RickiEvans

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So I received my  NEC MobilePro 750C Rom 3.0 Upgrade which I got off ebay for $12.00 . It was pretty straight forward and all I had to do was open the port cover with the provided screw driver and pop in the chip and that's it. Turned it on and the OS was updated to 3.0 . I do notice a huge difference in speed. Next I have on order a new ram memory chip the unit has 16 and I got a 32 to put in.  From the pictures you can see that this was a brand new out of the box install.

So I ended up picking up a Compaq Presario SR2002X off craigslist for $15.00 . I have to say that this is the cleanest retro tech Ive seen ever. The guy that sold it only used it a couple times just doing spreadsheets and then it just sat unplugged for years. One thing that I really wanted that this machine has is a Compact Flash I/II port on it. Since my older machine use these this was a must. Also I order a pci serial card so I will have that added to it. I installed a 1tb harddrive and 3G of Memory to the unit loaded XP and this thing is running awesome. I found all the drivers for this computer so I have a link it here  COMPAQ PRESARIO SR 2000 drivers . COMPAQ PRESARIO SR 2000 drivers

So I ordered some new retro tech today and cant wait for it to come in. One thing I got was a new 3.0 rom for my NEC MobilePro. Will post pics and a new posting once I recieve that and what it takes to install it. Also ordered a new serial to usb cable for the unit. I also found a really good condition HP computer on craigslist.

So I ended up finding out that the cable I got with the system was actually a vga cable. So I will have to find a serial cable for the unit. Also today I was able to get a new rom for it. So I will post when I receive that and some pics of the install process.

Just got in a Palm IIIxe for the retro tech collection. Just unboxed and haven't tried anything else. Will update when I get a chance to mess around with it.

So I just got a NEC MobilePro 750C. Always wanted one of these computers back in the day. Most older tech is pretty cheap now a days and I got this for around $6.00 . It boots up fine to Windows CE 2.0 , and as far as I can tell its has all the important cables and power cord. It came with 2 batteries and they both seem to hold a charge pretty well. I seen online that they also have a battery casing so that you can use AA batteries, Ill have to see if I can get one of those for cheap. So Now the hard part. How do I connect this to today's tech and how do I get this onto the internet. Those are things i'm going to have to figure out. Below is other pics that iv'e taken of the unit and all its ports and also thne link cable that I recieved with the unit. I tried connecting this to a usb to RJ232 but the connector on the cable has a'lot more pins. I do see that it has IR but my new laptop I have doesnt support IR so will have to look into this further. If  you hav...