[GLLUG] Mystery tech -- laptop

[Karl Schuttler]

Looks like it would make a nice dumb terminal. I googled the name and
found a good deal of links, so I would suggest trying there if you
haven't already. I haven't heard of it before; reminds me a bit of
those old hard email clients that had a three line LCD, phone jack,
and keyboard.

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Michael Rudas <audiotech50 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Garage sales can be wondrous things -- I just purchased what looks to
> be a fascinating bit of older technology.  I'm still researching it.
>
> I purchased (for US$12.50) what looks to be something between a PDA
> and a low-end laptop -- it appears to be an early attempt at an
> OLPC-like student-oriented PC.  Called a "DreamWriter I.T" and built
> about 9 years ago, it features a stripped-down but full-sized keyboard
> with touchpad, a roughly 9-inch 640x480 256-color LCD touchscreen
> display, and nearly all the standard I/O ports, including a PCMCIA
> slot (unfortunately, no USB).  It appears to have 16 MB of flash RAM
> and (according to what I've found so far) runs an 80 MHz Hitachi SH-3
> processor.  It's currently loaded with WinCE 2.11 and Pocket Office 97
> -- but I may try to find a way to put Linux on it.
>
> Of course the manufacturer and its successor-in-interest are LONG gone
> -- NTS Computer Systems, Ltd. and Brainium Technologies were both
> based in Canada and have disappeared without a ripple -- but, hey,
> worst case I've got a decent 12V/2.5A switching power supply and a
> cool NiMH battery pack...
>
> Does anyone know anything about this unit?
>
> ~~ Mikey
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