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Date: 1970-01-01
From: Orin Eman
Subject: Re: [OT] Palm PDA recommendation w/serial port
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On 12/13/06, Tony Smith  wrote:
> You're right, that's what they call the Athena Connector:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_Connector.  That make 4 types of
> connectors.  Given that it doesn't really do anything more than its
> predecessor (sound I/O mainly) you have to wonder why they changed it.
> Since a level converter is needed on the serial that makes it fairly
> useless, even if you could get the connector.

I'm actually interfacing it to a device that does output serial at 3V,
so a level converter is a waste of time for me.  The connector took a
week or so to arrive once I dug down to the right web site from the
Palm Plugged In site (pluggedin.palm.com).  Not having to run a level
converter saves battery life in my case.

> I think the OP wants something along the line of a Palm Vx or thereabouts
> (10-pin connector), but since he didn't say what it was to be used for who
> knows.  A datalogger or robot brain doesn't need a colour screen (but the
> RAM would be handy).

The attraction to me is essentially infinite memory for logging,
especially if you use an SDIO card!

Orin.
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