Recent content by exvaxman

HELP! I need the six year old off of my back. Zowie Entertainment (web site long since gone) put out a game in 1999 called "Red Beard's Pirate Quest". Really neat pirate ship with interactive figures hookes up through the serial port of you computer so the kid can interact with the game...

The flyer I have specifically states "$12 instant rebate". (Milwaukee) Looks like someone posted another thread on this at the same time I was posting - The time difference between the two was just two minutes :)

OfficeDepot flyer today. Still rings up at the register @$14.99 but they price corrected to $2.99 when I pointed out that the flyer said "instant rebate". Claims to be 700 MB/32X No limit specified either - I picked up ten of 'em.

The RCA1200 does not read .lit files. You can download softbook publisher tha is a set of Word macros that wil put out the correct format, Or you can check out phoenixlibrary and download Phillip's server (yes the reb1200 has built in 10MB enet)

The REB1200 and 1100 can only be used for reading books. Th Franklin Ebookman is a very slow and limited PDA. Much like the early palms.

There will probably be a discussion like there is with portable DVD players VS. portable computers in this thread, but: a) This is a really nice unit that is easy to hold b) Closest to reading a real book that I have had c) you can easily load you own content (any rev. of firmware of you have...

Caselogic CD cases are buy one get second 1/2 off at Shopko. Considering tha their prices are already 20% below Best Lie, er, um, Best Buy it is not a bad deal.....