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> IBM 730T and Pen for OS/2
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post Jun 13 2004, 03:47 AM [ Post #1 ]


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The Fujitsu Point 510 or Point 1600 are color tablet PCs that are relatively cheap and work great as PDAs. The only "problem" with these machines is that they are relatively valuable and could be hard to replace if they are broken.

The IBM 730T 730TE is very very cheap, you can pick up the basic machine for under $50.00. These machines are monochrome but they are so cheap, rugged and easy to replace that they make great PDAs. These machines are about twice the size of the standard PDAs at about half the price and they can run standard Windows 95.

While the machines CAN run windows 95, I have Pen for OS/2 in my IBM 730TE which makes it an extremely unique PDA.

OS/2 requires a lot less memory and resources than Windows 95 which makes it great for a machine like the 730T 730TE. And because it is OS/2, a lot of people who might be stealing PCs might not understand what OS/2 is.

If you get a 730T (the 730TE has a slightly faster processor than the 730T) on ebay, it would probably help if you bought it with all the parts and in working condition, i.e. with a hard drive with extra memory and with Windows 95 already loaded. If you are not technical it may be somewhat difficult to deal with a barebones tablet PC.

Obviously, you can use the machine with windows 95 and you don't have to install Pen for OS/2 on it. I guess that OS/2 is really something for the more technical.

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One of the things that is neat about using Windows 95 (in addition to Windows 95 being fully compatible with your desktop PC) is that IBM created some software for use with the CrossPad notetaking Tablet that works perfectly on Tablet PCs running Windows 95. The Software is called Ink Manager.

So, with the Ink Manager Software loaded on your Tablet PC running Windows 95, you can literally use your Tablet PC to take notes as if you were writing on paper. The Ink Manager Software has the ability to store and organize your notes as you desire. The notes can be stored graphically or you can use the software to try to translate your notes into text.

You can of course spend about $2,000 or $3,000 to buy one of the new tablet PCs to do the same thing described above.


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It looks like the pen for os/2 software is still on the net and you can download it. The file is penos2.zip and it is located at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak_cur/

You have to have OS/2 installed on the tablet and then install the pen for os/2

Most people install software on a tablet pc by loading the software onto the hard drive directly, there are a number of ways of doing this. The 730t has a pcmcia hard drive, so you can load software directly on it if you have a pcmcia slot on your desktop or laptop. Most older laptops have pcmcia slots on them. The 730t also has a floppy drive and an extended port for loading software.

I think that Pen for OS/2 is mostly for engineers and old OS/2 people, but the resulting Tablet PC is a very unique PDA.

OS/2 and Voice Control

The neat thing about OS/2 is that it has Voice Control built into it; you can run a computer loaded with OS/2 by Voice commands.

The processor in the 730T is too slow to run voice recognition software but there is a very rare PCMCIA addon that you can use with the 730T that does the processing necessary for voice recognition instead of the processor.

IBM Viavoice works just barely on the Point 510, the processor in this machine being a bit too slow. It seems that most people using voice recognition in Windows use a Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 or faster machine.

While voice recognition takes up a lot of memory and processor resources, simple voice commands are possible on the Point 510 in windows. For example, I have an old program called "Voice Pilot" that works for simple voice commands on a Point 510 running Windows 95.



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