The hardware hacker community embraced the leftover Audreys, discovering exploits and modifying the device for their own needs.

Despite its short lifespan, Audrey's innovative design and functionality made it a unique piece of internet appliance history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Com_Audrey

#3Com #3ComAudrey #InternetAppliance #RetroTech #Retro

Bought something I really wanted when I was a kid: a classic #Palm #PDA. This one is Palm IIIx, released in 1999. It's powered by the Motorola DragonBall EZ processor running the 68000 instruction set at blistering 16 megahertz, served by whopping 4 megabytes of RAM. It runs off two AAA batteries which can last up to a month or two. The monochrome UI is controlled by a stylus, and it uses a simple handwriting system called Graffiti.
#Retrocomputing #PalmOS #3Com #HandheldPC

Bought something I really wanted when I was a kid: a classic #Palm #PDA. This one is Palm IIIx, released in 1999. It's powered by the Motorola DragonBall EZ processor running the 68000 instruction set at blistering 16 megahertz, served by whopping 4 megabytes of RAM. It runs off two AAA batteries which can last up to a month or two. The monochrome UI is controlled by a stylus, and it uses a simple handwriting system called Graffiti.
#Retrocomputing #PalmOS #3Com #HandheldPC

#SHORTS - How Do You Get Your #Apple #Macintosh II On The #Internet ? #marchintosh #3Com
https://youtube.com/shorts/acKqgj1Ogh0

As best as I can tell, the oldest 3Com board is the 3C100 which is a unibus board for PDP-11 and VAX. I think it was in the BBN TCP/IP stack and that stack was added to BSD. BSD also had code for IMPs, etc.
#vax #pdp11 #3com #networking #retrocomputing
cc: @jonn_blanchard

The Internet Without the Computer: 1990s Style - We think of the Internet extending to small devices as a modern trend, but it actu... - https://hackaday.com/2022/09/09/the-internet-without-the-computer-1990s-style/ #internetappliance #retrocomputing #audrey #3com

The Internet Without the Computer: 1990s Style

https://hackaday.com/2022/09/09/the-internet-without-the-computer-1990s-style/

#InternetAppliance #Retrocomputing #retrocomputing #Audrey #3com

"Mein lieber Steve, wir beide haben vom PARC Ideen übernommen." https://www.heise.de/news/Vor-50-Jahren-Xerox-eroeffnet-das-Forschungszentrum-PARC-4800890.html /via #heise #parc #sun #3com #sgi