Fernando Cassia wrote: > Which shows "newer" is not always "better"... anyone remembers the > good old PalmPilot cradles? > > Not only were those rock-solid, but also it was impossible to break > any connectors by pulling hard or by tripping on wires.... it'd just > unplug itself without any damage. Um... showing my age here, but I almost killed myself by tripping over a Palm Pilot Pro serial cable... it broke. The serial cables were designed to be screwed in to the serial port. In the fight between my foot and the cable, the serial connector sheared off. Luckily, the device flew out of the cradle and landed on the carpet face up, else that would have been toast too. The serial cradles also didn't charge the device, though the Palm Pilot Pro use 2 x AAA batteries, so it wasn't hard to keep it running :-) Them was the days!! M _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
