WTT: NEC Mobile Pro for Amiga or C128D(Sorry about Cross Posting)

First of all I want to apologize up front for cross posting. I don't know
how many of you frequent c.s.am so I am posting here as well because I DO
have interest in an expanded C128D as well.

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.

As for a Commodore 128D I am looking to trade for one that Jiffydos
installed on both the computer side and the 1571, and additional 1571 and a
1581. If no Jiffydos then a SuperSnapshot 5 or Mach 128 Cartridge would be a
handy replacement.I also would require the computer come with a RS232 Cable
so I can communicate with my PC. Admittedly though I never really did much
with a C128 except run it in C64 mode 95% of time anyway. I guess I should
get vice 128 going so I could figure out how to use it eh?

If anyone has an Amiga or C128 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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