To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 01:04:54 5
Subject: Re: Hand-Held DOS-Based Computer?
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From: Bruce Morgen <editor AT juno DOT com>
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com


I few years back I worked for a 
company called Two Technologies 
-- they have a DOS-based 
handheld PC call "PC Lite."  
It's designed for industrial 
use and therefore pretty 
pricey, but I remember it being 
quite useful and very reliable.  
Their website should be easy 
enough to find if you're 
interested.

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:32:22 -0500 (EST) "Paul O. Bartlett"
<bartlett AT smart DOT net> writes:
>     Some years ago I had a Zeos PocketPC.  It was a small handheld
> computer, about 245mm wide, 115mm deep, and 25mm thick when closed.  
> I
> doubt that it weighed much more than 150gm or so, if that much.  It 
> was
> called a "pocket PC" because it could fit in a large man's overcoat
> pocket.  Nevertheless, one could touch type on the keyboard.  It had 
> an
> 80x25 CGA LCD display which was quite legible in decent light.  Two
> 'AA' cells would power it for several hours of editing use, say, if 
> one
> wasn't using the AC adapter.  It had serial and parallel ports.  
> The
> interesting thing is that it had MS-DOS 5 in ROM, together with a
> usable personal organizer application.  And, of course, it would 
> run
> DOS applications as long as they did not require color and/or VGA 
> as
> such.  Sadly, one time I scrambled one of the memory cards for it.
> 
>     Does anyone know of any similar-sounding DOS-based hand-held
> computers available?  These days it seems like the choice is 
> between
> Palm-type organizers (too small) and Windows-based laptops (too 
> big).
> 
> -- 
> Paul                             mailto:bartlett AT smart DOT net
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