I mentioned the Franklin Rex card previously. It was a marvel. I also mentioned that I had a better mobile office setup in 1997 than I do now. The Laurel to my Rex’s Hardy was the HP Jornada 820.
This thing ran Windows CE, had a full size keyboard, weighed less than 2lbs and was tiny. Take a legal-sized piece of paper and fold it in half, and you have about the right size. It was about an inch thick when closed. The screen was color, the batteries ran for 12+ hours per charge, it came with a CE version of MS Office, and it even had a modem built in. I also seem to recall that the OS was all in ROM, so it booted instantly.
Last, but not least, it had a PC-Card slot, and played happily with the Rex card.
My previous experiences with laptops weighed in at almost 10lbs. With the Jornada and Rex, I barely had 2lbs of luggage. I could create and edit Word and Excel files, and send and receive email. Life was good…
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