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Re: [LHA-misc] Cassiopeia PV

[Sean M. <se...@ma...>]

URL?

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Sean
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, John Klar wrote:

> Howdy ho.
>
> Was spelunking Target the other night for ??? and so as not to be a
> complete waste of time I decided to browse a bit.  In the not-quite-PDA
> section I came across Cassio's Pocket Viewer line.  $40-50, Backlit,
> touchscreen, 160x160 (monochrome) pixel display with RS-232.
>
> And a website for an SDK.
>
> The only downer is that there doesn't seem to be an external power
> connector (Duh, that's why they call it "Pocket"...)  Thanks to the magic
> of the Game Boy, the world is full of 3V power adapters...
>
> I think I found my missing link: a cheap graphical smart switch.
>
> John
>
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Re: [LHA-misc] Cassiopeia PV

[John K. <li...@pr...>]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Sean McGrath wrote:

> URL?

D'oh!  Sorry.

USA:
http://www.casio.com/personalpcs/section.cfm?section=21

I _think_ it's the S400Plus, but I won't know until I get back to the
store.  Nope target.com doesn't have it listed.

SDK and product manuals can be had here:
http://world.casio.com/download/pv/euro/

Although it looks like the PV-x00 product line has been replaced by the
PV-Sx50 line.  Hmmm, doesn't look like the x00 line had PC-Sync capability
and the ones I saw in the store definitely did.  Worth a trip tomorrow.

John

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> 
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, John Klar wrote:
> 
> > Howdy ho.
> >
> > Was spelunking Target the other night for ??? and so as not to be a
> > complete waste of time I decided to browse a bit.  In the not-quite-PDA
> > section I came across Cassio's Pocket Viewer line.  $40-50, Backlit,
> > touchscreen, 160x160 (monochrome) pixel display with RS-232.
> >
> > And a website for an SDK.
> >
> > The only downer is that there doesn't seem to be an external power
> > connector (Duh, that's why they call it "Pocket"...)  Thanks to the magic
> > of the Game Boy, the world is full of 3V power adapters...
> >
> > I think I found my missing link: a cheap graphical smart switch.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [LHA-misc] Cassiopeia PV

[Philip R. <pj...@no...>]

John Klar wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Sean McGrath wrote:
> 
> > URL?
> 
> D'oh!  Sorry.
> 
> USA:
> http://www.casio.com/personalpcs/section.cfm?section=21
> 
> I _think_ it's the S400Plus, but I won't know until I get back to the
> store.  Nope target.com doesn't have it listed.
> 
> SDK and product manuals can be had here:
> http://world.casio.com/download/pv/euro/
> 
> Although it looks like the PV-x00 product line has been replaced by the
> PV-Sx50 line.  Hmmm, doesn't look like the x00 line had PC-Sync capability
> and the ones I saw in the store definitely did.  Worth a trip tomorrow.

John:

It _looks_ like it might be just the opposite. The Casio site has the PV-S450
(for example; I took a shot at the 'x' in your post :-) as "This product is
Archived", while if you go to the Personal PCs->Pocket Viewers page, it lists
the PV-S200e, PV-S250, PV-S400Plus, and PV-S600Plus in a way that implies they
are all current products.

	Phil

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Re: [LHA-misc] Cassiopeia PV

[John K. <li...@pr...>]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, John Klar wrote:

Target has the Casio PV-S400Plus for $50 although I've heard that
refurb units can be found on half.com for $30.  

This is targeted towards the North American market.  Their schtick is
cheap and "disposable" as opposed to some models that challenge a desktop
in price.

The unit is a little larger than I had hoped and would probably require a
custom mounting.  The contrast can be adjusted so that regulation
switch height mounting is readable.  The pixels are monochrome (on or off,
no gray).  The EL backlight is quite bright.

The Sx00Plus models seem to have a slightly different SDK that the one I
pointed out yesterday.  It can be found here:

http://www.casio.com/pvdownload/

There are a handful of user sites out there, mostly EU centric, so
discussions tend to center around the Sx60 products.

Webring:
http://www.pvweb.net 

Semi-official site?
http://www.pocket-viewer.com
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Re: [LHA-misc] Cassiopeia PV

[Neil C. <nc...@co...>]

John Klar wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, John Klar wrote:
>
>Target has the Casio PV-S400Plus for $50 although I've heard that
>refurb units can be found on half.com for $30.  
>
>  
>
I just picked one up (last one on the shelf but I'm certain they have more.
I've got to see if this thing can be upgraded to the 6M version.

Well I opened it but you'd have to be very good with fine pitch pins to
do it.

>http://www.casio.com/pvdownload/
>
>  
>
>Webring:
>http://www.pvweb.net 
>
>Semi-official site?
>http://www.pocket-viewer.com
>(forums require cookies.)
>
>  
>
I checked the links, looks good,  I guess we really need to wireless 
attachment to
really take full advantage of it. :-) Anyway I'll see what I can come up 
with at
a later date. Right now I have way too much on my plate to take on anything
else.

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Re: [LHA-misc] Cassiopeia PV

[John K. <li...@pr...>]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Neil Cherry wrote:

> I just picked one up (last one on the shelf but I'm certain they have more.
> I've got to see if this thing can be upgraded to the 6M version.

I think that's more hassle than its worth... OTOH, the microprocessor is a
NEC V30 derivative, so perhaps one of the micro-*nix's can be installed.

My nit is that I don't (yet) see a way to autolaunch an app at power-on.

OTOH, my pipe-dream is that with the application I have in mind, I could
create enough of a market that a custom batch could be built
specifically for home automation command & control:

- multidrop serial (rs485, etc.)
- custom start up
- j-box mountable form factor and packaging 
- different startup contrast
- external power

At a minimum.  

The default backlight timeout is a joke, but it seems that it can be
overridden by a running application.  (The e-book reader does this).

> Well I opened it but you'd have to be very good with fine pitch pins to
> do it.

Hrm, did you notice if the connector for the serial cable could handle an
external power supply?

> I checked the links, looks good,  I guess we really need to wireless 
> attachment to really take full advantage of it. :-) Anyway I'll see what
> I can come up  with at a later date. Right now I have way too much on my
> plate to take on anything else.

Hum.

Well, if you wanted to do 802.11b, you'd probably wind up spending the
diff between the cost of this device and a cheap WinCE with a CF wireless
nic.

OTOH, somewhere on the webring, somebody built an IR emitter that plugged
into the serial cable.


John