Well, it finally happened. My trusty Visorphone, survivor of innumerable wireless warrior battles finally gave up the ghost :(. To be honest, the antenna gave up the ghost, the phone itself is actually very much alive. The antenna basically just broke off and the wire inside it snapped. Unfortunately, nobody sells the antenna anymore, and honestly, I simply can’t work up the creative energy to hack together a replacement (I know I’m losing DIY creds by the second because of this). Here’s a picture of my Visorphone with/without the offending component.
Ahaha, you say! So what did I use to take these pictures? Well, I took the plunge and finally upgraded to a Treo 600 from Rogers Wireless. So far, its been pretty good – the Palm One site was fairly clear on moving my data, contacts and appointments to the Treo, so I had no problems there. The next step was to get some games (of course!). So far I have Galax, Lemmings and Invaders on my device; I’ve been looking for a version of Phoenix for Palm OS, but no luck so far. An interesting solution is Xcade, which is a multi-rom emulator for the Palm platform. This does play the Phoenix roms, as well as others (if you can find them :-)); however, it is relegated to hi-resolution (320×320 up) screens, so my Treo’s 160×160 display only shows the bottom left hand of the whole game! (sigh) Duane 0, Treo 1. :plain:
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