The Fun! Factory: Fun! Features

The Fun! Factory is primarily for users of the HP 95/100/200 LX palmtops, and is intended as a useful source of information, downloads and more besides for those who don't mind forgetting about work from time to time! Please note that this is not an abandonware site (for information on abandonware, read the Abandonware page).

An LX palmtop is by no means a necessity, however. The games listed on this site will, for the most part, run quite happily on any standard IBM-compatible PC, although a slow-down utility such as Mo'Slo will most likely be needed unless your computer is positively prehistoric! Alternatively, should you have a WindowsCE or Psion/Symbian EPOC32-based palmtop, you may wish to check out PocketDOS and XT-CE which will allow you to run old DOS software on your machine and get in on the act!

The Games Information pages are primarily aimed towards LX users with specific information relating to how well the games fare on the LX, but users of other machines can still use them to find out useful information on the games. Be sure to check out the Games Downloads page where you can download some of the classic games of yesteryear directly from this site. The sound and graphics might not be quite up to twenty-first century standards, but the gameplay remains as good as it ever was.

It's not all about games, however. Once you've gone through the list and played each and every one to death, you might wish to re-acquaint yourself with the long-lost art of reading with the help of the Literature section. Courtesy of Project Gutenberg, there is more than enough classic literature freely available online to last you a lifetime or two.

So, what are these HP palmtops all about?

The original LX range of palmtops from HP were lightweight handheld machines which could comfortably fit into a shirt pocket. They combined the best features of a PDA with true DOS compatibility (DOS 5), an 80186 processor and a CGA-compatible screen. Although this may not sound impressive when compared to modern desktop PCs, there is a vast array of older software which can be used on the LX.

Unfortunately, before you rush to the shops (or otherwise), HP has discontinued the original DOS-based LX range in favour of a Windows CE selection. All is not lost, however, as you can still purchase them from The Palmtop Paper store. For more information on the 200LX (the most modern), check out hplx.net's FAQ section.

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