Online Resources for HP 95LX / 100LX / 200LX / 700LX / 1000CX

Online Resources for HP 95LX / 100LX / 200LX / 700LX / 1000CX

Below is a compilation of various online resources available related to HP DOS Palmtops.

Will update the info periodically.

*** If you have other resource info to share, please PM Jake, our fearless moderator.

DO NOT POST ON THIS THREAD!

This will allow Jake and/or I to review suggestions for appropriateness and avoid duplication, etc.. ***

Thank you.

Enjoy!

Mark


General Info

- HP Palmtop Paper Online: https://www.palmtoppaper.com/

- HP Palmtop Paper Archives: https://www.palmtoppaper.com/ptphtml/index.htm

- hermocom HP Palmtop Articles: https://www.hermocom.com/hplx/view-all-hp-palmtop-articles

- Vogons - General Old Hardware: https://www.vogons.org/viewforum.php?f=46

- 200LX.net Links: https://200lx.net/links.htm

- HP Computer Museum - Business Desktops/Calcs (includes LX series & Omnibooks): https://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?class=2&cat=43

- The Musuem of HP Calculators: https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum

- HP Computer Museum pdf's of The Palmtop Paper & The Portable Paper: https://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?content=Portable%20Paper

- HP Palmtop InfoBase CD: http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?sw=584

- Abraham Moller's DOS Portables @ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20210122140455/http://guofu.sdf.org/dosp...

- Tankraider DOS Palmtop Forums: https://gadgets.notjakob.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4


Videos

- HP 200LX: Connecting SCSI Devices to Your Palmtop Part 1 (Terrence Vergauwen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaFWoF5bMcY&t=6s

- HP 200LX with SCSI Bus: Adding More SCSI Devices to the Palmtop Part 2 (Terrence Vergauwen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o65XAHaf2OY&t=21s

- "How to open your HP 100/200LX for repairs or upgrades" (Terrence Vergauwen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eldm-wNkQnQ&t=764s

- "How to connect a serial or PS/2 mouse to your HP DOS Palmtop" (Terrence Vergauwen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2s1ms-TEdw&t=488s

- A Review of the HP 100/200LX (Abraham Moller): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-LdxAoGXcA&t=1038s

- How I Use My Vintage HP 200LX Today (Bogamanz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nR3dDVgAVQ

- HP 200LX Computer Review (TanRu Nomad): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSwSfqbta24

- Retro Tech: Archiving This Mini Laptop HP 200LX Old School Handheld Computer (Micah Howe): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB62G5JuPPw

- Display Disassembly/Cleanup (George Mozzomo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB62G5JuPPw


Mailing List

- HPLX - The HPLX Mailing List: http://lists.hp200lx.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hplx


Forums - Besides HPCFactor

- Vogons - General Old Hardware: https://www.vogons.org/viewforum.php?f=46

- Vintage Computer Federation: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php

- Google Groups:

alt.comp.sys.palmtops.hp
alt.comp.sys.palmtops
comp.sys.palmtops


Devices, Parts, Upgrades & Hacks

- 200LX.net (located in Europe): https://200lx.net/

- UsedHandhelds.com (located in USA): https://www.usedhandhelds.com/


Software & Downloads

- S.U.P.E.R Site - mirror by Michel Bel, 200lx.net: http://www.mizj.com/

- D&A Software: http://dasoft.com/

- UsedHandhelds.com (located in USA, CDs available to order): https://www.usedhandhelds.com/

- HP 95LX Software - http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/misc/hp95lx/

- HP 95LX Software - https://web.archive.org/web/20210122140600/http://www.retroisle.com/...

Wow! That is a lot of good sites! Thank you!

Yess, back again and able to log in (thanks Chris). Still active in repairing and upgrading 200LX's (95LX/100LX/700LX) and open to anyquestion you would like to ask about the hardware and/or software for the systems.
And I am still surprised by the ebb and flow of the requests for repairs, upgrades and whole systems. It appears really good hardware never dies - although the screens and the hinges stayed weak parts. I have reflowed scores of screens by now, (just resoldering up to a 100 very small pins individually by hand) and many recover.

(and 'mizj.com' for the SUPER site stems from the time 4-letter dot com names were still affordable and available, and not all harvested, a joke on my first name ;-)

I have more DOS/LX software available than published on the site, but still need to inventorize and add links. Real Soon Now (like my re-activation after six years...)

And I am working on 16MB memory upgrades at the moment. Just for those who want to use extra ramdisk, LIM/EMS or need their PCMCIA slot for other uses, as CF cards are dirt cheap now--I still have a few 5MB HP flash cards as museum pieces, these were only $499 those 30 years ago.... And a ditto Seagate 5MB like new (Sundisk rebrand like the HP) including it's original 36 page manual. Those were the days...

Native support for flash is 256MB (save Transcend Ultra 256MB, these need a driver) , with the acecard3 driver up to several gigabytes, but it is still FAT, so your 20 line text file may use 32MB on a large card. But if you have a batch of old small SD/MMC cards from you discarded camera's, these work excellent with an SD->PCMCIA adapter. I have working Smartmedia, Sony Memory stick and SD PCMCIA adaptors laying around, all working in the LX. And so on, and so forth.

Michel

Hey, Michel--so glad to see you here! Your software site is still the mecca for any Palmtop user.

Thanks for all you do,
Jake

Hi ArchiMark,

There's also a "how to open your HP 100/200LX for repairs or upgrades" and "How to connect a serial or PS/2 mouse to your HP DOS Palmtop" videos on my youtube channel...
Might be of interest in the relevant section...

Cheers,
Terrence

Hi Terrence,

Just added those videos to the resource post at top.

Best,

Mark

+1,000,000

Thanks, Michel!

Mark

Hi Michel,

Nice to see you here too!

Cheers,
Radiance

ArchiMark,

There's also these mailing lists on Google Groups:

alt.comp.sys.palmtops.hp
alt.comp.sys.palmtops
comp.sys.palmtops

Cheers,
Radiance

Thanks, Terrence.

Just added them to the original post.

Best,

Mark

A while back I made available to the HP Computer Museum pdf's of The Palmtop Paper and The Portable Paper.
https://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?content=Portable%20Paper

I also provided an image of the HP Palmtop InfoBase CD, here.
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?sw=584

I'd also suggest you add The Musuem of HP Calculators to your list of links.
www.hpmuseum.org/forum

Dave

Thanks for sharing all the resources. This is great.

Will add as you suggest.

Mark

'The HP Palmtop Papers InfoBase CD 2000' Archive.org
'The 'HP Palmtop Paper's CD InfoBase (Thaddeus Computing)(1997)' Archive.org
'HP200LX - 100LX palmtop software archives' Archive.org

Edited by frisser 2022-02-18 4:19 PM

Thanks, frisser....

Although please review what I've already posted at top of page, before making suggestions.

I already have direct links for these items you mention.

Want to avoid this thread getting long with lots of duplication.

Best,

Mark

Wow, these are nice! Thank you so much!