On 20/04/2016 10:02, Liam Proven wrote:
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?
Extreme Mailing
What is the most unusual place you have sent mail from?
