Walter, I have a 320lx which uses the same power supply. The adaptor for that outputs 5.25v at 1.5A, centre pin positive. HP part number is F1218A.
Regarding DOS... The short answer is no, you can't run dos programs natively. The processor in it is a Hitachi SH3, which uses a different instruction set to the x86 in any PC.
There is a DOS emulation product out there
(http://www.pocketdos.com/
), but I think you'll have no joy with it because you've got a WinCE 2.0 device. It seems to support wince 2.11
(HPC Pro
) but not 2.0. I'd give it a try all the same, it can only say "Nope"!
How much processing power does the CNC miller program need? I assume it controls things over a standard serial port? If you're looking for a small, dos compatible device then the HP200lx might be the one for you if it has enough processing power, or look for something like a Toshiba Libretto 50, 70, 100, or 110. They're all Pentium based laptop PCs - I still use a Libretto 100 on a regular basis for a variety of things. With the 32MB upgrade
(taking it to 64MB
) it can run Win2k almost happily
. The 50 and the 70 have 640x480 screens, Pentium processors, 16MB of memory expandable to 32MB, and the 100/110 are a little bigger but have 800x480 screens, Pentium MMX processors and 32MB of memory expandable to 64MB.
Good luck, and let us know how you get on. If you want more info on the libbys or 200lx, let me know.
Cheers,
Nick.