1src Forums - Do you still USE the original palmpilots?

10-14-2003, 06:56 PM	#16
zackepceo nothing to hide Join Date: May 2003 Location: skyline of numbers Posts: 1,290	My friend has a Pilot personal. It has a crack in the screen where the menu button is. He doesnt use it anymore, he got a VIIx and now an m500. I still prefer the pop-up version of the launcher to the seperate app thing. __________________ "No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism."

10-15-2003, 04:33 PM	#17
Omnitron Photoblogger Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Paragon City, GA :) Posts: 775	I've never seen a Palm Pilot --- I only hear the term used by those outside the PDA usage arena in reference to PDAs in general. "3 new Palm Pilots released" They ought to start using PalmOne somewhere in 2015... __________________ --PhotoAccess Gallery--Daily Gadget * "Life thru a UX50" Photo blog Personal PDA History Palmforums

10-15-2003, 09:19 PM	#18
ZPWeeks Registered Abuser Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 148	It started out just as the "Pilot"... then they added "palm" to the fron of that to make it more marketable... then Pilot (the pen company) sued over the name because the stylus is too much like a pen- so they cut "pilot" and called the new ones just "palm"... Now it's much more confusing with palmOne and PalmSource.... __________________ Yo' mama was pro-life

10-16-2003, 12:38 PM	#19
GypsyJon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 19	I still have my original Palm Pilot Personal 512K RAM...it still works just fine.....one time at the airport when they still hand checked stuff one of those bozos dropped, (not in its case); the whole thing flew apart, circuit board going one way, case one way, door the other way.....I picked up all the pieces and plugged everything back up....You guessed it, turned it on and it worked fine.... Only reason I went to my current 505 was I wanted more memory so I could run a Tide Prediction program that 512K could not handle!

10-16-2003, 08:46 PM	#20
Rick 098 WWJD? Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Illinois Posts: 925	Flew apart and worked fine? WOW I want to own a pilot 1000 lol.. __________________ Isah 6 john 3:16 ----------------------------------- T-615 - NX-60 S-360

10-18-2003, 12:42 AM	#21
hotpaw4 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 167	You can still find 1996 vintage Pilot 1000's and 5000's (the original Palm/USRobotics handheld's) on eBay. And the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, has one of the original Palm prototype boards that predates even those. The oldest one I have that is still working is a 1997 PalmPilot Pro.

10-18-2003, 12:29 PM	#22
Rick 098 WWJD? Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Illinois Posts: 925	I have a good start on my own musaum for ex, my toshiba lptop is 9 years........ __________________ Isah 6 john 3:16 ----------------------------------- T-615 - NX-60 S-360

10-19-2003, 05:55 PM	#23
hotpaw4 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 167	9 years isn't old. At the Vintage Computer Festival, a lot of people had 25 year old PC's that are still in good running condition. Several science museums have mechanical calculators which are several hundred years old.

10-21-2003, 07:36 AM	#24
HyJack Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hamburg / Germany Posts: 9	My Palm Pilot is more than 5 years old and still working. It is my "fall back" and backup unit. __________________ Everything is palm... Greetings, HyJack

10-30-2003, 03:44 AM	#25
Edlin NX80v User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Adelaide Posts: 921	I wish mine still worked... similar crack in the screen. __________________ What if the hokey pokey really -is- what it's all about Warm Fuzzy Feelings - Don't Click - People

11-02-2003, 04:52 PM	#26
nismo96 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 7	The motherboard in my Palm Pilot Personal died a violent death one day. I bought a Palm Pilot Pro and the 2mb upgrade for it the next day. I eventually sold that PDA and have a T3 today.

11-05-2003, 06:11 PM	#27
ryber Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 103	I still have a working Atari Portfolio. Runs at a whopping 4.9 MHz. But it's the Grandpa of PDA's, and it did a lot for it's time.

11-21-2003, 03:43 PM

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Rick 098

WWJD?

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Location: USA Illinois

Posts: 925 Rick 098 is on a distinguished road

Quote:

Originally posted by hotpaw4
9 years isn't old. At the Vintage Computer Festival, a lot of people had 25 year old PC's that are still in good running condition. Several science museums have mechanical calculators which are several hundred years old.

My laptop that I USE is 9.

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Isah 6

john 3:16
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T-615 - NX-60
S-360

11-30-2003, 05:42 PM	#29
wendo Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1	I still have my Pilot 5000 and it works great. I power it up on occassion for the fun of it. It's a great little machine.

11-30-2003, 07:36 PM	#30
blade40 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3	I still have my first palm, the Pilot 5000 with a 2mb/IR upgrade. It died about 3 yrs ago and thats when I bought my Visor. About a year ago I got bored and took it completely apart, cleaned it and put it back togheter---and it works. It still has a place of honor next to my T3.