Digest Articles Re: Digest poqetpc.v001.n092 by Michael Fetterman From: Michael Fetterman Subject: Re: Digest poqetpc.v001.n092 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 02:02:00 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199703240304.TAA17345@xxxxxxxx> Russell, Yours was the first reference I've seen to Sharp pocket computers when you mentioned your Sharp 3000. I was just given a Sharp 1500 with an attached pocket printer, in a custom case from Sharp, and even with a manual. What is this little beast good for ? Would you have any interest in it ? (All swaps considered more fun than cash!). For a college student who is going to be doing wordprocessing, at home and in class, even the Poqet's keyboard (the best of any of the palmtops) is really inadequate. Probably the better compromise is an (even older!) Tandy Model 100 or 102 with a full size keyboard, readable display, and capable of using a standard serial and almost standard (and always cheaply available) printer cable. It's battery life is also great (20 hours on penlights, AC adapter cheaply available (about $10) and hundreds of hours on D cells. Durable enough for NBC and the CIA (by history). Instant on (no boot process). The only rub is mass storage, and that is possible via cable to PC (which you wind up doing with a Poqet often anyhow) or to common cassette recorder (slow)(disk drives were available, but now hard to find). Weighs about 4 lbs. Can often be found for $50, more or less. Accessories available from Radio Shark (or even generically)n and not expensive. While not a pocket/Poqet computer, at the size of a notebook (literally) it easily fits and totes in a regular sack/backpack/briefcase. I have a Poqet as well as a dozen desktops and a Tandy M100 as well. I love them all. For a college student, the old M100 makes the most sense in the price and weight range. Also, a better alternative, if you gotta have a palmtop, to the Prolinear, is the Dauphin, by French IBM. 4 megs ram, WINDOWS 3.1, pencil pointer instead of mouse, useable keyboard (almost as good as Poqets), better display than Poqet, standard 1.44 external floppy, 486SX processor, and I've seen them offerred new for about $600, or for $800 with 8 megs ram (and also maybe built in modem). That is likely a better bargain than any of the new WINDOWS CE devices with chicklet key keyboards. Michael Fetterman d005041c@xxxxxxxx Poqet file transfer questions. by Bryan Mason From: Bryan Mason Subject: Poqet file transfer questions. Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:36:57 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This is a message from Eric Tanenbaum . He had problems posting to the list, and he asked me to post it for him. >Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 10:31:24 -0800 (PST) >From: Eric Tanenbaum >To: bmason@xxxxxxxx > > >I'm still dithering about whether to buy a poquet --- and will most >likely decide to after the last one is sold. My main concern is about >file transfer (i.e. pc<>poquet). Are serial cables available? Can they be >purchased? How much are they? I don't have a machine with pcm1a (?) cards. > >Thanks for your advice. > > > >Eric Tanenbaum >Dept of Government >University of Essex >Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ >England Re: poqet by Sabrodsky@xxxxxxxx From: Sabrodsky@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: poqet Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 14:21:27 -0500 (EST) Hi. Well I've taken the plunge and ordered a Poqet and 1 meg card from California Digital. Anyone know where I can find a Wordperfect rom card and a floppy drive?