The Smallest Windows PC in 1995 Was Also a Phone! IBM Palm Top PC110 

Yup, it'd be absolutely useless, just gathering dust in my storage. Still want one.

But dang, having this smart phone precursor 25 years ago would've been the coolest thing ever.

I know, right? Smartphones do their job so well we barely even notice them anymore.

@@deusexaethera my pc does a million more things than any cell phone can do. They are good for what they are but they will never replace the pc.

But this is still better because it can run doom And you have a keyboard to use as a controller instead of stupid touch controls

This is some real hipster shit.

Actually, those would be the Windows based Pocket PC devices which appeared towards the latter part of the 90s, and continued till the mid 2000s. HTC were the king of the Pocket PC.

Or cellphones in general as we came know them around that time

Japan is always ahead of America in terms of cellphone technology

The original Windows phone

JAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAAJA YOU MADE MY DAY =D

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I'd love to see >:-D

and the chair

I endorse this message :')

If it's not Fart(s) or Balls it's not a proper LGR video.

@@SopanKotbagi ahah!!!

@@ahandsomefridge indeed, a recurring insight into what goes round his head...

IBM Phones instead of iPhones

ngadge, the best taco phone

We would have smaller laptops I'm guessing.

Thats what i do with my laptop and i never dropped it

Better mobile games? I guess.

I need a non zoomer translation for this comment...

@@plaguis1391 one would appear to be quite a tubular person if they were playing Doom on a large multi person public transportation vehicle in the mid nineteen nineties

@@nelsonglover3963 hmm yes quite 🧐

@@plaguis1391 "Imagine playing doom on the bus to school in 1995, you'd be the coolest kid around"

@@plaguis1391 Zoomer language sometimes tends to be direct and easy to understand - "flex" in this context is like someone "flexing" their muscles, showing off.

Won't....not can't lol

I had a G3 Lombard that had upgradeable memory (it had 384MB), also had a G4 Powerbook which I managed to upgrade to 1GB from 128MB.

@@BlokeOnAMotorbike I'm mainly talking about today, how you can still get new Thinkpads with upgradable ram and upgradable ssds but with macbooks that's all built into the board. Apple has been doing stuff like this for roughly 10 years now.

@@sleeplessengineer1450, well, I upgraded mbp mid 2015 from 256GB to 2TB Intel SSD 6, but you got the point, it actually will be cheaper to go linux and loose all software that I paid for, than to buy new mac when this one will die/be obsolete beyond usable.

I've got a 2001 iBook with a normal (for the era) laptop SODIMM slot for more RAM. It's easier to open up than any of my Thinkpads, too. Hopefully that will start coming back as right-to-repair laws come in.

Amazed this existed then. I wouldn't mind having it now

My dream in 1995 would’ve been befriends with Clint and play for hours

I would have got one if it was sold in the US back then. Everything LGR did with this unit was pretty much the stuff I would have been doing in 1995. DOOM, Duke3D, word processing, programming, drawing, etc. The bonus is I would not have needed my nokia phone. lol

@@Tall_Order Unless I'm misinterpreting your meaning, you WOULD still have needed your Nokia phone as the PC110 has no cellular capability, it just works as a regular phone handset if you plug it into a standard landline jack.

@@dunebasher1971 Ah well luckily I said "even if its just dialup" then. Then again we would need a modem...

You had to be cafeteria manger in order to do it. The device has no cellular module but has to be connected to a landline.

@@vladyarotsky5287 Damn you just ruined my fantasy with the landline, I keep forgetting wifi / portable cellphones didnt exist until the early 2000s :/

@@Pozorrogo They had things similar to wifi (radio networks) and they had cellphones (Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell had one), but it would have increased the size and the signal wouldn't be great. 90s cell phone ads: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--19gbBJK0us.html&ab_channel=JolieWranger Alohanet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oKrUGRVwFBI.html&ab_channel=Computerphile

@@Pozorrogo you actually could've connected a cellular PCMCIA modem and get online with it. Needed to wait until 1999 tho.

