


http://www.hackcanada.com/cyb0rg/asm...10.120.130.pdf

[firemonkey]

We Have A Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Stalemate]

We Have A Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll PM you my mailing address so you can send me one.


BTW, that handheld can take Type II PCMCIA cards, for whatever use that might be.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=21160

[Stalemate]

I can see it now... MessagePad running Linux...



http://tuxmobil.org/pda_survey_apple.html