Just ran across this...
http://www.pocketdos.com/

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From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Dan Michaels
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 07:47
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT] Ah yes those were the days (but this is now)...


>"JP.BROWN" wrote:
...
 What I would like to see is a
>> small MSDOS (or LINUX) computer with a non volatile HD and perhaps a
built
>> in basic or C.  Such a thing would be a super tool/toy for us technical
>> types.  All we see now are super flashy personal organizers with data
base
>> and to do lists etc. etc..  What ever happened to the pocket BASIC
>> computers that were around a few years ago?, these could be brought up to
>> date now and made much more powerful for not a lot of money.  Have I
found
>> a hole in the market?.

Adam Davis wrote:
....
>The real problem here is you want a geek toy that is cheap.  There aren't
enough
>geeks in the world to buy such items in quantity and bring the price down.
>
>One item I have purchased along those lines in the TI-89 calculator.  It
has 2MB
>flash, and a bit of static memory (256k? maybe more...).  It runs on a 68k
>processor at 10MHz, and that's about it.  TI's proprietary OS has a basic
.....
>

Geeee, JP's machine sounds remarkably like the original IBM
PC I bought back in 1981. Simple machine, and had Basic built-in.

I think you guys should watch development of the new WinCE handhelds,
re-launched as "Pocket PCs" for century 2000. These guys [Compaq,
Casio, HP, etc] have perceived the huge market Palm is mining and
are pushing towards providing "full-function" PCs in the same tiny
footprint [ie, palmprint], rather than concentrating mainly on
organizer capabilities. 131 Mhz cpu, 16 Mhz RAM, color LCD, USB,
etc. This may cause some movement in the Palm market too, as the
other guys move in.

Myself, I am still trying to determine if the WinCE machines can
run in MS-DOS mode. Anyone got one? Anyone know this?

regards,
- Dan Michaels
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