HP 300LX? Rare or not worth it?

Hey guys,

I wondered why I read so little about the 300LX.
The popular LX are presumably the 95 and the 200. Well these are the guys I find a lot...
But... I found an ad where someone sell a 300LX for 39 €.
Well that's actually a bargain, or?

Dominik

They are fairly rare. They were the beta of HP's transition from DOS to CE. It is very limited device functionally, but that was the nature of the experiment as HP were playing catch-up to NEC who had already released in November 1996.

Moved to CE 1.0

That should also be the reason why I haven't seen an auction with this device here in Germany.
yes ok they are restricted Sure, HP's first device with Windows CE, right? But for the showcase, 39 euros is an unbeatable price. I think I'll get this thing.

We have a bunch of CE1.0 programs in the SCL. The Japanese released a ton of them. If you click the Japanese tag a lot of those programs work on ce1.

Good luck and welcome to the forum ! I see you’re a developer!

I will have a look. Thank you. But first I have to buy the 300LX

Thank you...yes I'm a developer

Haha, I know. I was just saying there's options if you take the plunge

So... a few days ago my 300LX arrived.
The seller wrapped it in foil and put a postage sticker on it. No package at all.
The device was so damn cold, I had to wait hours before I took a first run.
The seller also left his batteries in. Argh...
So after a few hours I started the device....ehm no sorry...I TRIED.

the device did not turn on. batteries out, batteries in..nothing. contacts were fine. nothing happened. I was about to open the device when it suddenly ran. yeeha. everything great. the previous ones will be added soon. I love these DOS devices. It's a shame they aren't discussed here.

Nice! The device that refuses to die! Love it

Is that model CE 1.0 or DOS?

The 300LX is a CE 1 device, not DOS.

We have a DOS Palmtop forum here: https://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=52

Yes...one of the first CE 1.0 devices.
How funny it is... I guess my Samsung Galaxy won't turn on after 20-30 years.

Oh thank you C, I didnt see that DOS forum

We have a psion one too

Nah... my Psion 3 is now a dummy. The screen was broken. So it is only a showcase device
Dont want to write threads about the Psion without getting tears in my eyes

But I'm Atari PoFo Pro...

Edited by Citgo 2023-01-19 9:09 PM

Hey Citgo/C:Amie:
Sorry for before. I misread the post on which device OS you had.

No problem!
As long as u dont ask if DOS or Win10
Hm... Does anyone have a ROM with Win10 for ly 300LX?

I'm sorry, but we do not have an Atari forum