Sony Magic Link PIC-1000, any fans?

[ahm]

Do you know what it is?
Do you have one?

 

[Sharkonwheels]

Do you know what it is?
Do you have one?

Yeah, but unless collecting it, you don't want that one.
Search fleaBay for a DataRover 840, preferable an 840F

Early PDA, general magic made it, GUI based on simple icons, ie
Desk, phone, office, hallway, shelves for docs, etc...

Rather cool for it's time. The 840F can even be made to talk to a Lucent WaveLAN PCMCIA WiFi card (bronze or gold, i think) and will connect to the internet, assuming you use either a router with arp proxy, or use a cisco with arp proxy enabled, and a WAP on it. SSID for the datarover should be the alphabetically first one.

Guess a longer answer than you expected?

Check here, this guy worked at General Magic:
http://joshcarter.com/magic_cap/

Link to models released and prototypes:
http://joshcarter.com/magic_cap/devices

Link to the PIC-1000 specifically:
http://joshcarter.com/magic_cap/pic1000


lemme know what questions you have, and I'll try to answer them.

I owe ya one anyways!


T

 

[mkuehn]

Magic Link PIC-1000s - You Want Mine?

Magic Link PIC-1000s - You Want Mine?

I'm trying to get rid of some Sony Magic Link PIC-1000s I've collected. See more at: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/sys/942808810.html.

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[EvanK]

Early PDA

Early? That's not true. PDAs hit the market in the late 1970s. General Magic began in the early 1990s.

 

[EvanK]

Do you know what it is?
Do you have one?

My friend Caz has a web page about it: http://cdecas.free.fr/computers/pocket/magiclink.php ... I've got one (I think) which you're welcome to have (if I can find it.)

 

[NeXT]

They always looked interesting but I have always been a fan of the Motorola Marco.

 

[Sharkonwheels]

Early? That's not true. PDAs hit the market in the late 1970s. General Magic began in the early 1990s.

Dude, please. We're not talking exacting history here - just generic consumer availability.

As I said, early PDA


T

 

[ahm]

I've actually got one. And a Motorola Envoy too.
Was just curious to see if anyone else was into them.

 

[Sharkonwheels]

I have a couple DataRover 840's, and I think a PIC somewhere in the garage.
They're neat to pull out and play with once in a while.

The DR840, you can even get on the Internet, if you have the right toys (Lucent WaveLAN Gold, and a router that does proxy arp)

T

 

[wmmullaney]

I'm trying to get rid of some Sony Magic Link PIC-1000s I've collected. See more at: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/sys/942808810.html.

Thanks,
Matthew

Would you ship this?

 

[EvanK]

Dude, please. We're not talking exacting history here - just generic consumer availability.

As I said, early PDA


T

"Dude, please," yourself. You soooooo do not know what you're talking about.

You want to talk "generic consumer availability" instead of "exacting history"...? Fine. Then say so in the first place -- don't call something "early" when it came out a dozen years AFTER the technology hit the market. It's not the technology's fault that you are ignorant of its existence. And if you're going to qualify it, then try the early-1980s "Handheld Computer" craze or the 1984 Psion Organiser.

 

[Druid6900]

Just where is the "Antagonistic School of Journalism" located, BTW?

 

[Sharkonwheels]

Gawd, I have SUCH a low tolerance level for this know-it-all...

Evan - crawl back in your hole.
As if it ain't bad enough you're pissing people off on the CClists, now you're doing it here too?

Geez - some people can't get a hint.

Your social engineering skills need MUCH work.... DUDE

When I want your opinion on one of my posts, I'll tug your leash.
Until then, stay out of my posts.

T

 

[EvanK]

Shark: If you can't handle it when someone fact-checks your posts, then it's YOU who shouldn't be posting, not me.

Druid: In my day job as a reporter, and in my avocation as a historian of portable computing, it's prudent to tell the truth even when the truth is not popular. I work on behalf of the truth itself, the people who seek it, and the future generations who'll learn from it. I'm not interested in coddling people who want reassurance of dearly held myths and falsehoods.

As for cctalk, the only thing I'm sorry about is all the pussies who can't take a joke.

 

[Terry Yager]

How 'bout we just agree to disagree? Since we all can't even reach a consensus on the definition of 'vintage,' even though this is the Vintage Computer Forum, terms such as 'early' are bound to be just as undefinable. Everyone has their own time-line, and none is necessarily more valid than another. And don't even get me started on the definition of 'PDA', that's a whole 'nother thread...

--T

 

[ahm]

Wow, I wasn't aware a hair required splitting here.
Geez, I'm so happy I started this thread.
How about I just close it.