[geeks] HP Journada 720 - $75 (Refurbished, after rebate)

[Micah R Ledbetter]

On Aug 15, 2006, at 15:31, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> Quoth Micah R Ledbetter ...
>
>> Also, I think that WinCE was the predecessor. I have a Velo1 that
>> runs CE 1.0. It blows goats, by the way.
>
> There is a WinCE 2.0 update kit for the Velo 1; with it, the Velo  
> blows
> slightly less.

I thought the Velo was cool. I meant that WinCE blows goats.

> I used to use mine quite a bit, actually, back when dial-in was the
> prevalent remote access method.  When finding WiFi or other, faster,
> connection methods became easy to find, the Velo 1 became a serial  
> console
> for one of the servers here.  It wasn't a terrible bit of kit in  
> its day,
> but its day is long past.  Mine now reposes in the "Old PDA" box,  
> along with
> various other things ejected from the back of the peleton of progress.

Serial console is a really good idea... how did that work? Did you  
use the serial port designed to sync it to the PC?

  - Micah