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- From: ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Ian Staples)
- Subject: Re: Your chance to spend someone else's $$$!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.073058.13068@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au>
- Organization: Qld Dept Primary Industries
- References: <1992Dec22.042540.22754@vpnet.chi.il.us> <725060207snz@chrism.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:30:58 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <725060207snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> chris@chrism.demon.co.uk writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.042540.22754@vpnet.chi.il.us> cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us writes:
- >
-
- [Stuff deleted]
-
- >>I've played with the HP95, the Psion 3, and the OZ-9600.
- >>
- >>If you had to drop $850 on pocketable computer hardware in the next
- >>week-and-a-half, what would _you_ get? Where would you get it?
- >>
- >>Email or post; I read this group daily. I'll post my shopping list
- >>first thing next year.
- >
- >Personally I'd go for the Psion 3 but, heck, I'm biased, I already have
- >one and love it!
- >
-
- I like the Psion too. Unfortunately, it is _far_ more expensive than the
- HP95 here in Australia. There is also a problem with the Psion's "application
- keys" which is probably related to the physical construction of the beast - they
- get very flakey after a while, especially the ones in the middle. But the rest
- of the construction (case, screen, keyboard) is better than the HP, and the
- operating system is _much_ better.
-
- >
- >The HP95 is DOS compatible but I consider that to be a positive
- >*disadvantage* I'm afraid. There are very few, if any, DOS apps you can
- >actually run on it sensibly because of the screen size.
- >
- >The Psion uses a multitasking operating system that WORKS. You can play
- >a game of chess (Psion chess - *highly* recommended!), leave it "thinking"
- >in the background whilst you consult your diary, write a memo, download
-
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