atc@waikato.ac.nz (01/23/91)
Does anyone out there in Netland own a casio PB1000 handheld computer? The model with the touchscreen and true assembly language capability. Add the optional diskdrive with printer and serial ports and one has a very nice system. I once owned such a beast, but my question is, is it still being sold? I am almost tempted to buy another one, this time with the floppy drive. Andrew Chambers Computer consultant University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand
anlyyao@cdp.UUCP (01/24/91)
In Germany the PB1000 still is on sale, in Taiwan as well. In Korea (where I live now) you won't get it - and also I don't use it anymore. It has been a nice 'beast' as you say, but I believe the competition from notebook computers etc. is too strong. Two hints: - The cable between lower and upper half broke after 1 year of use. So don't open and close the calculator when not necessery. - One day my MD-100 drive/interface went on strike. Some cheap buffer capacitors on the internal board touched the EMI shielding alu foil above that board and short circuited the power. I just had to bend them down. If we now would have 1988, then I would buy the PB-1000 again. Goetz