vga256Aug 28

today's retro rescue is a palm tungsten T5 - the late flagship model in the tungsten line of PDAs

ten years ago i had nothing but a tungsten for all of my computing needs - i wrote emails and letters on it, and played a lot of Infocom text adventures at night. with a wireless keyboard (which uses the IR port!) it was surprisingly useful and got me a year and a half of daily driving.

the T5 is just the right balance of features and performance - it has the fastest intel XScale processor @ 416 mhz, built-in bluetooth, and a beefy 320x480 lcd.

the previous owner appeared to have turned this into his mp3 player.

#retroComputing #palmPilot

Show threadBen ChandlerAug 28
@vga256 Keyboard definitely makes this a good candidate for text adventures! It’s a very charming looking little device.
Show threadvga256Aug 28
@ThreeOhFour it is surprisingly nice to use in landscape mode in the keyboard cradle too
Show threadKen

@vga256 @ThreeOhFour The Palm Keyboard with Palm V is one of my favorite all time computing devices. I found a fellow enthusiast who created a *bluetooth* mod for the keyboard that was fun to use with my iPad more recently (link below). Such a great retro device. Congrats on the acquisition!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qPznzD5e45k

Version 3 of my Palm Portable Keyboard Bluetooth Adapter (CH582F based)

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Show threadvga256Aug 29
@knwlkr they are very underrated keyboards. i'm just glad they ditched the physical connector and went to IR - it seemed like every new palm pilot had a different connector