RE: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out

[Brent Harding <bharding@doorpi.net>]

What's this ipaq thing? I never heard of one, but it might be cool. Laptops
don't give enough battery life, and batteries can be quite expensive.
At 02:03 PM 11/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>presumably any sa1110 cross-compiler would work, but there could be some
>reason it woulden't.
>
>in fact, any of the standard distributions of linux should run on it as long
>as you can get the bootloader specs and how it does it's boot process.
>
>of course, the braille models might need to know how to understand a brl
>keyboard, but the qwerty model should resemble stock arm boards and
>connectors other then the lack of visual display...
>it should make no difference for the compiler of course.  I woulden't want
>to build on the machine itself, just as you don't compile stuff on your
>ipaq.  you generate cross-code or multi-platform code and the strip it or
>whatever.
>
>the beauty will be in adding a later kernel and seeing it take more recent
>cf cards ...  like the support for gps and cellular cards  whch would add
>instant functionallity without any intervention from the manufacturer...
>
>this is  in particular contrast to the humanware model where you cant really
>do anything with the underlying operating system...
>
>to me, the brlnote is like selling software that is accessible, but not
>being able to use windows itself... kinda like the early days of arkenstone
>or something...
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com
>[mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Tommy Craig
>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:30 PM
>To: blinux-list@redhat.com
>Subject: Re: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out
>
>
>the ELBA will have a compiler available for it. It will not come as standard
>with the unit though. Also obviously, it is a palm top and not a full blown
>laptop. This restricts the amount of memory that is available. However, you
>will be able to use off the shelf products such as microdrives for storage.
>The latest one that I've seen is by Toshiba, it has 5gb of storage and sells
>for around $399. Of course they also have smaller and less expensive models.
>Tommy
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