Richard.Sandwell_at_roebry.co.uk wrote...
> And the wannabe/Wannahave stuff - Psion MC400, Wang PC, Wang VS100,
> RS/6000, NeXT Dimension, BeBox, IBM PS/2 95
>
> Tim, when you've finished with that MC400 be sure to let me know. I've
> been after one for years....;-)
Hehe, over my dead body <grin>. Seriously tho, if I didn't have a
genuine use for it I probably would pass it on - I only keep stuff I
intend to make some use of generally. But it does make for a really
handy portable serial terminal - I use it at work on 'real' servers as
well as for my home stuff.
The only annoyances it suffers are dodgy flow control, can't send a
BRK, and the damn touchpad pointing thing. This is so fantastically
annoying that whoever at Psion designed it should be shot - it's
based on absolute coordinates (touch in the top left, the pointer
jumps there,) the pointer disappears when you take your finger off
(more accurately, the pointer constantly appears/disappears while
you are trying to use it,) and it has an effective resolution of
about 1 inch... Other than that, it's great :-)
Cheers,
Tim.
(Oh, just realised I forgot one of my favourite toys - my Apple Newton
Original Message Pad. I think it'll be on topic in a year :-)
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Received on Wed Feb 06 2002 - 10:37:27 GMT