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- From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
- Subject: Re: BOSS vs Psion vs Wizard
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- Date: 17 Dec 92 02:23:23 GMT
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- In article <hankin.724518414@osf> hankin@sauron.osf.org (Scott Hankin) writes:
- > I've been looking at handhelds lately, and although I'm impressed with
- > their cleverness, I wonder about their flexibility. Are any of these
- > units user-programmable? If so, how? I see good things about each of
- > these, but none is perfect - all would need to be extended. If I cannot
- > hope to do so with any of them, it would make the selection process
- > easier. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
-
- If you're going to consider the Psion, consider the HP-95LX and Atari
- Portfolio as well. Also, you might want to check out
- comp.sys.palmtops, that's where most of the non-calculator traffic is.
- You can get archived news postings on Psion, HP, Atari, and other
- machines via anonymous ftp to csd4.csd.uwm.edu:/pub/Palmtop.
-
- The Psion has a basic/pascal-like language called OPL built in. The
- HP(more) and Atari(less) are more or less MS-DOS machines, you can use
- whatever languages that will fit and work properly. All three have
- development kits available for them.
-
- The Casio BOSS and Sharp Wizard aren't particularly programmable,
- although the Wizard has a Basic ROM card.
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