Willmonwah
05-24-2004, 03:41 PM
Hey,
I was wondering if anyone has made a purchase of an older, even obsolete handheld for collector's/sentimental value. I bought a Compaq PC Companion (http://www.craigtech.co.uk/hpc/bigspec.html#Compaq) HPC that runs on CE 1.0 on eBay in mint and in unused condition. It's got a black and white screen, only 2 MB ram, a PCMCIA slot, and there's no way I can synchronize it with XP.
However, this was the device I wanted one so desperately when I was in middle school that getting it seemed like it would fill a small void in my past. I even remember thinking about it all the time, making phone inquiries through mail order catalogs, and coming so close to buying one in an actual store, but finally giving up due to lack of funds :( .
Now that I have it, I put in batteries (used alkaline as well as rechargeable) and tested it ever so carefully, but finally put it away for safekeeping :wink: . Come to think of it, I could've done without it, but it's nice to know I have it and might take it out every once in a while to look at it.
-Will
PS- It was actually made in Japan by Casio and is identical to the Cassoipeia A-10.
EDITED: Title changed from "Windows CE collecting" to "Windows CE device collecting"
I was wondering if anyone has made a purchase of an older, even obsolete handheld for collector's/sentimental value. I bought a Compaq PC Companion (http://www.craigtech.co.uk/hpc/bigspec.html#Compaq) HPC that runs on CE 1.0 on eBay in mint and in unused condition. It's got a black and white screen, only 2 MB ram, a PCMCIA slot, and there's no way I can synchronize it with XP.
However, this was the device I wanted one so desperately when I was in middle school that getting it seemed like it would fill a small void in my past. I even remember thinking about it all the time, making phone inquiries through mail order catalogs, and coming so close to buying one in an actual store, but finally giving up due to lack of funds :( .
Now that I have it, I put in batteries (used alkaline as well as rechargeable) and tested it ever so carefully, but finally put it away for safekeeping :wink: . Come to think of it, I could've done without it, but it's nice to know I have it and might take it out every once in a while to look at it.
-Will
PS- It was actually made in Japan by Casio and is identical to the Cassoipeia A-10.
EDITED: Title changed from "Windows CE collecting" to "Windows CE device collecting"