Post by @TechTangents@dialup.space

2026-05-08 23:52 UTC

Palm Pilots! I rocked one of these hard during a little after this era. I thought the Palm III monochrome was so cool. It sucked and the touch panel was bruised so I was constantly recalibrating it. But man I loved that thing. I always wanted the dock for it but never got one back then. I should really do a palm video some time...

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@TechTangents@dialup.space 2026-05-08 23:57

RAM was so cheap it was free! (with purchase of 30GB HDD) It's somewhat interesting how computers have evolved from this time. 1000X more RAM to have 32GB isn't that uncommon. But 1000X HDD space to have 30TB is relatively rare. Online media has definitely played a part, but I think general "do everything" usage of computers for normal people has massively dropped off as well making large storage needs much more niche.

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@keyboardg@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 05:03

@TechTangents@dialup.space I got back into Palms and Handsprings a few months ago! There is still a working driver to make the ancient sync software work. Since they didn’t have drives, just memory they turn on so amazingly fast.

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@georgeharito@mastodon.au 2026-05-09 08:22

@TechTangents@dialup.space I loved my Handspring Visor!

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@polishdub@bsd.network 2026-05-09 23:25

@TechTangents@dialup.space i loved the Palm Pilot III monochrome, but the HandSprings always did catch my eyes. Especially the semi transparent ones!

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