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| Excellent review. I bought a Z50 sometime in 2000 after it had been discontinued. They were being sold for $250 at the time by internet wholesalers. I wrote some basic graphics software with it, but never really found a use for it until I installed NetBSD last year. I now use it as a wireless terminal to browse the web w/Firefox and play games on the couch in between TV commercials. I did buy the extra 32MB memory module and the bigger battery for about $30 last year to soup it up a bit. It is fun to tinker with, if you like that sort of thing. |
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| How did you set up your z50 as a terminal using the netBSD. Someone just gave me a z50 and I have a microdrive. I also have an IBM Notebook to which I can link. I am just not certain how to do it.
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| Thanks for writing the article. Very enjoyable. I recently picked up a z50 and was wondering if you know were to get the serial cable for link up to a host PC. |
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| Thanks for the terrific article. I've been scouting around for something to use because if I have to take any more notes--even short notes--on my palm E, I'm afraid I'm going to launch toward the nearest brick wall. I've looked at the HP 820, the NEC 790 and the Z...your article showed the way.
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| dazz - 2005-03-07 9:36 PM
The screen was never great but certainly good and it was always much more portable than any notebook I have owned.
The used ThinkPad X22 I bought is 1.6kg vs. the 1.2kg of the Z50 (and the 1kg or so of my Izzi Pro ), but I think it's worth the extra weight. (Of course, I'm saying that before I actually have it... ) |
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| BTW, this discussion of NetBSD made me wonder if I could get it to run on the Izzi Pro. But I don't think I'm going to go there. |
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| I use a small inexpensive USB IRDA dongle on my PC instead of the serial cable. It works extremely well for file transfers.
(I built my serial cable from a Parallel Printer cable. It was kind of a pain to pin it out properly but it works. ) IRDA seems to be a little bit better performer for me.
The absolute best is device for sync speed is wireless (including making backups ).. (Note: Unfortunately, you will have to set up your partnership with a serial cable or IRDA first. )
The z50 is still a nice little machine!
DG
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| I had a hell of a time getting the IrDA connection to work on my Izzi Pro. The easiest for me was a network card (Socket Low Power Ethernet CF card). This worked without trouble and was as fast as I could want. |
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| I think you were just very unluckey with the Ir. Not sure what was up there. Bugs me that we never resolved it though  |
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| I have had issues with a few diffrent HPC's the IR , Never really resovled the issue, it would work somtimes and sometimes it would not, Never figured out why...But on relation of the speed, i found it was no faster than a serial connection @ 115k.....I have one of those socket lpe cards, allways found that faster than anything i've tried..... |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 17,447 |
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| That would be because the IR speed is 115.2kbps as well - lol |
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| C:Amie - 2005-04-30 12:51 PM
That would be because the IR speed is 115.2kbps as well - lol
Well, I thought the review said that the IR Speed could be 4mbps? |
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Subscribers H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 4,886 |
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| Excellent review, C:Amie! Now, I want one really bad!  |
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Subscribers H/PC Sensei Posts: | 1,004 |
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| how bad do you want it.....
better act fast before i buy it just5 for the extra ram....then i'll have 2...but i'll give others a chance first...good deal....
http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-WorkPad-Z50-Mini-Laptop-Personal-Organizer_...
and this one for the cd's even cheaper.......
http://cgi.ebay.com/NR-IBM-WorkPad-Z50-with-2-Li-Ion-batteries-spar...
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| oh man  I wish I would have seen those before  |
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