From: Martin Schmitt (zz.sunmanagers.20.unixtippse@spamgourmet.com)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 10:38:02 EDT
Hello everyone!
I'm looking for reports and recommendations about the usage of handhelds
for the administration of Unix in general and particularly Sun machines.
My Apple Powerbook is starting to grow a little bit bulky & heavy on me, so
I'm looking for something different. What comes to mind is getting
something like a used Psion 5 or a pre-Jornada HP handheld (320LX, 360LX).
Is anyone of you using one of these handhelds? I'm looking for experiences
regarding the following points:
- Availability of an SSH client (Protocol 1 and 2) that can do key-based
authentication. (When IP-connected through some modem or GSM phone.)
- Connectivity to the Sun's serial port. Since the serial cable of those
boxes connects to a PC, it should be a null-modem right out of the box,
right? In fact I think I had to deal with an HP 320LX once, and it
ran PPP on the serial line when docked, so it should work find. Lugging a
docking station around in my backpack would be no problem, since there
would be some more cables, adapters and gender changers involved.
- Availability of a decent serial terminal emulation. Must do vt100 and
should not choke on console based "GUI" stuff.
- Must be able to send break to the serial line (OBP and all that)
- Must know about the Pipe character ("|"), I heard this one is a problem
on Nokia's Communicator.
- Should run on standard AA cells, so I won't need to run after some custom
battery pack. This used to be true for the HP 320LX at least.
I keep seeing pictures of Palm/Handspring organizers with Unix shells on
their screens, but I think one needs to be really desperate to start hacking
/etc/inittab with Palm's goofy handwriting recognition. ;-) So it definitely
needs to be an organizer with a keyboard. And I don't want to spend more
than 200 Euros or 200 USD (for a used one) while we're at it. ;-)
Thanks for your countless replies. :-)
-martin
P.S.: The address I'm sending from looks funky, but it IS valid.
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