December 29, 2013 at 01:34Very small screen from a very old PDA
In a technical society there is a subclass of people who cannot live without creating, remaking, and improving various kinds of devices. Almost any device with its existence makes a call to such people who are sure to disassemble it, study it and, if they are lucky, then hack or improve it. It is difficult for such people to throw away a device that has outlived its life but is still working, because you can use it somewhere else. So the old monitors, system units, printers and even the abyss of everything reincarnate and continue to live a different life, albeit not as significant as before. People do, and overflowing landfills make it even a little bit lighter - and that's great! I’m just such a person, and for me “you can’t just take it” and throw away some block or device. Once again,
Remember, a couple of years ago, every geek dreamed of a PDA, like now every schoolchild about a tablet? The PDA era has already passed, with its QVGA (VGA for the rich lucky) and Windows Mobile. For most, these designations do not say anything, but almost everyone knows what HD (Retina for the rich lucky) and android are. But those who understand what I’m nostalgic about at the time will agree that a “pocket personal computer” sounds more pleasant and warmer than just a “tablet”. Sorry - a little distracted. So, during the planned cleaning of the bedside tables, I came across a box in which the inside of the old PDA was quietly aging. It was a battery, a board and a screen (and it was disassembled - without a reflective layer and touch glass !!!). It was urgent to decide: throw or throw it away ... But that familiar state of the brain did not allow to do either one or the other. For two days and three nights, I thought about where to build it and how to reanimate it. The Internet has made my life easier (well, as always ...), the program (Innobec SideWindow) that turns a PDA connected to a computer into a monitor, albeit a small one but a monitor on which you could hold some kind of widget. The benefit is of course minimal, but why not use the left eye, and sometimes see how the downloads go, what the network card does, or how many visitors are currently on my site?
It remains to collect the remains of the device, launch it using a touch screen from another PDA (oh and the trouble was during calibration), and connect it to the computer. There was no case, so I had to shove it into the case from a Chinese tester. Here's what came of it:
1 - the insides:
2 - they work!
3 - junk in the junk:
4 - blue life screen:
5 - browser window in the WM window: It is
unlikely that my material will be useful to someone now, I just want to show you what people do sometimes, Good mood!
KM (short manual): Install Innobec SideWindowon your computer (unfortunately only for winXP), you also need ActiveSync (3.7) to synchronize with WM. You don’t need to install anything on the PDA, just connect it via USB (via the cradle) to the computer and enjoy ... or don’t enjoy.
PS: by the way, this device adds a bit of techno coolness, causing questions and bewilderment of friends who have arrived.
Remember, a couple of years ago, every geek dreamed of a PDA, like now every schoolchild about a tablet? The PDA era has already passed, with its QVGA (VGA for the rich lucky) and Windows Mobile. For most, these designations do not say anything, but almost everyone knows what HD (Retina for the rich lucky) and android are. But those who understand what I’m nostalgic about at the time will agree that a “pocket personal computer” sounds more pleasant and warmer than just a “tablet”. Sorry - a little distracted. So, during the planned cleaning of the bedside tables, I came across a box in which the inside of the old PDA was quietly aging. It was a battery, a board and a screen (and it was disassembled - without a reflective layer and touch glass !!!). It was urgent to decide: throw or throw it away ... But that familiar state of the brain did not allow to do either one or the other. For two days and three nights, I thought about where to build it and how to reanimate it. The Internet has made my life easier (well, as always ...), the program (Innobec SideWindow) that turns a PDA connected to a computer into a monitor, albeit a small one but a monitor on which you could hold some kind of widget. The benefit is of course minimal, but why not use the left eye, and sometimes see how the downloads go, what the network card does, or how many visitors are currently on my site?
It remains to collect the remains of the device, launch it using a touch screen from another PDA (oh and the trouble was during calibration), and connect it to the computer. There was no case, so I had to shove it into the case from a Chinese tester. Here's what came of it:
1 - the insides:
2 - they work!
3 - junk in the junk:
4 - blue life screen:
5 - browser window in the WM window: It is
unlikely that my material will be useful to someone now, I just want to show you what people do sometimes, Good mood!
KM (short manual): Install Innobec SideWindowon your computer (unfortunately only for winXP), you also need ActiveSync (3.7) to synchronize with WM. You don’t need to install anything on the PDA, just connect it via USB (via the cradle) to the computer and enjoy ... or don’t enjoy.
PS: by the way, this device adds a bit of techno coolness, causing questions and bewilderment of friends who have arrived.