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Re: RePalm

#21

Post by tcrenshaw »

jgrahamc wrote: post #20
rtpg wrote: post #6

For people that do these kinds of projects, I always wonder how much progress is getting made in an average night of poking around. I'm only able to make big leaps on things by just eating up evenings. Are some people just really good at picking things up and making progress?

I don't claim to be in the same league as OP but I can tell you from my experience. I have a demanding job (CTO of Cloudflare) and I have a partner with whom I like to spend time. One of the projects I am currently working on is restoring an IBM ThinkPad 701CS ( https://blog.jgc.org/2023/03/repairing-tiny-ribbon-cable-ins... ) which has required a total teardown and rebuild. I started this project in early January an…

I work on my projects the same way. Enjoy the little wins when I get them; put it down in favor of another project for a while if I get bored.

Re: RePalm

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Post by markb139 »

Way back in about 2001, I developed a text messaging (sms) and phone book management app for palmOS. I bought an m505 and a new fangled Bluetooth adapter. For the time it seemed revolutionary to be able to sync to a phone in your pocket without having to align IR ports

Re: RePalm

#23

Post by tylerscott »

jgrahamc wrote: post #20
rtpg wrote: post #6

For people that do these kinds of projects, I always wonder how much progress is getting made in an average night of poking around. I'm only able to make big leaps on things by just eating up evenings. Are some people just really good at picking things up and making progress?

I don't claim to be in the same league as OP but I can tell you from my experience. I have a demanding job (CTO of Cloudflare) and I have a partner with whom I like to spend time. One of the projects I am currently working on is restoring an IBM ThinkPad 701CS ( https://blog.jgc.org/2023/03/repairing-tiny-ribbon-cable-ins... ) which has required a total teardown and rebuild. I started this project in early January an…

This is great advice. I also try to make incremental gains in projects as it is the one way I’ve experienced consistent progress. This includes things like learning handstands as a project. A little bit of forward progress is better than no progress. I’ve heard it said it’s like putting pennies (or similar currency) into a savings account. It never seems like much but over time it adds up. The hardest thing for me was recognizing the value in those pennies. Ego, insecurity, etc want the big cathartic jump in progress.

Re: RePalm

#24

Post by epilys »

jgrahamc wrote: post #20
rtpg wrote: post #6

For people that do these kinds of projects, I always wonder how much progress is getting made in an average night of poking around. I'm only able to make big leaps on things by just eating up evenings. Are some people just really good at picking things up and making progress?

I don't claim to be in the same league as OP but I can tell you from my experience. I have a demanding job (CTO of Cloudflare) and I have a partner with whom I like to spend time. One of the projects I am currently working on is restoring an IBM ThinkPad 701CS ( https://blog.jgc.org/2023/03/repairing-tiny-ribbon-cable-ins... ) which has required a total teardown and rebuild. I started this project in early January an…

I read that article when it was published, very cool. I was wondering, if the grafting failed could you replace the ribbon with something standard e.g. from mouser/digikey?

> I have a demanding job (CTO of Cloudflare)

Please use your influence to bring sturdy, repairable laptops with great keyboards back! I'd buy a cloudflare branded thinkpad clone.

Re: RePalm

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Post by stavros »

epilys wrote: post #24
jgrahamc wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't claim to be in the same league as OP but I can tell you from my experience. I have a demanding job (CTO of Cloudflare) and I have a partner with whom I like to spend time. One of the projects I am currently working on is restoring an IBM ThinkPad 701CS ( https://blog.jgc.org/2023/03/repairing-tiny-ribbon-cable-ins... ) which has required a total teardown and rebuild. I started this project in early January an…

I read that article when it was published, very cool. I was wondering, if the grafting failed could you replace the ribbon with something standard e.g. from mouser/digikey? > I have a demanding job (CTO of Cloudflare) Please use your influence to bring sturdy, repairable laptops with great keyboards back! I'd buy a cloudflare branded thinkpad clone.

Buy a Framework laptop?

Re: RePalm

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Post by canadianfella »

brookst wrote: post #19
stephc_int13 wrote: post #18

PalmOS was killed by its design mistakes and technical weaknesses. 16 bits memory limitation, even at the time that was silly. Armlets? Extremely hard to write simple native code or to port apps and games from other platforms. No file system, a custom and rather slow database instead… But they had tons of documents on how to follow their UI/UX guidelines. Basically, they had no real kernel upon which building an OS,…

All of that and also a lack of a compelling mass market story. I bought a couple of them and enjoyed playing with them, but they weren’t better-enough to change my habits.

Better than what? What was the competition back then?

Re: RePalm

#27

Post by epilys »

stavros wrote: post #25
epilys wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read that article when it was published, very cool. I was wondering, if the grafting failed could you replace the ribbon with something standard e.g. from mouser/digikey? > I have a demanding job (CTO of Cloudflare) Please use your influence to bring sturdy, repairable laptops with great keyboards back! I'd buy a cloudflare branded thinkpad clone.

Buy a Framework laptop?

Doesn't ship to Greece. (yet). Also the keyboard is less than ideal.

Re: RePalm

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Post by ubermonkey »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #18

PalmOS was killed by its design mistakes and technical weaknesses. 16 bits memory limitation, even at the time that was silly. Armlets? Extremely hard to write simple native code or to port apps and games from other platforms. No file system, a custom and rather slow database instead… But they had tons of documents on how to follow their UI/UX guidelines. Basically, they had no real kernel upon which building an OS,…

Palm was killed by their inability to evolve the platform in the face of quantum leaps from other players -- but that same thing caught out pretty much every other mobile platform of the era.

In 2004, the Treo 650 was as good as it got. I LOVED mine, and there was really no other player in the market that could truly best it until Apple landed with the iPhone. (And I say this having sampled best-of-breed Windows Mobile stuff in that era -- the HTC hardware was slick, but WinMo was useless and incredibly dumb.)

Re: RePalm

#29

Post by causality0 »

stephc_int13 wrote: post #18

PalmOS was killed by its design mistakes and technical weaknesses. 16 bits memory limitation, even at the time that was silly. Armlets? Extremely hard to write simple native code or to port apps and games from other platforms. No file system, a custom and rather slow database instead… But they had tons of documents on how to follow their UI/UX guidelines. Basically, they had no real kernel upon which building an OS,…

Yet somehow using it was far more pleasurable than Pocket PC. I could certainly do more things with my beastly 640x480 624mhz ipaq, but everything about the UX was better on Palm. Apps saved state automatically. I didn't have to open a start menu to launch something and I didn't have to open two menus and manually close them because Windows Mobile doesn't close anything when you hit the X button. The buttons, d-pads, and styli all felt better, and the screen didn't waste 20% of its real estate with two giant useless buttons across the bottom of every app.

Re: RePalm

#30

Post by stavros »

epilys wrote: post #27
stavros wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Buy a Framework laptop?

Doesn't ship to Greece. (yet). Also the keyboard is less than ideal.

I quite like the keyboard, but then again I'm not very picky with keyboards. I got mine reshipped from Germany, so that's a route you can go.

If you want a repairable laptop with a good keyboard, getting a Framework now gets you much closer than hoping someone makes one. Also, you enable and encourage the company that already makes a repairable laptop to eventually sell a great keyboard, which giving your money to Apple or Dell doesn't do.

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