On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:55:00PM +0000, Matt Emson wrote: > 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!! AAA batteries. You can take them out, put them in, easily buy them in most areas of the world, stop worrying about power-line compatibility, and if you happen to be at home, recharge them. A lost art in modern technology. My alphasmart keyboard with internal word-proccessor runs for nine months on one set of three AA batteries. They sell a recharger that you install in the Alphasmart for use with rechargeable batteries, but why bother? -- hendrik _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
