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I had a SuperH 3 powered HP Jornada that I ran Linux and NetBSD on back in the day. Not particularly fast, but power efficiency was off the charts, even when compared to the many contemporary ARM and MIPS based devices of the time.

Or at least that's how my nostalgic memories think of it.

It was really fun to have a pocketable laptop back in those days for me (baggy pants required). Good times.

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I would love to see a modern device with a similar form factor to the classic PDAs. After some searching, I found a few options, but none of them are quite the same. Here's what I came across [1], [2], and potentially [3]. Does anyone know of other devices that come closer to the original clamshell PDA design?

[1] https://www.gpd.hk/gpdpocket

[2] https://store.planetcom.co.uk/products/astro-slide

[3] https://pine64.org/documentation/Phone_Accessories/Keyboard/

Though about six years old, the Gemini PDA (from the same folks who make the Astro Slide) is likely the most modern device with the classic clamshell PDA form factor.

https://store.planetcom.co.uk/products/gemini-pda-wifi-only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_TybtULQVo (interview with the designer, who was also one of the designers for the Psion PDA)

If you are allowing a bit more modernity, they have the Cosmo Communicator, which has a screen on the outside.

https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/devices/products/c...

I have owned both the astro slide and the Gemini PDA.

Gemini is great: get one. Astro slide not so much.

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