9:10 - the answer is obvious: dead RAM goes into the ram box, the rest of the chips go into the coffin :) Today I bought some Haribo gummy candies when I was doing my grocery shopping and I'm eating some as I'm watching this video.
I think he'd be better of changing the name to just Midweek Mail Call, instead of trying to act upon the "Mini" part and failing hard 😉 To our delight of course...!
I worked in a computer repair shop in the mid 80's, and i had a "wall of bad memory." It was literally just a painted drywall. But you could push dips right in. Got about halfway up the wall (narrow wall, maybe 4'x3-1/2') But we replaced chips in banks, so it was always 8 or 9 chips at a shot. And almost none were complete failures, most were intermittent. But memory was the most common electronic failure in the computers i was fixing (IBM PC, XT, AT, Compaqs, etc.).
I love the Handspring Visor. Handspring was a company started by one of the original creators of the Palm Pilot and in a lot of ways, vastly improved the Palm OS experience for less money. I don't recall the case switching it off, but I also always put the hard cover on mine first.
Psst, there are secret features in the Visor's stylus. If you unscrew the tip there is a 'pokey stick' to press the reset button and if you remove the other end there's a small screwdriver usable for taking the unit apart. That was actually the first #0 Phillips screwdriver I had. Regarding the unit turning off when you slid it quickly into the case, my guess is the batteries were losing contact for a moment.
Yeap. Reminds me that my first "cellphone/smartphone" was my Handspring Visor Prism with a Sprint PCS Springboard module. Bubblet was my favorite game on it and I also read all the Harry Potter books on that thing. Mine didn't turn off when put in to the leather case from what I can remember, but its been forever since I've messed with one.
Sci Fi Story: Dave Murry makes a trip to Computer Reset in Dallas Tx and finds an old box sealed in 1985, in the box is a pile of Commodore 64 disks. While testing them he finds a copy of the "Adrian's 8 bit Dance Party" demo.
Handspring Visor. I had a series of these in highschool. I still have a working Visor Prism, which supported more colors than the Palm branded counterpart, the Palm IIIc. That Springboard expansion slot was the shit too. They had a phone/modem module for it, which I think makes it one of the first true smartphones. :)
They had a serial port. I used a terminal program to test mainframe serial ports at client sites. It was a lot easier than dragging a VT220 or a late 90's laptop around to multiple buildings.
I've only ever seen a few internet pics, but there was apparently a phone card and app for the Apple Newton 2000/2100 as well. The Newton 2xxx line had 2 type 2 PC Card slots and I believe the cellular radio/modem was a PC Card add-on. I'm not sure either company had an official "phone" solution, at least not early on, but they did exist as far as I can tell.
It is so nice that you give vintage computers which you repaired to other people of the retro computing community. Really awesome. Keep up the good work.
I just want to say a big thank you. You are very entertaining, and very much a tinkerer. You are highly knowledgeable on your subject and enjoy watching your channels. Thanks for the lovely content and do please keep it up.
Use the coffin for completely dead stuff, and use the rammy box for parts that partially work and maybe start a collection to later document the various types of faults.
I fully agree on the “Duraleaks” name. I’ve had far more Duracells corrode (at least for AA and AAA size) than any other brand, so I usually get Energizers (if not much pricier).
Had a blue transparent handspring back in the early 2000s. Love that device. Besides the PDA functionality you could do some light word processing and play fun games on it. Good times!
Two ideas: 1. You should put dead ICs in the Dead Chips coffin and the rest (transistors, diodes etc.) in the Dead Parts box 2. for the 82S101: it looks like there is a lid that wants to come off. Maybe it will expose the die making it erasable?
I had the Palm IIIx at university. I wrote my entire final year project report on it using an external keyboard. Smartphones are an obvious improvement on them, but there was something nice about the form factor and general way the device worked.
That palm remind me how much I was into that.. I loved my Zire and after I got a Lifedrive, it was amazing, and the battery life was so good that lasted more than weeks using every day, I played a lot of games from PopCap in these devices, used to play my mp3 files in the car, and also as a software engineer I remember doing a lot of trials programming into them.. Good days and good memories, thanks for showing this.. :D Great video, I love your videos.. Keep up the good work!
