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

[Sheldon T. Hall]

Writes Dan Duncan ...
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> > On the "PDA-as-terminal" front ... I used to have a Seiko 
> > watch, circa 1985,
> > with a built-in database for phone numbers, appointments, 
> > etc.  Somewhat
> > like the recent Timex/Microsoft item, except that the Seiko 
> > synched to the
> > PC with a, wait for it, serial cable.  With appropriate 
> > set-up, you could
> > use the watch as a 300 bps serial terminal.  The main 
> > drawback was the lack
> > of a keyboard; you had to step through the alphabet 
> > character-by-character
> > and press the "set" button for each and every character you 
> > wanted to enter.
> 
> I used to use my Newton as a portable console because it did 
> 80 columns in
> a very readable size and got great battery life, but your 
> story is way better.

Yeah, yeah, but you probably used your Newton as a terminal more than once!

-Shel