PocketPDP

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Sep 21 10:24:43 2000

--- Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com> wrote:
> On September 20, Tim Harrison wrote:
> > > www.ndx.net/pocketpdp
> >
> > Someone has GOT to make a PalmOS version of this! I refuse to use CE
> > devices, but this would RULE on PalmOS. :)
>
> Damn...if someone DOES port that to PalmOS, I'll go out and BUY one
> of those infernal doesn't-recognize-simple-roman-handwriting-like-my-
> righteous-but-discontinued-newton-does-so-well Palm boxes.

If you did, it would _crawl_. The CPU in the Palm is an enhanced 68000
processor running at a fairly low speed (16Mhz? 20Mhz?). I think it would
be cool, too, but intolerably slow.

Have you fired up any flavors of PDP UNIX on it?

-ethan


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