Gary writes:

> I have an interesting question. I have a user looking for a lite easy to =
> use palm top that would allow him to dial into our HP3000 and run some =

How about a *real* palmtop: Toshiba Libretto, which runs Windows 95.

I'm unconvinced that Windows CE is a reasonable product ... HP had already
demonstrated (95LX, 100, 200) that it could easily build a good DOS-based
palmtop...then they abandoned their customer base by switching to Windows CE
instead of putting Windows 95 on the next model.


The older Libretto 50CT is often available (new) for about $650 (US$).
(75 MHz Pentium, 32 MB RAM, 772 MB disk)
That's *** 650 *** ... why buy a Windows CE toy?
(Price found via search at www.netbuyer.com)

The not-quite-so-old Libretto 70CT (which I have) is sometimes available
for about $1300 (120 MHz Pentium, 32 MB RAM, 1.2 GB hard disk, 6.1" screen)
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Home.woa/-/Product.wo?component=KeyFeatures&partNumber=PA1260U-T2A&from=Business

The newest Libretto 100CT (166 MHz Pentium, 32 MB (up to 64 MB) RAM, 7.1" screen,
2.1 GB disk) is available for about $1900.
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Home.woa/-/Product.wo?component=KeyFeatures&partNumber=PA1254U-T2A&from=Business

Check out www.cdw.com for prices.

Several other very-small Win95 computers are out there too.


> Their suggestion was to use a 200LX which runs dos and find and old =
> terminal emulation program written for dos.

That's good, too.  I'm looking for a used 200LX *cheap* (or free :).


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