I remember reading articles about those Handspring PDAs back in 2000 or so, I understand the idea behind that card interface slot on the back was that you could insert accessory cards such as GPS receivers, MP3 players and other devices and if I understand things correctly, they were designed to work without the need for batteries or additional software to be installed on the host PDA.
Hi Adrian - I have two handspring visors that me an my wife used in the early 2000's. The slot was for add-ons including the GPS add on that I have. The GPS was handy for doing geocaching. Still have it and the color palm as well. Just sitting in the drawer with a sharp zaurus. The Handspring Visors work too.
I have 3 palm pilots somewhere, one of them is the clear case the other two are grey. Had one on a belt clip for a few years with all the company board assemblies names and part numbers. As production liked to refer to PCB assy as part numbers and in R&D we refered to them by function.
When I first played with a Palm Pilot, my first thought was "These would be really cool if combined with a cell phone.". Always a day late, and a dollar short.
I had multiple Visors and they came with Bluetooth built in. I got a Sony/Ericson cell phone for the Bluetooth so I could use my Visor to send and receive text messages.
28xx series chips are compatible with 27xx but are electrically erasable. 29xx chips were designed to replace them in most applications and are NOR flash based.
Nice coffin, boys! :) There's an Australian connection to both boxes, actually. Lurch, Mark, and Randall live in Australia, obviously, but I also lived in Australia for a few years. :)
I say don't worry too much how you use the two boxes, since you can always change your mind later. If something (non-destructive of course) occurs to you, even if it seems stupid, might as well try it unless you've already come up with something better. I think it would be neat to put a music box mechanism in one of them, maybe it plays the Dies Irae every time you open it to add more parts. :D Or probably cheaper, easier, and more 80's, the guts of a singing birthday card might work.
Reminds me of sone good times. And some and looks recent. Also one or two things and shops recent and with near UCLA and Los Angeles area and near the beach. Also with w abd ww and near shipping district and near also Chicago land area. And some and looks and material looks. Also some and looks and radio things and tv and also mail or touch things and with magnets. Go one groups and Data and Computers. And go good science and go good art. And go Technology and good computers
That coffin is nice.. 👍 Great idea from FEMB authors side.. I think, that small dead parts box needs to stay on bench, but big one needs new shelf or some place in corner.. 😂 When small box gets closer to full, parts from it goes to the big box.. And when there is need to get some dead part from coffin, then it's time to open it again.. 😂
6809s on the TRS-80 CoCos required the 6809E for external timing. The early computers like the SWTPC used the 6809, so they might be for those computers.
I Loved my Handspring Visor back in the day. I had a standard b&w version, but I wanted the Color. My b&w one died on me while still in warranty, and I took it back to the store I got it at (Fry's Electronics here in San Diego) and they gave me a color version as a replacement! I actually purchased a Sony/Ericson cell phone because it had early Bluetooth connections just so I could use the connection with my Visor to send and receive text messages!!!
Hi Adrian! It would be nice to read those eproms that seem to belong to a set, try to figure out where they come from, and maybe even emulate a previously non-emulated machine. Thank you for another great video!
The expansion slot is for a handspring modules. They had modules to backup the data on the handspring etc.The had modem and backup modules that I am aware of. The expansion modules for the handspring were the selling point move the PalmPilots that did not have an expansion slot.
The processor used in Handspring Visors as well as Palm PDA’s was the Freescale DragonBall processor, which was indeed a mobile version of the Motorola 68000 core. And No the Handspring does not turn off automatically when you place in the leather case.
I think the Rammy one for its size and Wow factor should stay handy and the other one tucked away to deal with overflow, makes sense for the coffin to stay buried amidst your other stuff! 🤣
I'm pretty sure a quick Google search will show not only upgrades and enthusiasts to that make/model of PDA, but also mods to really do some cool things with it.