At least you can still play a solid game of doom in full color

clickorgasm it is

Almost sounds like a Garand clip jumping out :D

@@miekkb seriously I have never heard one better!

That's why I like my thinkpad x200

We deffinitly need more devices built like this nowadays, solid as a tank and satisfyingly tactile to use

or Duke Nukem 3D ...lol I would behave the same !

It's the only benchmark which matters tbh

I was going to comment this!

japan made products of japan

the benchmark before benchmarks

or shoehorn Duke

Internet: but can it run doom? LGR: no shut up can it run FARTS BALLS?

Get out of here!

_Heh._

nice,

Trying to imagine Sun marketing their UltraSparc systems with Utltraman in the late 90s! lol

this is way better than one of those, can confirm was a owner was

Wouldn't the trade off had been too great to practically use though? Even back then, I'm sure it's too far from practical.

Aww, isn't the screen-to-body ration of 0.31 to die for?

yeap I would of love it too. I just got a GPD micropc smaller then this. win10 etc and love it I play old skool games one it. and use n64 and ps1 emulators too. and its easily fit in my jacket pocket and take to work.

@@ps5hasnogames55 Why is everyone coming up with sentences and jokes like that! If he says that it worked for many other systems, I believe him! Also, everyone makes errors, even really big ones, that means that you probably made some too... errare humanum est, perseberare autem diabolicum.

@@marinacelada3246 It actually worked for many systems I worked on as well. It was just a simple misfortune.

Weird flex, but okay

@@Timbobjr Odd interpretation, but okay. Not a flex at all. The point was to illustrate that I (like many, if not most, of us watching this channel) am surrounded by modern technology at all times which, in most every way, totally outclasses the 90s tech on display with the 701c's "butterfly" keyboard. Despite all of this, I was instantaneously amazed by it. It was intended more as a slightly self-deprecating comment of "the grass is always greener..", but that sort of loses any sense of amusement once you have to explain it, so I apologize if you missed that.

@@Stjernefodt- Dude, nevermind Dunce cap Jr over here. I know _exactly_ what you mean and I'm 100% the same way. In spite of owning a pocket sized device--let alone a full sized beastly machine--with capabilities far surpassing anything you could possible comprehend in the 90s, my jaw hit the floor upon the reveal of that innovative butterfly keyboard. There's something about "vintage" electronics and their use of mechanical components that always fascinated me. As someone who can remember as far back as the year 2000/01 with all the old tech as it was then new, I can safely say there is a sense of wonder missing from most of today's tech. Although the sheer performance of modern hardware is thousands of times faster than it was back then, most of it lacks that ambitious "spark" of futuristic design that were so common throughout the 90's and into the early 2000's.

We get it bro you are a tool

You can probobally 3d print a dock for your phone to do the same thing

IBM made the first smartphone in 1995 with the Simon.

How did I not see this? I grew up in the era of GameBoy Advance and I didn't notice this until you said it. Seriously, though...those were the days. Back when everyone in the cafeteria and at recess had GameBoys. Later on sometimes a first gen DS. I remember the days when you could find someone to trade or battle Pokémon with after class. Now it's all emulation.

Its a japanese exclusive so even growing up in the 90's you wouldn't really know of it unless you were into japanese tech, lived there or had info on this stuff from around the world at the time. I remember the og gb blowing my mind and its camera.

I pressed left cursor several times there to see it more than once... so cool :)

Doom on the go.

But it doesn't run Crysis... :(

so.. the point is?

@@BigWilmson Doom is the ultimate test for any electronic device!

@@BigWilmson i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/339/265/bb8.png

26 years ago haha. Old.

That's okay, everyone forgets the trauma of the '00s.

@frd liem USB was created in 1996, becoming widespread from 97. Windows 95 had USB support in OSR2.

