On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 12:00:30PM -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Sun, 30 May 2004, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> > ...there was a thread last year about reverse engineering a hand-held
> > factory "palmtop" computer (the size of a *large* calculator) that some
> > of us bought surplus for $4 each
>
> That would be the MSi-88 (something like that), with barcode scanner and
> all? I've got a few of those. I was surprised to find the 1802 inside
> when I opened one up to investigate.
That's the one. We've managed to get some of it understood, but I think
the effort has lost some steam.
I bought a couple specifically because of the 1802. I'd been hoping for
some LCD models, but by the time I heard about them, only LED models were
left.
-ethan
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