Subj : Minimum Viable device?
To   : All
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Jul 14 2025 15:45:30


I'm looking for something old and small that I can take with me to do light web browsing and some word processing. Eclectic would be good. 

I was thinking about an old Workpad Z50 - I had one in 1999 and loved it. I could either stick with Windows CE (OK for word processing, web browsing would be out) but rumor has it they'll run OpenBSD, so some graphics environment might be possible.

Another fun laptop I had in 1994 or so was an HP Omnibook 300. Low power slc chip, mono screen (unfortunately, non-backlit), a funky pop-out mouse, and Windows 3.1 in ROM. Crazy battery life, it'd even run on AA batteries. I used to laplink bluewave packets to it when I went on trips.

Any other ideas?
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