Pilot 5000 (1996)

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Stats

Manufacturer: U.S. Robotics | Year: 1996 | Width: 81 mm | Height: 119 mm | Depth: 18 mm | Weight: 160 g

Palm OS: 1.0 - 1.0.3

CPU: Motorola DragonBall | CPU-Clock: ??? | RAM: 512 KiB

Display: 160x160 Greyscale (2 Scales) | Battery: 2x AAA battery (removable)

Personal note

The first Palm. A simple and basic device that must have been terrific in 1996. A completely different approach than the competition at the time. Everything was very reduced and designed for the pocket. The backlight and the IRDA connection did not yet exist.

Palm OS 1.0.3

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