It can even fit a LCD screen or so. A very nice case for a portable retroconsole emulator like a retropie and also would probably have free some storage for a gamepad controller :D
I for one am sick and tired of Duracell Hell. I had a new AAA literally explode in a tv remote the other day. Fortunately I was there and heard it pop so I got it cleaned before any damage was done. I have also found leaking batteries in the package that was dated for the mid 2020s. Its back to rechargeables for me!
I am guessing that the writing and all the little details on that box lid on the parts bin was done with a CNC, to answer your question on how it was done! I also imagine you could fix that palmpilot screen in a similar way to the orignal DMG GameBoy screen repair, should it go again.
@@mal2ksc looking at the stair stepping of it I would say for sure CNC, if done by hand would be more smooth or more lumpy. Still great work either way!
So, I am currently holding in my hand my original Handspring Visor, in classic black, with the Sprint PCS Wireless Web Digital Link. In essence, the worlds first smart phone. Coincidentally I also have a Linksys wireless B PCMCIA card, it does not fit.
Is the text etched? I'm guessing what they did was put down a layer of tape, cut around it using a stencil, and then stain everything. That's the best I can come up with. The only way I can think of to improve that chip coffin would be to add a chain to prevent the lid from going back too far.
I had leaking Duracell AA cells in a thermometer recently. Both were leaking the white crusty material. This came as a surprise to me, since I put those in only last year and they tested good in my battery tester (actual battery tester with a load). I have to be clear that they were beyond the expiry date, but at the time there was no sign of any leakage. The good news is that this particular material appears to be relatively innocuous, and after scraping it out everything was fine.
What you need is the palm pilot keyboard but they are hard to come by. I have one and it worked well when I used it 15 years or so ago. Now I know you can hack the keyboard to use on windows 10 or a Mac. The one I have is a folded one with a fabric case
Loved my palm pilot. BT used palm pilots and engineers had to go to the exchange each day to up date. I still have my handspring for gym backpack as my friend worked for them better than the Microsoft mouse t shirt I had that looked like a tampon. My backpack is looking a bit worn but my palm pilot still looks mint with a clear case. Those small proms most likely used like a ula as I designed circuits using them as decoders as cheaper than PLA ULA in the eighties
Thanks for all the awesome videos! Love them all! Why not put smaller dead components in one dead parts box and larger ones, such as chips, in the other? All the best from Canada! \o/
I used my palm pilot so much that I still write a Grafitti b instead of a normal one to this day. I loved that thing, it was really great, but the writing area got so scratched by the stylus that it was almost unusable.
Hah, what a coincidence... I just found my old Palm III, which has a 3rd party transparent teal body. I'm lucky the batteries from Mar 2009 haven't leaked. I should track down my Sony Clie, which has a rechargeable battery that may have leaked.
9:10 - the answer is obvious: dead RAM goes into the ram box, the rest of the chips go into the coffin :)
Today I bought some Haribo gummy candies when I was doing my grocery shopping and I'm eating some as I'm watching this video.
Exactly what I was going to suggest.
We need to map the basement in VR, invite everyone, and have a mass 8bit dance party! 🕹️🎶
Too much retro parts. He could fit 4 of us in there. 3 if I'm there... LOL
"this one should be mini"
And yet its 46 minutes long... Not a problem, as more Adrian is always awesome!
It should be called "Adrians Awesome Basement"
*42 minutes
I think he'd be better of changing the name to just Midweek Mail Call, instead of trying to act upon the "Mini" part and failing hard 😉
To our delight of course...!
The rammy box should just be dead ram. It's fitting.
Put only dead RAM chips in the box with the ramy and everything else in the coffin (PLA, ULA, etc.)
I would say similar: the smaller parts like ram and the 74ls into the ramy and the bigger like eproms, pla, cia, sid, vic, cpu into the coffin
I worked in a computer repair shop in the mid 80's, and i had a "wall of bad memory." It was literally just a painted drywall. But you could push dips right in. Got about halfway up the wall (narrow wall, maybe 4'x3-1/2') But we replaced chips in banks, so it was always 8 or 9 chips at a shot. And almost none were complete failures, most were intermittent. But memory was the most common electronic failure in the computers i was fixing (IBM PC, XT, AT, Compaqs, etc.).
