Summary
- Robert’s Retro on YouTube takes a Dark Tea plunge with a Zeos Pocket PC.
- Also known as the Tidalwave PS-1000, battery-powered laptop was ahead of its time, with a 96x64 pixel LCD touchscreen, MSDOS, and a small form factor that fits in a large pocket.
- To get a serial connection to work required a special cable only supplied with the original hardware, making it non-functional within a few decades.
- However, Robert modded in an RS-232 port via a DE-9 connector.
- He had to carve out a section of the plastic case to fit it in, but was able to wire it to the motherboard with no major issues.
The modified Zeos now has a practical serial connection for power users and is a cool look back at ’90s tech.