Re: Purchasing an OGO 100

Hitesh Brahmbhatt (hitesh@opti.com)
Wed, 11 Dec 96 10:39:00 PST

> From owner-ogo@lifelike.com Tue Dec 10 17:13:58 1996
> From: Karl Meyer <ferret@enteract.com>
> Subject: Purchasing an OGO 100
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> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:00:01 -0600 (CST)
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> Well count me another newbie. Later today I'll be purchasing an Omnigo
> 100. Given the price difference I really can't justify buying a 120 with
> as little extra as it inlcudes. I have no need for pocket Quicken as this
> gadget is mainly going to be used to replace the post-it note/scrap of
> paper filing system I'm now using. I'm tired of info disappearing right
> when I most need to find it again. I also want to be able to be able to
> store and read e-texts as well as creating my own. I could use some
> recomendations on what aditional hardware/software might be worthwhile.
> I've read the archives of this list and the connectivity pack seems to be
> held in total contempt but I assume I'll need some sort of software to do
> the transfers so what ought I to use (I plan to buy IZL so if the software
> that comes with that will work I'm all set).

As previously mentioned, HP has a promotion that includes FREE connectivity pack
for OG 100. So, check on it by calling HP.

Finally, I'm still relatively
> confused about memory expansion as far as flash vs. sram. Which is going
> to cut into my battery life more? Having played with one I can't imagine
> speed of memory access being an issue. I don't have a laptop so I'll have
> to be able to format the card on the ogo. Finally, I don't want to go into
> overkill mode with this so I'm curious as to how much additional memory
> you have found to be enough. I was figuring maybe 1-2 megs additional when

I have looked at the some price quotes on Pretec Flash (which are the only
ones I know would work with OG 100 without any special drivers) and it
seems buying anything less than 5Mb is not very economical. And 5Mb is approx.
100$ !!! (about the same as price of connectivity pack ;)

MagicRAM also has flash cards that will work with OG 100 but requires special
drivers (OG 100 was not designed to work with FLASH cards) that take up about
400Kb of space.

> I got to the point of buying more. I'll be building the AC adapter for
> doing backups to my desktop system. Figure I might as well get as much
> battery life as possible. Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> --Karl Meyer
> ferret@enteract.com
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