That coffin engraving stuff could be CNC.
Exactly my thoughts, I noticed the CNC lines on the skull.
Stained first then CNC'd then given polyurethane by the looks of it?
Definitely CNC.
Yeah CNC router was my guess too
I love the Handspring Visor. Handspring was a company started by one of the original creators of the Palm Pilot and in a lot of ways, vastly improved the Palm OS experience for less money. I don't recall the case switching it off, but I also always put the hard cover on mine first.
Psst, there are secret features in the Visor's stylus. If you unscrew the tip there is a 'pokey stick' to press the reset button and if you remove the other end there's a small screwdriver usable for taking the unit apart. That was actually the first #0 Phillips screwdriver I had.
Regarding the unit turning off when you slid it quickly into the case, my guess is the batteries were losing contact for a moment.
Apparently the expansion slot isn't native PCMCIA, only "Springboard" cards are compatible.
Yeap. Reminds me that my first "cellphone/smartphone" was my Handspring Visor Prism with a Sprint PCS Springboard module. Bubblet was my favorite game on it and I also read all the Harry Potter books on that thing. Mine didn't turn off when put in to the leather case from what I can remember, but its been forever since I've messed with one.
@@KittyFae- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboard_expansion_slot
Yeah, back in the day my ex had one and had an MP3 player card for it.
You could put the dead ram chips in the box with the ram head and every other chip in the coffin.
I think the coffin was made on a CNC router. At least the carving.
Came here to say the same.
Sci Fi Story: Dave Murry makes a trip to Computer Reset in Dallas Tx and finds an old box sealed in 1985, in the box is a pile of Commodore 64 disks. While testing them he finds a copy of the "Adrian's 8 bit Dance Party" demo.
Why would the long time guitarist of Iron Maiden go to Computer Reset?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist:))
@@flekkzo LOL.
Handspring Visor. I had a series of these in highschool. I still have a working Visor Prism, which supported more colors than the Palm branded counterpart, the Palm IIIc. That Springboard expansion slot was the shit too. They had a phone/modem module for it, which I think makes it one of the first true smartphones. :)
They had a serial port. I used a terminal program to test mainframe serial ports at client sites. It was a lot easier than dragging a VT220 or a late 90's laptop around to multiple buildings.
I've only ever seen a few internet pics, but there was apparently a phone card and app for the Apple Newton 2000/2100 as well. The Newton 2xxx line had 2 type 2 PC Card slots and I believe the cellular radio/modem was a PC Card add-on. I'm not sure either company had an official "phone" solution, at least not early on, but they did exist as far as I can tell.
When you first said "Enhance... Enhance" I was like "He doesnt watch SMA, does he?!" And later you explained that you actually do. How cool is that.
I am looking at the channel now and have not hit a video. This guy ?South Main Auto Repair LLC
@@markae0 Yes, that guy
Love Eric O's videos!
It is so nice that you give vintage computers which you repaired to other people of the retro computing community. Really awesome. Keep up the good work.
6:42 CNC wood router.
I just want to say a big thank you. You are very entertaining, and very much a tinkerer. You are highly knowledgeable on your subject and enjoy watching your channels. Thanks for the lovely content and do please keep it up.
I still have my palm pilot in a cupboard somewhere. Had a space trading "Elite" type game on it, excellent!
Even if it was fairly basic, I could imagine loosing hours to something like that, and regret nothing
My guess is that the box was first painted black, then using a cnc router the letters and skull was carved and after that they used some lacquer.
Use the coffin for completely dead stuff, and use the rammy box for parts that partially work and maybe start a collection to later document the various types of faults.
We love the big mail calls! Keep'em coming please!
I fully agree on the “Duraleaks” name. I’ve had far more Duracells corrode (at least for AA and AAA size) than any other brand, so I usually get Energizers (if not much pricier).
