From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Aug 12 20:43:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA17209 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:43:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA17201 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA11816; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:12:44 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708130342.NAA11816@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Apple Newton MessagePad In-Reply-To: <33ECC4C3.4C4EF3C2@idt.net> from "Gary T. Corcoran" at "Aug 9, 97 03:28:03 pm" To: garycorc@idt.net (Gary T. Corcoran) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:12:44 +0930 (CST) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gary T. Corcoran stands accused of saying: > Sean Kelly wrote: > > > > > Any comment about this toy or suggestions about similar ones ? > > > > I'm partial to the PalmPilot, from US Robotics. It lacks a lot of > > features compared to the latest Newtons or Windows CE (whatever the heck > > that means) palm computers ^^ > "Compact Edition" I prefer "Caveat Emptor", or the more brutal "Crap Edition". Given the existence of machines like the Libretto, and IBM's tiny baby, CE is a bad joke and no mistake. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[