Palm Cradle Kit
Posted on December 20, 2007 in Palm and Hardware. - No comments
Recently while sorting out boxes of old computer junk I came across my old Palm III and it’s cradle. It was like bumping into an old friend and I wondered if getting a Cradle for my TX would improve my “user experience”. On an impulse I placed an order on-line.
My initial experience with the Palm Cradle Kit has left me feeling rather disappointed and the more I’ve tried to use it, the more disappointed I’ve become. The Palm Cradle Kit delivered little satisfaction.
Do computers have past lives?
Posted on August 12, 2007 in Amiga and Hardware. - Comments [1]
The good news is that the Amiga 4000 that I’ve been “restoring” has powered up! This followed the removal of a leaking battery and giving the motherboard a good thorough washing.
Opening up the machine to extract the motherboard did mean that I had to disassemble the machine completely. It was doing this that I discovered that there were a couple of Zorro cards in there. Of course when I received the machine there was no software included.
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Amiga A4000 suffers leaking battery
Posted on July 24, 2007 in Amiga and Hardware. - No comments
My old A4000 which used to run 24/7 driving a BBS has never worked since it came out of storage. So recently purchased a replacement Amiga A4000 with the intention of combining and cannibalising one in order to save the other. The new one, acquired a few months ago was advertised as “fully working” but I knew I was taking a gamble on the state of the battery. What’s worse is that the machine has been sat untouched for a few months while I waited for the opportunity to do something with it.
Things didn’t look good when I finally opened the machine up. From the picture, you can see that the battery has leaked pretty badly. One of the memory modules removed from the SIMM sockets had suffered very badly with the contacts at one end dissolved completely!
Palm TX - first impressions
Posted on May 29, 2007 in Palm and Hardware. - No comments
I’ve owned a Palm in one form or another for the best part of the last decade. I planned my wedding, my relocation to the other side of the country and finding a new job (all at the same time) on my trusty Palm III.
Recently I was bought a Palm TX and upgraded from my Palm Tungsten E which had served me well for a few years although it had started to suffer. The audio was crackled – both on headphones and the inbuilt speaker.
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