Yep. I've even had Duracell batteries leak outside of a device on my kitchen table...😬
@@alexdhall I've had that too...and even well before the date they claim to be good through. Not many, but a few.
My eyes went wide when I saw all those 6809s! That's on my list of chips to use as the core of a homebrew machine!
Had a blue transparent handspring back in the early 2000s. Love that device. Besides the PDA functionality you could do some light word processing and play fun games on it. Good times!
Transparent electronics need to make a comeback, black everything is getting rather lame XD
Two ideas:
1. You should put dead ICs in the Dead Chips coffin and the rest (transistors, diodes etc.) in the Dead Parts box
2. for the 82S101: it looks like there is a lid that wants to come off. Maybe it will expose the die making it erasable?
My first smart phone was the Sprint attachment that slid into that slot. It was a massive device that made the thing even bigger, but it was awesome!
I had the Palm IIIx at university. I wrote my entire final year project report on it using an external keyboard. Smartphones are an obvious improvement on them, but there was something nice about the form factor and general way the device worked.
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Ohh magnets abd toys . Very fun. Go good things and fun and go good times.
That palm remind me how much I was into that.. I loved my Zire and after I got a Lifedrive, it was amazing, and the battery life was so good that lasted more than weeks using every day, I played a lot of games from PopCap in these devices, used to play my mp3 files in the car, and also as a software engineer I remember doing a lot of trials programming into them.. Good days and good memories, thanks for showing this.. :D Great video, I love your videos.. Keep up the good work!
The virtual dance party in the beginning, am I so educated by now, that I am correct to say it is a PAL machine being emulated??
I remember reading articles about those Handspring PDAs back in 2000 or so, I understand the idea behind that card interface slot on the back was that you could insert accessory cards such as GPS receivers, MP3 players and other devices and if I understand things correctly, they were designed to work without the need for batteries or additional software to be installed on the host PDA.
Hi Adrian - I have two handspring visors that me an my wife used in the early 2000's. The slot was for add-ons including the GPS add on that I have. The GPS was handy for doing geocaching. Still have it and the color palm as well. Just sitting in the drawer with a sharp zaurus. The Handspring Visors work too.
I have 3 palm pilots somewhere, one of them is the clear case the other two are grey. Had one on a belt clip for a few years with all the company board assemblies names and part numbers. As production liked to refer to PCB assy as part numbers and in R&D we refered to them by function.
Sounded like it was a virtual PAL machine judging by the speed of the music. ;)
When I first played with a Palm Pilot, my first thought was "These would be really cool if combined with a cell phone.". Always a day late, and a dollar short.
First phone I had was a Palm Treo smartphone.
I had multiple Visors and they came with Bluetooth built in. I got a Sony/Ericson cell phone for the Bluetooth so I could use my Visor to send and receive text messages.
That dead chips coffin is just genius, so cleaver, I love it.
28xx series chips are compatible with 27xx but are electrically erasable. 29xx chips were designed to replace them in most applications and are NOR flash based.
PS, vinegar does wonders on removing crust. You can dilute it with tap water. Then more plain water and alcohol to finish up.
Nice coffin, boys! :)
There's an Australian connection to both boxes, actually. Lurch, Mark, and Randall live in Australia, obviously, but I also lived in Australia for a few years. :)
I miss PalmOs….it was quirky but surprisingly usable.
I had a Visor. Really good device. One of its selling points was the mp3 player expansion cartridge.
I got my hands on black visor deluxe. ha
I say don't worry too much how you use the two boxes, since you can always change your mind later. If something (non-destructive of course) occurs to you, even if it seems stupid, might as well try it unless you've already come up with something better.
I think it would be neat to put a music box mechanism in one of them, maybe it plays the Dies Irae every time you open it to add more parts. :D Or probably cheaper, easier, and more 80's, the guts of a singing birthday card might work.
Thoughts on the coffin - Rammy gets the RAM, the coffin gets everything else?
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Go A things and groups and Safe things. And go good desks
Go good Library's and go good computers and desks and notes and Library's.
Go A groups and volumes and go good computers and desks.
