[sclug] Free to good home

[Ian Park]

Hmm, interesting - I can match the first two items on that list (except 
that my "big Psion" is a 7Book - it started life as a Series 7, but I 
put the Netbook personality module in it). I still use the 7Book, 'cos 
it has a New International Version Bible on it, and I can copy and paste 
passages from that to the EPOC word processor, and thence to my PC (yes, 
I have to use the "crappy Windows software" to do the transfer) so I can 
print out the passages for when we read a lesson in church. Despite the 
minute (by today's standards) amount of RAM (I raised it to 64MB) it's 
still a useful piece of kit.

Ian

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Ian Park
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On 05/10/13 13:39, David Given wrote:
> I'm getting rid of some of my exotic computer collection --- any takers?
>
> - Psion 5. Boxed with manual, warranty card (good luck with that), power
> supply, and crappy Windows software. Runs EPOC. Will run Linux if you're
> patient, and masochistic. Will run on 2xAA.
>
> - Psion netBook. The original! The best! Well, not the best, but the one
> which spawned the name. Runs EPOC. Comes with a free compact flash card
> (containing the OS). Will run Linux if you're patient.
>
> - Victor Interlink MP-C101 netbook. Early Japanese laptop thingy with a
> MIPS processor. Not new enough to have wifi, but it does have one (1)
> USB port. Runs Windows CE... in Japanese. Allegedly NetBSD will run on
> it. Power supply (in Japanese, but I'll throw in Japanese->EU and EU->UK
> power adaptors). Will also run on 4xAA.
>
> - Palm Pilot IIIe. One of the nicest PDAs ever made. Docking station
> long gone. Runs off 2xAAA. Also has a gorgeous fold-up keyboard
> accessory, which I suspect no longer works.
>
> - IBM PC110 with loads of accessories. An exquisitely tiny and quite
> useless 486 PC with a Japanese keyboard. Plus docking station, power
> supply, spare batteries, external battery charger, and external floppy
> disk, and full-height PCMCIA hard drive. Will run Linux if you're
> patient. See http://www.basterfield.com/pc110/pc110idx.htm
>
> - Mysterious Canon POS tablet (that stands for 'point of sale', by the
> way, not the other meaning). It's a 386! It says EX50CPU10, but the only
> reference on Google is a post I made in 2010 asking what it is. Uses off
> the same batteries as the PC110, but uses the PC110's charger for a
> power supply. Runs DOS. Will actually run Linux if you're patient and evil.
>
> I'll bring the lot along to the next SCLUG meeting for you all to laugh
> at...
>