E-105 port?

[SkaBoss]

[Moose or Chuck]

[Malmer]

[Jaybot]

[Chris Edwards]

[Vric]

[Vric]

[Vric]

[Robotbeat]

Hey, if you make this, I will look for my old e105. I lost it, like, in my house somewhere. That's why I bought my e115. Since it's basically the same device, I would use my e105 for DOOM, PQ, and Argentum (if GAPI for CE2.11 comes out, both PQ and Arg will soon be ported, I'm sure). Of course, I would have to overclock it to play PQ well.<br><br>*Long Sigh* I remember the days (over 2 years ago, now) when Palm Pilots had 2-bit displays and 16 MHz processors. They even could beep. I could totally rip on those Palm people with my 131 MHz 64 bit MIPS processor with 32 MB of RAM and a built-in CF2 slot and CD-quality stereo sound (with a microphone) and a high quality 16-bit color Quarter-VGA in a package a bit larger than a Palm III. <br><br>When I think about it now, Pocket PCs haven't changed much. The screens have either stayed the same or got worse. The processor is only around 40% faster. And PC Card slots have only recently gotten integrated. The sound has not changed (and most aggravatingly, there still is no audio-in jack). The memory has only recently doubled. The size hasn't gotten much smaller (often, it has even gotten larger, like @migo or iPAQ w/ CyPAQ). Battery life has gotten a little better.<br><br>Other than that, the basic Pocket PC hasn't gotten much better. I still use my e115. It is virtually identical from a hardware perspective to the e105. The largest change has been the software and, to some extent, the accessories.<br><br>It's funny that Palm didn't get its rear-in-gear and change over to equivalent hardware. That's good, though. I don't like Palm. I mean, it has been over 2 years and the basic Pocket PC (i.e. Jornada or EM500) has comparable or even inferior specs. I dream of 400 MHz Pocket PCs with 128 MB RAM and audio-in jack for Christmas (I'd like full VGA hardware resolution, but, I guess I'll have to wait at least another year or two).<br><br>Uhhh... Right. BTW, the e115 is better than the the Jornada, except for USB.

[Robotbeat]

I betcha that I was one of the first 200 people to own an e105. I got it for a combination 8th grade graduation/Christmas/Bday gift, and I think I did a lot of extra chores, too. My Dad called up Casio in Japan and everything. And you thought iPAQs were hard to get your hands on...<br><br>For my e115, I worked for a month and bought it off ebay. Even with the iPAQ and @migo out, I still don't regret just getting an e115. It (and the other e1xx devices) is the toughest non-ruggedized Pocket PC of the batch. I have dropped it from like 3 or more feet onto ceramic-tiles-on-cement and it still works great. And I love the fact that it has a back-up battery so you don't have to worry about running out of battery and wiping your memory clean. It need a new back-up and main battery, though. And another stylus.

[Jaybot]

thanks for the information, i was wondering what you were doing in 8th grade and um, the e-115 is junk compared to the e-125.  and it is not that sturdy, i know many people who have fropped theirs on tile from 1 foot one minute, and had no backlight the next.

[Robotbeat]

The e115 is sturdy! It's basically the same machine as the e-125 except 19 fewer MHz and no USB (besides, USB is only really cool if you can plug things like a USB camera into it)! Trust me, the e115 is sturdy. I don't care if it is junk. I like it. I've had it for a year and its good enough for me! <br><br>The e105 hasn't changed in 2 years except 19 more MHz, USB support, and a new OS. Negligable diferences.

[Moose or Chuck]

If you call a new, faster OS a negligable difference then you don't deserve a port. And you don't even know what the USB functionality is, from what you've said. And isn't it 17MHz, not 19MHz? Nice math.

[SkaBoss]

No, Moose it runs at 131MHz not 133MHZ. Check before you write.

[Moose or Chuck]

Yup... uh huh.