Re: WTT: NEC Mobilepro 900C for Amiga

Renaissance Man wrote:
Are you looking to swap for an Amiga or purchase the Amiga?

I've got a very hotrodded A2000 that needs a loving home

"Wade, R" <warya@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I got a NEC Mobilepro 900C because after seeing one I thought it'd be
the perfect minilaptop for me. Cheaper than anything UltraMobile PC
being put out at the time, yet having a full sized keyboard, I thought
it to be an awesome PC for me.

My idea? Overclock this bad boy to 533MHZ(From 400MHZ) and install
either, install some form of amiga emulator on it(beit PocketUAE, or
through some kinda of DOS emulator), C64 emulator, or try to get some
form of Windows running on it(Other than a Windows CE variant, which
already running on it)

Well the first part went without a hitch...it overclocked very nicely.
And is a MUCH snappier machine. I even went through the truble of
installing a Customer ROM on it made by the amazing user CMonex. He(or
is he actually a she?) even taught my how to upgrade the rom to the
latest bootloader making it by all rights a "Latest revision"
Mobilepro 900C. I even went as far as to get NYDITOT working on the
PDA to get a nice 800X600 screen mode out of it(up from the 640X240
HVGA original mode its in).

But then came the actual emulation part. 1st I bought a 1GB compact
flash card to use as a harddrive because the 6GB Microdrive the guy
before me bought didn't work(He gave me that drive and that is
included also). Then none of the emulators I've tried for it wanted to
work other than letting me use floppy. :( I tried several times to
make either make HD Image or use the CF card as a HD. Neither seem to
want to work.

Now the configuration part just totally drives me nuts, because even
through it doesn't take knowing a programming language to be able to
configure the emulator, It does help to know Linux. HAHA! Which I
don't. :P

At any rate I've seen plenty of examples of these emulators running
Windows 95(Bochs) and OS3.1(PocketUAE), but after 3 weeks of trying
several emulators, I've decided to givup. I was going to Put a Game
console emulator on it, but I just feel like that wouldn't do this
machine justice. It has a lot of capability if you're a business type
person who wants the ease of connectivity combine with extreme
mobility. Or someone who can compile a linux kernal and make a new rom
Image for it(That's been done to by the way, a bloke too Damn Small
Linux, and some other tools, and did some chit that still has my head
spinning and somehow came up with a linux rom that he put on his
Mobilepro 900C that absolutely ROCKS!)... I tried it and got lost at like step 15. LOL!!!

So I figure since I still have a lot of Amiga software and hardware,
I'd get an Amiga of some sort and use it instead. Looking for an 030
or faster NTSC(I know I said bloke earlier, but I actually live in
Tennessee...I just chat with a lot of UK gents as well as frequent The
Register, and The Inquirer websites.) Amiga w/atleast 32MB RAM. I'd
prefer an Amiga 2000 or 3000(I dare not ask for an A4000 because even
I'm not that dayum crazy!) as I have a Retina Z2 Card and like 4GB of
SCSI Drives as well as at least one Nakamichi SCSI CD Changer, but
will take an A1200/030 or better w/HD as well.

Just need the computer an the 32 or better MB of RAM(Even have 128MB
of 72Pin RAM if you have a card that can hold it) and a Z2 Slot for my
RetinaZ2. And here's a bit of news. I may have found the harddrive
that has the long lost Retina Z2 Beta Drivers for CybergraphX on it.
If I can get it spin up I will definitely get it into a PC and remove
them. Then release them on the Web(With the Cyberteam's permission of
course). Other wise I'll just upload it back to them, as I was a beta
tester for them at one time.

RobR, if you're still checking the newsgroups, thanks a bunch man.
Those drivers worked like ACES! Hope I can find them again.

If anyone has an Amiga that's interested in the Mobilepro email me at
waryaATecsis.ent or waryaAThotpop.com
Oh yeah and I almost forgot....here's the Specs of the Mobilepro 900C
The NEC MobilePro 900c is an update, based on the MobilePro 900
introduced last year. Measuring 9.69 x 5.05 x 1.19 inches (24.6 x 12.8
x 3.0 cm) and weighing 1.8 pounds (0.82 kg), the 900c is the size of a
very small notebook computer. Unlike most notebooks, it has a 1/2 VGA
color touch screen (8.1 inch diagonal, 640x240 pixels). Input is
handled by the 92% full-size, 78-key QWERTY keyboard, with mouse
functions replaced by tapping a stylus on the touch screen.



NEC's MobilePro 900c

The MobilePro 900c sports a 400 MHz Intel PXA255 processor and is
powered by a 4-8 hour, 2200 mAh lithium ion rechargeable/replaceable
battery. The device has 64 MB of SDRAM and 64 MB of flash ROM-32 MB
for the OS and applications, and the rest accessible to the user for
program installation and data storage. It has two expansion card
slots-one Type II CF Card and one Type II PC Card-that give it
excellent expansion capabilities. It also has USB host and slave
ports, serial port, VGA-out port, and a stereo headphone jack. The USB
host capability lets you connect a full-size keyboard, mouse, and
other USB appliances. Communications are handled by the built-in 56K
data/fax modem or by optional wireless solutions that slip into the
card slots.

As mentioned, the 900c comes with the Windows CE .NET 4.2 OS
pre-installed. It also includes Handheld PC versions of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Media Player, a backup utility, a fax
program from bSquare, and a viewer for Adobe PDF documents. NEC also
includes a custom-developed viewer/editor for Excel spreadsheets, as
well as calendar, contacts, and tasks managers. A number of other
utilities are included, include an alternative synchronization
solution from NEC.

Standard accessories include an AC power adapter, USB connectivity
cable, standard battery, stylus, and an RJ-11 modem cable. Optional
accessories include a 4400 mAh battery, automobile adapter kit,
carrying case, serial cable, and VGA-out cable.



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As per the title of the post...I am looking to trade.
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