Looking for an IBM PC110

[unrest]

Hello folks,
I'm looking for an IBM PC110 handheld to buy - preferrably located in
Europe as this avoids annoying taxes. ;)
The computer itself has to be fine - no broken case, fine display,
hardware running stable etc. - but the battery needs not, as it can more
or less easily be replaced.
I hope anyone of you got one lying around and wants to sell it..


Best regards,
Unrest

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Post by unrest
Hello folks,
I'm looking for an IBM PC110 handheld to buy - preferrably located in

Do you really need that particular brand and model? If you would
consider something close, telling us your criteria would probably
help.


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Post by unrest
Hello folks,
I'm looking for an IBM PC110 handheld to buy - preferrably located in

Do you really need that particular brand and model? If you would
consider something close, telling us your criteria would probably
help.

I was actually looking for a relatively small and cheap handheld with a
complete keyboard and either running on linux or giving me the
possibility of installing a fully functional linux.
It should be expandable somehow - pcmcia e.g. - or have USB, WLAN and
Bluetooth.
It needn't be uber fast, but it should be capable of running lynx, ssh,
irssi and other cli utilities.
If it's capable of playing videos and running Opera etc it's ok, but a
fully functional shell is the number one must.

The PC110 fulfills my requirements, which is why I was initially posting
here. If there are other handhelds similiar to the PC110 name 'em
please. :)

Thanks in advance!

[a***@cs.cmu.edu]

Post by unrest

Post by r***@pen_fact.com

Post by unrest
Hello folks,
I'm looking for an IBM PC110 handheld to buy - preferrably located in

Do you really need that particular brand and model? If you would
consider something close, telling us your criteria would probably
help.

I was actually looking for a relatively small and cheap handheld with a
complete keyboard and either running on linux or giving me the
possibility of installing a fully functional linux.
It should be expandable somehow - pcmcia e.g. - or have USB, WLAN and
Bluetooth.
It needn't be uber fast, but it should be capable of running lynx, ssh,
irssi and other cli utilities.
If it's capable of playing videos and running Opera etc it's ok, but a
fully functional shell is the number one must.
The PC110 fulfills my requirements, which is why I was initially posting
here. If there are other handhelds similiar to the PC110 name 'em
please. :)
Thanks in advance!

I have one, but I'm in the US, and I'm not quite ready to sell it yet,
though it is still working (I have FreeBSD on it).

However although I was deeply enthused about the PC110 before (ten
years ago) I now see there are a number of better options. The PC110
is *very* slow (486SX33Mhz no floating point) and I'm not convinced the
hardware is really up to what would be useful these days. The CF slot
is probably limited in size, and it has no wireless built in.

Later alternatives are potentially

Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 which is PDA like with a keyboard but with an SD and a
CF slot that you can put a wireless card in.

Sharp SL-C1000, which is more the form factor of the PC110.

More recently the Nokia N800 tablet, which is what I think I would go
for now is I was looking for this form factor.

Alan

Post by unrest
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To thine own self be true..

[unrest]

Post by a***@cs.cmu.edu
I have one, but I'm in the US, and I'm not quite ready to sell it yet,
though it is still working (I have FreeBSD on it).

Well... That's a problem - not that it's located in the US.. ;)

Post by a***@cs.cmu.edu
However although I was deeply enthused about the PC110 before (ten years
ago) I now see there are a number of better options. The PC110 is
*very* slow (486SX33Mhz no floating point) and I'm not convinced the
hardware is really up to what would be useful these days. The CF slot
is probably limited in size, and it has no wireless built in.

It might have no wireless, but two PCMCIA slots.
Hitachi makes "hdd"s for PCMCIA slots, so space'd not be much of an issue.

Post by a***@cs.cmu.edu
Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 which is PDA like with a keyboard but with an SD
and a CF slot that you can put a wireless card in.

This one looks actually veery promising, but I haven't found it for sale
anywhere..
Neither was I able to track down any offers for its successor the
SL-5600..
Do you know anyone selling a 5500?

Post by a***@cs.cmu.edu
More recently the Nokia N800 tablet, which is what I think I would go

Well the N800 disqualifies itself because of the missing keyboard..


Michael

[b***@yahoo.com]

Post by unrest

Post by r***@pen_fact.com

Post by unrest
Hello folks,
I'm looking for an IBM PC110 handheld to buy - preferrably located in

Do you really need that particular brand and model? If you would
consider something close, telling us your criteria would probably
help.

I was actually looking for a relatively small and cheap handheld with a
complete keyboard and either running on linux or giving me the
possibility of installing a fully functional linux.
It should be expandable somehow - pcmcia e.g. - or have USB, WLAN and
Bluetooth.
It needn't be uber fast, but it should be capable of running lynx, ssh,
irssi and other cli utilities.
If it's capable of playing videos and running Opera etc it's ok, but a
fully functional shell is the number one must.
The PC110 fulfills my requirements, which is why I was initially posting
here. If there are other handhelds similiar to the PC110 name 'em
please. :)
Thanks in advance!
--
To thine own self be true..

An HP Jornada 720 or 728 is a nice HPC with a tiny but touch typeable
keyboard. I run Jlime Linux on mine instead of the stock WinCE. The
CPU is a ~200MHz strongarm, display is color HVGA, and has 32 or 64MB
of RAM. For expansion, there's a PCMCIA slot and one CF slot. It fits
in my pocket but it's pretty cramped. You won't be playing any videos
on it but it's otherwise quite nice.

-Liam

[Martin Etteldorf]

Post by unrest
I was actually looking for a relatively small and cheap handheld with a
complete keyboard and either running on linux or giving me the
possibility of installing a fully functional linux.
It should be expandable somehow - pcmcia e.g. - or have USB, WLAN and
Bluetooth.
[...]
If there are other handhelds similiar to the PC110 name 'em
please. :)

Sony PCG-U3?
<http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/PCG-U3/>

Not much bigger than the PC110, and a lot more useful.
Runs Windoze, Linux and FreeBSD without any problem. USB and LAN onboard,
PCMCIA, excellent display.

I may have one for sale soon. Contact me if interested.
Location would be Europe (Shipping from either Luxembourg or Germany,
in fact).



Martin

[Paul Rubin]

Post by unrest
I was actually looking for a relatively small and cheap handheld with a
complete keyboard and either running on linux or giving me the
possibility of installing a fully functional linux.

The Asus EEE PC fills the bill pretty well and is very popular.
One thing to watch out for: they use a Debian-derived Linux distribution
which has a bug ruining the security of its OpenSSL and OpenSSH
implementation. You have to install an upgraded version yourself.
The best approach may be to switch from the stock distro to a
more common one such as Ubuntu.