Don't feel bad I remember watching television on a 1948 Zenith black and white TV with a round picture tube in a beautiful wood cabinet. The TV screen was on the right hand side and it had a AM radio on the upper left hand side with a phonograph below it. In 1965 we were very fortunate to get a Magnavox color TV console for the basement play area. Good timing on that as many TV shows on the TV networks had started to be broadcast in color Also we had one of the new fangled Sony Transistor pocket radios in 1962 . 6 transistors I think it had and it still worked fine even after 56 years. I do remember the days of checking and replacing TV tubes in TV's and radios at the tube tester machine in our local grocery store with dad.

@@m9078jk3 damn were your parents rich?? Color TVs were pretty uncommon in 1965 as far as I think..

Yeah, but it has nothing in common with USB... maybe except being square in shape. For example Nintendo Link or power connectors are quite similar as well... Or dozens other proprietary plugs found on hardware now and back then.

@@override7486 Being rectangular in shape and easy to plug in and detach, that second one is a pretty significant improvement over things like the PS/2 mini-DIN connector. Not worth the inconvenience of having to bring an adapter, though. :)

It's not a port you can connect a whole lot of different peripherals to... unlike Atari's SIO of 1979! ;) I don't know why IBM didn't go for something like that.

It was probably a cost and dev time saving measure that they used something off the shelf instead of proprietary. Either way, yeah, amazing

No, the main issue with these are the LCDs, which fail randomly (it seems the layers come apart). Once that's happened, you can do nothing to help or fix it.

yes, you can still obtain batteries, but not everywhere. My HP 100LX runs on AAs so you can get replacements at any grocery store. But the slow 186 and non-backlit screen make it worse overall for productivity compared to the PC110. If anyone's interested, I made a little DOScember video demoing my Palmtop, but I don't give it nearly the justice it deserves: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RNPNwPmP6LI.html

Its a shame not many companies keep the ability to future-proof like this anymore. Would save so much waste! Also, the fact it can use compact flash drives is a bonus as they're still in use today too! Replace the screen and it'll last forever!

@@the_kombinator if the dongle is available, it seems like a VGA monitor can be connected without any problems

Like the Atari Portfolio used in the ATM hack scene in Terminator 2.

@@nullvalu same energy, i always wanted a small handheld laptop like a sony clio just to do hacking anywhere as soon i get a wifi. get a gentoo machine out of my pocket, a serial cable and go "wait, don't worry, i'm gonna hack that thing"

@@SilverSpoon_ There is a GPD Win/Win 2 for an instance, I have a GPD Win exactly because of watching "too much" 90s science-fiction as well as being able to play old Windows games and do all things Android, Apple and other ARM smartphones just don't and probably won't do in 20 years on the go (any kind of cloud computing was NEVER an option for me), and it is super handy for everything I would use a normal laptop for, except for very demanding things like 3d modelling of something more complex than say a battery cover for a camera that I need 3D printed yesterday, or playing modern games. But it's great for old Windows or emulated games, moving photos off camera to a hard drive, editing documents and maybe coding when I have to do it on the go. And for watching DVD movies on the ceiling from a pico projector when lying in bed sick with COVID-19, as the cyberdeck itself, USB DVD drive and the projector on a little tripod fit comfortably beside me and a bowl of popcorn. The only thing I regret about buying it is not getting a GPD Win 2 instead, because I couldn't afford it back then. Really, a very useful thing to have, and if it had a cellular modem and better battery life, I would probably not need a smartphone at all.

I think retropunk might fit better lol

@@krzysztofczarnecki8238 if it can run Debian why not. Was thinking of something more lightweight than an Athlon, like a crusoe or even a MIPS. but well good to know it exist. Design wise it's pretty horrible.

Awesome! Would love to hear more

Stories of some of the rude slang words that are used to refer to the TrackPoint ?

**I** like stories

If you try to open a program after 9PM, a picture of a cat appears, and the device tells you to go to sleep.

@@YamiSatoshi "God dammit Morgana! Just lemme call Kawakami, get a massage then go batting!"

At least you can play Innocent Sin Online on it.

human video game

haqhaaha im dying

Welcome to the Redundant department of Redundant redundancy department

Missed one optional there: "An optional option that optionally came with the optional hard drive option."

