From: Aryeh Goretsky (goretsky_at_adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 05:38:43 EST
Hello,
I had an IBM PalmTop PC110 for a while, but sold it because it was
sitting unused after a couple of years.
It was a 486SX-based system which came with a small (4MB) on-board
solid-state disk, 8MB of RAM (upgradeable to 20MB), two type-II PCMCIA
slots and a PicoFlash slot (predecessor to CompactFlash) all of which
could be booted from, an X-Jack like modem, and a small, calculator-style
membrane keyboard and small passive-matrix LCD screen. An optional dock
allowed you to connect a keyboard, mouse, monitor, and floppy drive.
The system was a joint venture, I believe, of Ricoh and IBM.
It came with the Japanese version of IBM PC DOS and PersonaWare, a
PIM-type program. Amongst the many interesting things, it could double
as a telephone using the built-in modem, microphone and speakers. I
believe Dynamism also sold a version with a cellular card for use as a
mobile phone. Also available was a DOS-based web browser called Web
Boy.
To the best of my knowledge, no one has produced a computer with comparable
features in a smaller package.
A lot of power in a small space for the time, but I found the keyboard
difficult to type on for extended periods, and the display was difficult
to read due to its size and dimness.
Eventually I upgraded to a Ricoh Magio, a big brother to the ThinkPad 235,
which I still use for email and word processing.
If you're interested in the PC110, I'd suggest joining the Yahoo! Group
for it, which is located at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/pc110/
It is a fairly low-volume mailing list--at least compared to this one!
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
At 08:45 AM 11/21/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Message: 8
>Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:38:09 +0000
>To: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
>From: "Dr Christopher J. James" <jamescj_at_aston.ac.uk>
>Subject: [Thinkpad] IBM PC110
>
>Hi all
>
>This may have been discussed many times here already, but *I* have only
>just heard about the IBM PC110 Palmtop - it looked like a great machine!
>
>(more info here: http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/pc110.html )
>
>Anyone still have one? or used to have one? - it's the sort of machine I
>would just love to have - I have an HP Jornada 720 which is a *great*
>complement to my A31 (and 390 and 560) - but this PC110 looked like a real
>winner!
>
>Just sharing ... ;-}
>
>Cheers
>
>Christopher
>
>
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