Okay - I bought two of these recently - and i will be auctioning one on ebay soon .....but if anyones interested let me know
(picture from the auction that I purchased it from
)
FOR SALE !!
1
(ONE
) VERY GOOD condition sharp pc3000
(fyi its about 2" larger width and length than a jornada 680, @ same thickness
)
A bunch of pcmcia cards
power cables !
laplink cables !
Holy crap ! ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS from TWENTY YEARS AGO in museum condition !!!!
If you dont know this unit then you suck ! IT has a bteer keyboard then any other palmtop evar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BAsically a larger better but slower version of the hp 200 lx --------- ITS DOS PEOPLE .................. DOS !!!!!!! with a custom frontend for PIM
Perfect for notetaking, see alot of text on screen and great keyboard, runs off AA's, save files to txt on card and transfer to PC or use laplink !
Amazing design
Links to info :
http://midtoad.homelinux.org/PC3k/index.php
http://www.computermuseumgroningen.nl/sharp/pc-3000.html
http://www.ericlindsay.com/palmtop/pc3100.htm
Specs :
PC-3k PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
o Size: 222 mm x 112 mm x 25 mm
(8.8" x 4.4" x 1.0"
480 grams
(1.1 lbs
); 600 grams with batteries
o Power source: 3 'AA' alkaline cells, or 6.3 V AC adapter
Lithium battery
(CR2016
) for backup
o 80C88A processor, variable clock speed up to 10 MHz
o 128 KB ROM
(BIOS & extended BIOS
)
o 1 MB ROM
(ROM-disk
(C
, with MS-DOS Version 3.30 and utilities
)
o 128 KB Static RAM
(Video RAM and 77 K drive D
o 1 MB
(PC-3000
) or 2 MB
(PC-3100
) Pseudo-Static RAM, with variable
split among DOS memory, Expanded Memory, and drive E:
o Fully CGA-compatible FSTN B/W LCD screen, 173 mm x 66 mm
(6.8" x 2.6"
(640*200 graphics, 80*25 text
), MDA emulation
o Keyboard with 77 3/4-size keys and embedded numeric keypad
(use Fn key
)
o 1 Serial port, configurable as COM1 or COM2.
RS-232C interface 10-pin connector
(9-pin conversion cable supplied
)
Full duplex asynchronous transmission at up to 9600 Baud
(speeds of 14,400 Baud have been tested successfully
)
o 1 Parallel port, Centronics interface with 20-pin connector
(25-pin conversion cable supplied
)
Both serial and parallel ports are completely IBM-PC compatible,
but have non-standard connectors and require a conversion cable
(included in some markets, optional in others
).
o Expansion Bus connector
(80-pin PC-like bus for optional floppy drive
)
o Two PCMCIA Release 1 card ports, 68-pin.
o Optional 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy disk drive:
size 222 mm x 124 mm x 32 mm
(8.75 x 4.9" x 1.25"
; requires cable
to convert 80-pin connector to 25-pin D-SUB connector.
Weight approx. 1.0 kg
(2.2 lbs
).
Software in ROM:
(details below in Section 2
)
o Laplink
(can self-load to a host with just a null modem cable
)
o spreadsheet
(OK, but no graphics
)
o address book
(flexible input, can be used as simple database
)
o to-do list
o keyboard keystuffer
(feeds 'learned' keystrokes to applications
)
o calendar/diary/scheduler/alarm
o desk clock
o calculator
(very simple
)
o file viewer
(like DOS command "TYPE filename |more"
o a simple text editor
o PopUp, a TSR handler for most of the above
o good password protection
o Built-in multilingual capability
(7 languages for the menus used in the bundled applications:
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish
)
Asking $200 + shipping or BO ---- in VERY good condition, lots of accesories and ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS + Manuals !!! + bonus original copy of wordperfect 5.1
Trades considered.
(pref - Minimum jornada 728 or sgmarion 3 or better - + cash
)
pics from the internets -
(not my unit
) ---
(my unit IS pictures above
)
FYI - This machine is very simular but has a much nicer screen than the "poqet pc" - and incidentally was release just 1 1/2 years after the worlds first palmtop - the atari foleo - is like an hp 95lx in a nec mobile pro 900's body.