Perfect channel to watch on tv while it's heavy raining, on the sofa, cup of cold chocolate milk, while covered in blanket

For real. Honestly this channel helped me get through a really rough period of my life. There was a time I was having bad anxiety and panic attacks, but LGR's calming voice and coverage of non upsetting and "mundane" objects really helped my mind to stop racing

Stay awhile and listen.

Exactly the reason why I love this channel so much, Clints way of presenting, his voice and all the 90s nostalgia makes me relax in a way I never knew I needed.

This is me either stressed before bed or in a warm bath. His voice is soothing and learning about old tech is so fun and calming.

But you'd play it all over again, right?

@@johnathin0061892 If he had to take bids all over again, he'd still do it fifteen times over again.

Bummer

Well it *was* on the Atari Lynx, which had a smaller screen

I bet Tommy Wiseau couldn't play Billy May's S**t Blaster on that, either

I don’t get it :(

@@sparkle1234 Its a reference from a game. Look up the song 'Last Surprise.'

@@sparkle1234 it's a reference to the persona 5 battle theme, last surprise a part of the song goes "you'll never see it coming"

I didn't see it coming that clint was a persona fan 😆

I got got, even here :(

Livin the dream!

Poor you

Omg employ me please?

the poorman's corner office :D

Heck no I'm not a big shot. I work in IT and most of my users are remote because of the pandemic. I'm here to decommission an old server!

I had a Toshiba Libretto 50 and I KICK myself for getting rid of it! But THIS was the HOLY GRAIL!

Next episode: Doom on an ATM in 2021! :D

It's like a chibi ThinkPad. XD

For hos neutral special, he wields woodgrain

My pleasure, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

😁

i dont get it.

@@DeaconTaylor ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ec4YbVP9R-A.html

@@DeaconTaylor Persona 5 Reference. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ec4YbVP9R-A.html

I never saw that coming, ngl.

@@DeaconTaylor It's a reference to a song in the video game "persona 5"

@@KarlHamilton It's a reference to Persona 5, a JRPG.

@@KarlHamilton it's a reference to the game Persona 5. One of the battle themes is called "Last Surprise", and in the lyrics it says "you'll never see it coming".

So easy to entertain the lowest common denominator

I was about to point that out as well....

Was thinking the same thing

They patented separately sold dongles..

Ok

This thing in '95 had a better solution for dongles than Apple in 2021

My first digital camera was one of theirs. It was absolutely amazing and completely convinced me of the concept of digital photography.

See, I associate them more with photocopiers.

I actually didn't know that they made the NES CPU. Cool fact, thanks.

@@Gatorade69 yeah, the famous 2A-03 was contracted out to them by Nintendo, as well as the 5A22 for the SNES

I actually opted out.

Most routers have land line jack capabilities. The problem is most of these require a different sort of internet if that makes sense. Now if someone could find enough of these to make them a bit cheaper and more common people could modify a few to work on modern tech.

Here in Germany you have routers with TAE plugs(the National plug for telephones) and they convert it between analog and digital. So you can use your old phones with a sip server. An sip account with your old phone number is still included in mostly all deals for home Internet.

@@Vlad2319 It's uncommon? Here in the Netherlands most ISPs toss in telephony with your internet package either for free or a couple bucks a month.

He could set up a fake phone server and dial it etc

@Avi Thank you!

More like "Take f...in phone and buzz off! I'm in monster killing now."

I mean, what else do you need?

And Crysis in the 00's.

Or your personal phone annoys the fuck out of you and you decide that you want a bigger screen and keyboard granted not much bigger though.

Never expected to see you here

i know right!!!!

shouldnt you be watching anime that just released

i was waiting for a persona joke, but it took me a few seconds to notice it already happened

@@akawhut What's the timestamp

It's a 486, after all.

Was this comment really necessary to make?

It even has a touch sensitive pad at the bottom that's meant to be used with a stylus. It's not a separate screen, but still.

Looks more like a GBA SP to me.

GPD