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Portable Inventory
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Micom 2000
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Whle I have a DTR 1 and an Atari Portfolio, as well as a miserably dissappointing Casopedia E-11 and an HP 95, albeit wthout the serial connector cable, as well as a raft of Laptops, the only one that seemed to serve my needs was the Sharp PC 3000. Unfortunately mine isn't isn't working properly. As well it requires proprietary parallel and serial cables. The PC card disk one and 2 on mine also don't seem to work.
I would jump on any handheld which was as capable as it was supposed to be. Especially if it also had internet capabilites of some sort and decent expandable memory.
Has there ever been such a beast ? No CE B-Sxxt. Just Dos. A battery whch last more than 2 days ? Sound and Music capabilites. Perhaps a PCMCIA port which will take modern Specs.
And of course the same size and weight, more-or-less. Is there such a beast ?
Lawrence
I would jump on any handheld which was as capable as it was supposed to be. Especially if it also had internet capabilites of some sort and decent expandable memory.
Has there ever been such a beast ? No CE B-Sxxt. Just Dos. A battery whch last more than 2 days ? Sound and Music capabilites. Perhaps a PCMCIA port which will take modern Specs.
And of course the same size and weight, more-or-less. Is there such a beast ?
Lawrence
harry
Experienced Member
HI, If you still have the manual for the datavue 25, and would like to sell it , just let me know. I have the portable, but no manual! all the best...
Micom 2000
Veteran Member
The EeePC seems sweet and at one US dealer they were sellng for $304. I would be tempted. Has all the bells and whistles. And has Linux installed.
Lawrence
Lawrence
Hm.. I was reluctant since I don't know off the top of my head all the portables I have and some are those fuzzy luggable vs portable debates, and a few aren't really vintage but neat.
Since I'll surely miss some doing this from memory:
Amstrad PPC(640?)
Atari Portfolio
Commodore SX-64
Compaq Portable
Compaq Portable III
Grid Gridpad (model ?)
Kaypro II
Osborne I
Tandy 100
Tandy 102
Tandy 200
TI CC-40
TRS-80 PC-1
TRS-80 PC-2
TRS-80 PC-3
TRS-80 PC-4
Non-Obsolete:
Fujitsu older tablet PC
Tiger game.com (not vintage, but interesting attempt at a PDA/Gaming device aimed for older crowd)
VIA Flexi-PC wearable
Xybernaut MAIV wearable
Various older notebooks/laptops but none overy worth mentioning.
I dunno.. prolly a few I forgot but I'm getting bored trying to think of them at this point lol.
Since I'll surely miss some doing this from memory:
Amstrad PPC(640?)
Atari Portfolio
Commodore SX-64
Compaq Portable
Compaq Portable III
Grid Gridpad (model ?)
Kaypro II
Osborne I
Tandy 100
Tandy 102
Tandy 200
TI CC-40
TRS-80 PC-1
TRS-80 PC-2
TRS-80 PC-3
TRS-80 PC-4
Non-Obsolete:
Fujitsu older tablet PC
Tiger game.com (not vintage, but interesting attempt at a PDA/Gaming device aimed for older crowd)
VIA Flexi-PC wearable
Xybernaut MAIV wearable
Various older notebooks/laptops but none overy worth mentioning.
I dunno.. prolly a few I forgot but I'm getting bored trying to think of them at this point lol.
Portables I have:
Radio Shack Model 100
Radio Shack PC2
Toshiba 50CT
Casio FX602P
Handspring Visor Deluxe
Dell Axim X30
After seeing the list of portables some have in here - I can't even call myself a collector of 'portables' - perhaps I'm a 'dabbler'.
I could look at it this way -- the less 'units' I have the more individual attention I can afford to each
Perhaps then -- less is more.
Radio Shack Model 100
Radio Shack PC2
Toshiba 50CT
Casio FX602P
Handspring Visor Deluxe
Dell Axim X30
After seeing the list of portables some have in here - I can't even call myself a collector of 'portables' - perhaps I'm a 'dabbler'.
I could look at it this way -- the less 'units' I have the more individual attention I can afford to each
Perhaps then -- less is more.
Micom 2000
Veteran Member
Finally did an inventory of my portables and handhelds. Compared to my desktops it's pretty miniscule. Most work, some have problems.
HP 95LX no serial cable
Atari Portfolio Have most of the bells and whistles including connectivity to a Zip-Dsk, Woo
Sharp PC 3000 (the Portfolio 2 from DIP)
Zenith ZFA-161 My favorite luggable with the pop-up FDDs
Osborne 1
Kaypro ll
Kaypro 2X
Compaq 2 red plasma screen
NEC Prospeed 286 the batteries still WORK !
Mac PowerBook 145 HD and internal battery problem
2 x Grid 1520 Possibly my favorite LT. Red plasma. Who can ignore legend. Magnesium case.
Grid 1755 RS model. Black plastic case. Same as below DEC
DEC pc 320P same as above in white plastic.
2 x Dauphin DTR-1 MY subcompact of all tme. I couple it with a BackPacker cd with ESS sound card in it,
AST Premium Exec 386SX/25 Color
Sharp PC-6500
2 x Compaq LTE lite 4/33C wth a neat docking station
HP Omnibook 4000C
Cassopeia E-11 A total disappointment.
Lawrence
HP 95LX no serial cable
Atari Portfolio Have most of the bells and whistles including connectivity to a Zip-Dsk, Woo
Sharp PC 3000 (the Portfolio 2 from DIP)
Zenith ZFA-161 My favorite luggable with the pop-up FDDs
Osborne 1
Kaypro ll
Kaypro 2X
Compaq 2 red plasma screen
NEC Prospeed 286 the batteries still WORK !
Mac PowerBook 145 HD and internal battery problem
2 x Grid 1520 Possibly my favorite LT. Red plasma. Who can ignore legend. Magnesium case.
Grid 1755 RS model. Black plastic case. Same as below DEC
DEC pc 320P same as above in white plastic.
2 x Dauphin DTR-1 MY subcompact of all tme. I couple it with a BackPacker cd with ESS sound card in it,
AST Premium Exec 386SX/25 Color
Sharp PC-6500
2 x Compaq LTE lite 4/33C wth a neat docking station
HP Omnibook 4000C
Cassopeia E-11 A total disappointment.
Lawrence
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