Reminds me of sone good times. And some and looks recent.
Also one or two things and shops recent and with near UCLA and Los Angeles area and near the beach.
Also with w abd ww and near shipping district and near also Chicago land area.
And some and looks and material looks.
Also some and looks and radio things and tv and also mail or touch things and with magnets.
Go one groups and Data and Computers. And go good science and go good art. And go Technology and good computers
I call duracell duraleaks after you called them that, it seems to have stuck and so true. Thanks for the great videos.
That coffin is nice.. 👍 Great idea from FEMB authors side..
I think, that small dead parts box needs to stay on bench, but big one needs new shelf or some place in corner.. 😂 When small box gets closer to full, parts from it goes to the big box.. And when there is need to get some dead part from coffin, then it's time to open it again.. 😂
What if you continually emptied the smaller box into the larger, and displayed the larger among your youtube plaques?
6809s on the TRS-80 CoCos required the 6809E for external timing. The early computers like the SWTPC used the 6809, so they might be for those computers.
Thanks 👍
That's a Handspring Visor. The slot is proprietary. I have the blue one but with a bad display.
use the smaller box on the desktop and larger box for the overflow long term storage
I Loved my Handspring Visor back in the day. I had a standard b&w version, but I wanted the Color. My b&w one died on me while still in warranty, and I took it back to the store I got it at (Fry's Electronics here in San Diego) and they gave me a color version as a replacement! I actually purchased a Sony/Ericson cell phone because it had early Bluetooth connections just so I could use the connection with my Visor to send and receive text messages!!!
I have a turquoise one of those palm pilots, sadly it doesn't work quite right.
Turquoise, purple, amber: the best colours for translucent plastic.
Hi Adrian! It would be nice to read those eproms that seem to belong to a set, try to figure out where they come from, and maybe even emulate a previously non-emulated machine. Thank you for another great video!
The expansion slot is for a handspring modules. They had modules to backup the data on the handspring etc.The had modem and backup modules that I am aware of. The expansion modules for the handspring were the selling point move the PalmPilots that did not have an expansion slot.
The dead parts bin competition has begun. Next up, a full size coffin.
after that a complete IC recycling plant
The processor used in Handspring Visors as well as Palm PDA’s was the Freescale DragonBall processor, which was indeed a mobile version of the Motorola 68000 core.
And No the Handspring does not turn off automatically when you place in the leather case.
The MOTOROLA MC6809 is also used in the CMI FAIRLIGHT V music generation and actually the AXEL FOLEY track was created on one by Yann Hammer.
you use a sand blast resist and use a sand blaster to make the font and design usually how its done just in case your wondering
12:35 I had some duracells leak in one of my wii remotes for some reason even though they were only in there for like 2 weeks
Check the Visor's stylus. Mine had the tip come off to be the reset pin and the back as a screwdriver in case you need to open the case.
I think the Rammy one for its size and Wow factor should stay handy and the other one tucked away to deal with overflow, makes sense for the coffin to stay buried amidst your other stuff! 🤣
I'm pretty sure a quick Google search will show not only upgrades and enthusiasts to that make/model of PDA, but also mods to really do some cool things with it.
Chips in the coffin and other components in the box
The Coffin would make a cool computer case....
It can even fit a LCD screen or so. A very nice case for a portable retroconsole emulator like a retropie and also would probably have free some storage for a gamepad controller :D
I for one am sick and tired of Duracell Hell. I had a new AAA literally explode in a tv remote the other day. Fortunately I was there and heard it pop so I got it cleaned before any damage was done. I have also found leaking batteries in the package that was dated for the mid 2020s. Its back to rechargeables for me!
My palm 3 (very similar to the handspring) did turn off with a reed switch. My Sony Ericsson branded pilot did also.
I am guessing that the writing and all the little details on that box lid on the parts bin was done with a CNC, to answer your question on how it was done! I also imagine you could fix that palmpilot screen in a similar way to the orignal DMG GameBoy screen repair, should it go again.
Or someone with a Dremel and a _really_ steady hand. Basically, H(uman)NC instead of CNC.
