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I was about to make the same comment. It was a remarkable machine. I remember buying it in 1995. It was so small that it could fit into a shirt pocket. I was in

I was about to make the same comment. It was a remarkable machine. I remember buying it in 1995. It was so small that it could fit into a shirt pocket. I was in college at the time, and I remember that I had an old Radio Shack dot matrix printer that I could hook it up to. It was a real step up from the TI-85.

bombcar 3y ago
I remember printing to certain HP printers that had an infrared port - such amazing capabilities. It still feels more capable to me than things like the Raspberries Pi.
- aksss 3y ago
  Hmm.. I take that to mean it’s serving your needs directly now, and getting a pi to do those specific tasks would be more effort than it’s worth. But it’s a bridge too far, sir, to say a 200 LX is more capable than a Pi. ;) I bet one could create a replica 200 LX with a Pi zero with more features, but one could not replicate the Pi with a 200 LX. I know, I know, POC||GTFO, but I think it’s a good way to think about it.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    That's what I'm getting at - the Pi is amazingly powerful, but it doesn't come in a clamshell with a built-in screen and run for a month on a pair of double As. I would really like something that was the exact form factor of a 200lx, but with a modern very low power chip and a color screen, even if it only ran for a week or so.
    - aksss 3y ago
      Well, you could scoop out the internals of your 200 chassis and slip in a pi zero W, an oled screen, etc. it would be some work but there’s probably no reason you couldn’t pull it off. You’d need a different (and better?) battery solution than AA, but it’s really not hard to get your pi to run off battery and take usb-C charging. You might enjoy reading these links: Somebody did just this with a 95 LX. https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-brings-an-hp-95lx-palmtop-pc-back-to-life/ https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-brings-an-hp-95lx-palmto... The details page from the guy that did the 95 LX: https://hackaday.io/project/172230-hpi95lx https://hackaday.io/project/172230-hpi95lx People here talking about similar ambitions for the 200LX https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7055384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7055384

bombcar 3y ago

I remember printing to certain HP printers that had an infrared port - such amazing capabilities. It still feels more capable to me than things like the Raspberries Pi.

aksss 3y ago
Hmm.. I take that to mean it’s serving your needs directly now, and getting a pi to do those specific tasks would be more effort than it’s worth. But it’s a bridge too far, sir, to say a 200 LX is more capable than a Pi. ;) I bet one could create a replica 200 LX with a Pi zero with more features, but one could not replicate the Pi with a 200 LX. I know, I know, POC||GTFO, but I think it’s a good way to think about it.
- bombcar 3y ago
  That's what I'm getting at - the Pi is amazingly powerful, but it doesn't come in a clamshell with a built-in screen and run for a month on a pair of double As. I would really like something that was the exact form factor of a 200lx, but with a modern very low power chip and a color screen, even if it only ran for a week or so.
  - aksss 3y ago
    Well, you could scoop out the internals of your 200 chassis and slip in a pi zero W, an oled screen, etc. it would be some work but there’s probably no reason you couldn’t pull it off. You’d need a different (and better?) battery solution than AA, but it’s really not hard to get your pi to run off battery and take usb-C charging. You might enjoy reading these links: Somebody did just this with a 95 LX. https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-brings-an-hp-95lx-palmtop-pc-back-to-life/ https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-brings-an-hp-95lx-palmto... The details page from the guy that did the 95 LX: https://hackaday.io/project/172230-hpi95lx https://hackaday.io/project/172230-hpi95lx People here talking about similar ambitions for the 200LX https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7055384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7055384