On 19 April 2016 at 21:37, Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's my top 3 weirdest devices I've ever sent email through, just for fun: > > 1. The AlphaSmart "Dana" which was a strange laptop-like device which ran > PalmOS. The email client was Eudora for PalmOS.
I sort of wanted one of them. Interesting device. > 2. Sony eVilla BeIA appliance using some kind of (crappy) built-in mail > application. Ahh, BeIA -- great idea, but both too late and too early, a neat trick. > 3. Sharp Wizard handheld organizer over a serial TTY connected to a 386/SX > with optional math co-processor installed so it could run ... Xenix. > Logged in via simple built-in vt100 terminal app on the wizard at 2400 > BPS to the Unix box. Used 'elm' to send the mail. I am looking at doing something similar with a Z88 & Raspberry Pi. :-/ > That Sharp Wizard was a helluva organizer for it's time. The main feature > was that it takes AAA batteries and thus I was actually able to afford to > run the thing in college by getting rechargables. It had a nice keyboard > and the display was readable in the sunlight, too. No backlight, though. Sounds a bit like a Psion Series 3* or 5* -- both ran for a month+ on a pair of AAs and had unsurpassed functionality. The former for its time, the latter, in some ways, still today. Which model of Wizard? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
