tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 06 09:23:13 1999
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Re: Palm pilot advice
- From: "Bill Longton" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Palm pilot advice
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:17:17 -0400
Personally, I prefer to use my actual dictionary...it helps me with my
vocabulary. Now if there was only a way I could apply that concept to my
Klingon grammer!!
ngenDa' la'
-----Original Message-----
From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, August 06, 1999 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Palm pilot advice
>I have owned most models of the PalmPilot:
>
>I bought a PalmPilot 1000, then upgraded to 1MB RAM.
>
>I broke the screen and sent it back for repair.
>
>I broke the screen again and decided to get a Personal PalmPilot
>so I could get the backlight. It only had 500K RAM, but I
>figured I'd scavenge the RAM from the 1000. Unfortunately, the
>system ROM is on the same card, so if I swapped in the 1MB card,
>I lost the OS that knows how to turn on the backlight. I endured
>low memory for a while.
>
>In Denmark, I smashed the screen on my Personal PalmPilot and
>searched three cities before finding what may be the only
>PalmPilot in Denmark. It was a Professional PalmPilot and it
>cost about $100 more than in the US. I bought it anyway.
>
>Back home, a coworker had a Palm III and changed his mind about
>wanting it. As a UNIX geek, it didn't quite suit his needs. He
>made the deal sweet enough that I couldn't turn it down.
>
>When I got back from qep'a', I got a new laptop because my old
>one was old, and... well, I hurt it. While I was setting up my
>new laptop, I knocked my Palm III off the table and while the
>screen didn't crack, it also never came on again.
>
>So, I got a Palm IIIx.
>
>I love it. The screen is much clearer in a wider range of
>lighting conditions, so I very rarely need to use the backlight
>(which really extends battery life). It also has twice the RAM
>of the Palm III.
>
>I've seen the Palm V. It is prettier and sleeker and uses the
>same bright screen, but it costs $100 more and it has half the
>RAM of the IIIx. My first choice would be IIIx (because of the
>bright screen and the 4MB RAM). Second choice would be V
>(because of the bright screen and sleek case, despite 2MB RAM).
>Third choice would be IIIe (which is not out yet, but has the
>new screen, the old case and the "normal" 2MB RAM). There's a
>special edition IIIe coming out with a translucent case. I guess
>that's for iMac users. Fourth choice would be a Palm III. Cheap,
>but useful. Old screen, 2MB RAM.
>
>The old screen is still good. It's just that the new one is
>strikingly better.
>
>DuQaH De'vam 'e' vItul.
>
>charghwI' 'utlh
>
>On Fri, 6 Aug 1999 03:44:53 -0400 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> yIqIm ! I went to get a palm pilot ,but I was not sure what to get, and
with
>> what features to look for,so palm pilot I purchase it not.(this klingon
stuff
>> is messing up my thought paterns) I will probably only use it for a very
>> expensive dictionary,'ach it has to be more time saving that thumbing a
>> dictionary that has turned into a pile of loose pages(it's too late for
duct
>> tape pI'lo). Any suggestions would be appreciated. trIQjoH
>
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