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Hemos
on from the fun-with-my-screwdriver dept.
Griffone writes "The Gadgeteer has four quick photos of a dismantled Palm VII. Question though - you can see its rechargeable battery, but what are the OTHER two holders for? Batteries? "
Okay, the palm is neat and all, but what I want is the following:
Small, folding form-factor, that could easily be shoved in a pocket (roughly palm sized when folded) with a screen and keyboard. Small (64K?) memory, ROM burned OS, terminal emulator maried to PCS phone technology. It would need almost no processor power, minimal long term storage (to keep config info) and with modern batteries could have a LONG battery life. If connected to the PCS net properly, it would have little bandwidth, and that could be made CHEAP.
For sysadmins like myself, this thing would be heavenly. Imagine ALWAYS being at a terminal. Imagine all the down time you could pick up (waiting in line at stores, eating lunch) without the need for all that bulky crap that comes with a laptop, or the cutesy crap that is imbedded in most PDAs.
But because I represent a VERY marginal section of the market, I doubt it would be made. (a pda with no OS? horrors!!)
-Crutcher
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-- Crutcher -- #include <disclaimer.h>
other holders are for the AAA's
by
stripes
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It uses two AAA's like a normal (non-V) Palm. The batt you see is the one for the wireless crud which gets charged from your AAA's automagically. Why? I donno, maybe it needs some odd voltage Palm couldn't get from the AAA's, or the wirelsss goop was from another compony and that was the way to tack it on with the fewest changes, and therefore the lowest time to market.
It's a bit of a kludge.
PalmVII == wireless terminal??
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nemo
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Has anyone come up with any linux/open-source solutions to making your palm a wireless terminal within your own home?
I don't care about the commercial wireless net access through the PalmVII, but I would be VERY interested in having the PalmVII act even as a vt100 terminal over the wireless. 20metre range would be perfect for in-house:)
I guess what's needed is the frequencies the PalmVII talk on (and can possibly talk on), and appropriate software at each end... anyone have info on this kidna stuff?
Re:other holders are for the AAA's - not a kludge
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BenW
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The rechargeable battery is just a reservior to smooth out the load. NiCads have a much lower internal resistance (and therefore higher current capability) than alkalines. The radio needs short bursts of relatively high currents on transmit.
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Okay, the palm is neat and all, but what I want is the following:
Small, folding form-factor, that could easily be shoved in a pocket (roughly palm sized when folded) with a screen and keyboard. Small (64K?) memory, ROM burned OS, terminal emulator maried to PCS phone technology. It would need almost no processor power, minimal long term storage (to keep config info) and with modern batteries could have a LONG battery life. If connected to the PCS net properly, it would have little bandwidth, and that could be made CHEAP.
For sysadmins like myself, this thing would be heavenly. Imagine ALWAYS being at a terminal. Imagine all the down time you could pick up (waiting in line at stores, eating lunch) without the need for all that bulky crap that comes with a laptop, or the cutesy crap that is imbedded in most PDAs.
But because I represent a VERY marginal section of the market, I doubt it would be made. (a pda with no OS? horrors!!)
-Crutcher
-- Crutcher --
#include <disclaimer.h>
It uses two AAA's like a normal (non-V) Palm. The batt you see is the one for the wireless crud which gets charged from your AAA's automagically. Why? I donno, maybe it needs some odd voltage Palm couldn't get from the AAA's, or the wirelsss goop was from another compony and that was the way to tack it on with the fewest changes, and therefore the lowest time to market.
It's a bit of a kludge.
Has anyone come up with any linux/open-source solutions to making your palm a wireless terminal within your own home?
:)
I don't care about the commercial wireless net access through the PalmVII, but I would be VERY interested in having the PalmVII act even as a vt100 terminal over the wireless. 20metre range would be perfect for in-house
I guess what's needed is the frequencies the PalmVII talk on (and can possibly talk on), and appropriate software at each end... anyone have info on this kidna stuff?
The rechargeable battery is just a reservior to smooth out the load. NiCads have a much lower internal resistance (and therefore higher current capability) than alkalines. The radio needs short bursts of relatively high currents on transmit.
:)
Think of it just like a very big capacitor.