Short Thread: *Beyond* excited: with some crazy luck, I found an unused DataRover 840. This was (I think) the only commercially-released hardware actually sold by #GeneralMagic, the folks behind the wildly-inventive Magic Cap Operating System. @generalmagicmov #retrocomputing 
As if finding an unused & functional DataRover wasn't awesome enough, this one came with the difficult-to-find proprietary serial cable, which means it's theoretically possible that I'll be able to connect this to one of my mid-90s-era computers to sync data + install apps
It's also possible that the same cable will work with my other #MagicCap device, the Sony PIC-1000, which would be really cool
For anyone who's seeing this & wondering "okay, it's an old PDA, who cares?" Check out the documentary "General Magic." The "Magic Cap" OS wasn't a huge commercial hit, but General Magic became a breeding ground for tech that literally changed the world:
Special thanks to @joshcarter - his website is an invaluable resource for anything Magic Cap-related. With all this said: does anyone have any tips on what software I'd need on my Mac Color Classic II, to perform any sort of sync with my new DataRover, and/or install packages?
More special thanks to the entire General Magic team. They had perhaps the deepest roster of Galaxy Brain-level people of any tech company ever: @andyhertzfeld @marcporat @billatk @SusanKare @darinadler @tfadell @smithmegan & numerous others who literally shaped the modern world
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