Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Baltimore MD, USA
Posts: 717

Yikes! Can this happen with a Visor?
http://www.seapug.com/articles/palm...ic-shocker.html

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: New York, New York
Posts: 560

Since Visors use plastic, I don't see how.

I wonder if Hoser read the message and thinks differently about a metal case.

BTW, the guy is nuts if he thinks he will get any of the companies to fix his PC.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Them Twin Cities
Posts: 1758

I'm guessing that the aluminum casing is the primary problem... Though I bet a sprinboard with exposed metal could do it.

The real question is whether or not Handspring build a better cradle than Palm. I am going to have to defer to those who have taken apart both the serial and the USB cradles to answer that one.

Overall, though, I feel pretty save. When I first saw this static thing, I did a panicky search for a while, and could find nothing in relation to Handspring.

Dieter

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Pembroke,MA
Posts: 307

I have read a few posts here (and it happened to me 2 days ago for the first - and I hope last - time) where you place your Visor in the cradle only to have your PC reboot. I think it was determined that it was a cause of static electricity
discharge.

So, if this story, and it's cause and effect are legit, then we are probably at risk too...

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: bright side of the moon.
Posts: 996

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Originally posted by Felipe
I wonder if Hoser read the message and thinks differently about a metal case.

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i just skimmed the website, but i thought this had more to do with the serial cradle and some sort of protection missing from it. i didn't get the impression that the metal case was the problem (i could be wrong...)

I still want a metal case!!

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Alive and well on VisorCentral.com
Posts: 861

I have to chuckle at this thread,

It reminds me of what we did to an old VT-320 terminal in the computer lab in college. It had a fault display but they refused to fix.. We fixed..., fixed it real good..., with a "borrowed" gas grill igniter, a few clicks to the com port and presto.. Never thought an old DEC terminal could scream.. The replaced it with a brand spanking new one shortly there after..

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