DIYer becomes inundated with spare moment, crams Wikipedia onto PDA

May 15th, 2008 | Category: Pdas / Tablet Pcs

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Portions of Wikipedia have been living on disconnected pocket-friendly gizmos for years now, but one specific DIYer just took the whole process to an absurd new level. For starters, you’ll have to procure a relatively obscure Psion 5mx PDA, not to mention a CF card (and adapter), Linux-based PC, static HTML dump of Wikipedia and an enviable amount of unused vacation moment. whether you just can’t stand to be too far from knowledge, and you’re way too vintage to just pick up a WiFi-enabled UMPC or halfway decent smartphone with web access, load up the read link and prepare to get (really) busy.

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Original post by Darren

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