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blueroomelectronics · 27th January 2008, 05:28 PM

I was digging through an old parts drawer and found an old complete HP360LX palmtop computer I remember buying it from Tiger for cheap. It has a CF and PCMCIA slot, should support some network cards and it has a serial port on the docking bay.
As these units are somewhat cheap if you can find them, they might be handy for a robot or automation controller (WiFi, RS232)
I've found very little info on these old beasts via Google, but something old is new again

360LX runs with 2x AA (and can charge NiMH/NiCD)

Marks256 · 27th January 2008, 05:56 PM

Does it have any form of sound?

blueroomelectronics · 27th January 2008, 06:03 PM

Squeek, that's about it. It's only a 60MHz CPU. But they make color versions and the very old DOS version 200LX
http://www.rundel.net/palmtop/datasheets/hp_360lx.htm

The 7.91MHz 80186 based 200LX with MSDOS
http://www.seronac.com/hp200lx.html

picbits · 27th January 2008, 06:04 PM

I remember trying to source one of the first HP Journadas in the country for the boss. He wasn't going to take "not available yet" as an excuse.

blueroomelectronics · 27th January 2008, 06:09 PM

Marks256 you like old silicon so I'm sure you'd like one of these. The Atari Portfolio

John Conner used one to hack an ATM in Terminator 2

Marks256 · 27th January 2008, 06:19 PM

hey, that Atari is pretty geeky....

blueroomelectronics · 27th January 2008, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marks256

hey, that Atari is pretty geeky....

Maybe one is hiding in your piles of old computers.

Marks256 · 27th January 2008, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueroomelectronics

Maybe one is hiding in your piles of old computers.

I wish!

Here is one on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-Portfolio-...QQcmdZViewItem

Marks256 · 27th January 2008, 06:27 PM

Hey! Check this out! It looks like this ram/rom evaluation board could make the little Atari Portfolio interfaceable!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Developer-512K-R...QQcmdZViewItem

blueroomelectronics · 27th January 2008, 06:27 PM

$50, not bad. A friend of mine had one. If DOS is your thing then lots of fun. No backlight on the Atari.

Plenty of 200LX computers on eBay too.

Marks256 · 27th January 2008, 06:37 PM

I like DOS. It is the one thing M$ did right.

Then again, that is all i had when i first started with computers... If i remember correctly, my only OS i had was the windows 98 boot floppy!

picbits · 27th January 2008, 10:26 PM

The old Tandy Model 100 used to rock. We used them for stocktaking using a program written by one of the employees.

When I was a kid I used to live for my visits to Tandy (Radioshack owned at the time) and when I got older worked for them for a number of years.

It was sad when they finally ceased trading.

blueroomelectronics · 28th January 2008, 01:05 AM

I've got a Tandy Model 100 too, it's way too geeky to use in public.

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27th January 2008, 05:28 PM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	HP360LX palmtop PC, found one in my junkdrawer... I was digging through an old parts drawer and found an old complete HP360LX palmtop computer I remember buying it from Tiger for cheap. It has a CF and PCMCIA slot, should support some network cards and it has a serial port on the docking bay. As these units are somewhat cheap if you can find them, they might be handy for a robot or automation controller (WiFi, RS232) I've found very little info on these old beasts via Google, but something old is new again 360LX runs with 2x AA (and can charge NiMH/NiCD) __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

27th January 2008, 05:56 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	Does it have any form of sound? __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

27th January 2008, 06:03 PM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	Squeek, that's about it. It's only a 60MHz CPU. But they make color versions and the very old DOS version 200LX http://www.rundel.net/palmtop/datasheets/hp_360lx.htm The 7.91MHz 80186 based 200LX with MSDOS http://www.seronac.com/hp200lx.html __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

27th January 2008, 06:04 PM	(permalink)
picbits	I remember trying to source one of the first HP Journadas in the country for the boss. He wasn't going to take "not available yet" as an excuse.

27th January 2008, 06:09 PM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	Marks256 you like old silicon so I'm sure you'd like one of these. The Atari Portfolio John Conner used one to hack an ATM in Terminator 2 __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com Last edited by blueroomelectronics; 27th January 2008 at 06:21 PM.

27th January 2008, 06:19 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	hey, that Atari is pretty geeky.... __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

27th January 2008, 06:27 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	Hey! Check this out! It looks like this ram/rom evaluation board could make the little Atari Portfolio interfaceable! http://cgi.ebay.com/Developer-512K-R...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

27th January 2008, 06:37 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	I like DOS. It is the one thing M$ did right. Then again, that is all i had when i first started with computers... If i remember correctly, my only OS i had was the windows 98 boot floppy! __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

27th January 2008, 10:26 PM	(permalink)
picbits	The old Tandy Model 100 used to rock. We used them for stocktaking using a program written by one of the employees. When I was a kid I used to live for my visits to Tandy (Radioshack owned at the time) and when I got older worked for them for a number of years. It was sad when they finally ceased trading.

28th January 2008, 01:05 AM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	I've got a Tandy Model 100 too, it's way too geeky to use in public. __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com