@3rz those KLM sandwiches are the best!

Using just about every technology since the telegraph to get a 1999 palmtop online at 35,000 ft ️

EPOC browser → HTTP → TCP/IP → PPP → RS-232 at a blistering 115,200 baud → USB serial adapter → Android phone running slirp (a 1995 SLIP/PPP emulator) → Wi-Fi → KLM's cabin server → satellite antenna aimed by GPS → a satellite → a ground station → the internet.

And back. To load one text-only news page.

Worth it.

#psion #epoc #retrocomputing