@@mal2ksc looking at the stair stepping of it I would say for sure CNC, if done by hand would be more smooth or more lumpy. Still great work either way!
So, I am currently holding in my hand my original Handspring Visor, in classic black, with the Sprint PCS Wireless Web Digital Link. In essence, the worlds first smart phone. Coincidentally I also have a Linksys wireless B PCMCIA card, it does not fit.
vertical lines are normal for handspring devices because i have two that have lines
Is the text etched? I'm guessing what they did was put down a layer of tape, cut around it using a stencil, and then stain everything. That's the best I can come up with.
The only way I can think of to improve that chip coffin would be to add a chain to prevent the lid from going back too far.
I had leaking Duracell AA cells in a thermometer recently. Both were leaking the white crusty material. This came as a surprise to me, since I put those in only last year and they tested good in my battery tester (actual battery tester with a load). I have to be clear that they were beyond the expiry date, but at the time there was no sign of any leakage. The good news is that this particular material appears to be relatively innocuous, and after scraping it out everything was fine.
I miss my handspring, which can change module, I got a camera module which is considered very low resolution now but it's awfully good at that time.
Use the Rammy Box as the "short term" bad parts storage and each time it is full dump it into the casket for "long term" storage.
What you need is the palm pilot keyboard but they are hard to come by. I have one and it worked well when I used it 15 years or so ago. Now I know you can hack the keyboard to use on windows 10 or a Mac. The one I have is a folded one with a fabric case
I think that the AMSTRAD PC1512 used it MC6850P for the RS232 but could also be programmed for 5 databits 1.5 stopbits at any data rate up to 1152000.
Eric O. at SMA is great! When I heard you do the "enhance enhance" bit in one of your previous videos I was curious if you were channeling him!
I still have a handspring/palm pilot in my closet in translucent blue.
coffin top might have been laser etched
Loved my palm pilot. BT used palm pilots and engineers had to go to the exchange each day to up date.
I still have my handspring for gym backpack as my friend worked for them better than the Microsoft mouse t shirt I had that looked like a tampon. My backpack is looking a bit worn but my palm pilot still looks mint with a clear case.
Those small proms most likely used like a ula as I designed circuits using them as decoders as cheaper than PLA ULA in the eighties
Thanks for all the awesome videos! Love them all! Why not put smaller dead components in one dead parts box and larger ones, such as chips, in the other? All the best from Canada! \o/
somewhere here i have some sort of pda with the serial cable. was never actually used.
The 82s100 was e.g. used as the PLA in the C64. You might want to try if it actually is programmed to be one.
The Backlog Is Real! -----> that make me chuckle and smile! :)
US Robotics and 3COM are the same company. Now part of HP.
Ha that's cool you watch South Main Auto too.
You could treat it as a Commodore Coffin and only use it for Commodore dead parts.
Keep the Rammy one where you show packages and put the coffin near the bench
Coffin for dead logic chips, dead parts box for .
Chips in the box, box in the coffin. Saves space!
I used my palm pilot so much that I still write a Grafitti b instead of a normal one to this day. I loved that thing, it was really great, but the writing area got so scratched by the stylus that it was almost unusable.
thanks for the video.. ltt mention the c64, i mentioned your site .. hope it sends some new viewers your way.
Hah, what a coincidence... I just found my old Palm III, which has a 3rd party transparent teal body. I'm lucky the batteries from Mar 2009 haven't leaked. I should track down my Sony Clie, which has a rechargeable battery that may have leaked.
lot of good chips used in repairing arcade pcb(s)
I would just use the bigger one when the first is full it shouldn't be a long wait
Isn't it interesting that in practice Duracell batteries are the most likely to leak, make a mess,and damage your electronic equipment?
Use the coffin for vampire boards. You know, boards that are not realy dead (... intermittent faults).
Whichever way you go, Adrian, there all dead.... heheheh. So cool!
My PDAs of choice were the Psion 5 and the Sharp Zaurus.
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Loved my psion 5 and my 3 before it!