From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from s3.cableone.net ([24.116.0.229]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1F4Tdd-0000sc-00 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:51:57 -0500 Received: from desktop (unverified [24.117.239.149]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 45094708 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:20:33 -0700 Message-ID: <012101c610d1$782667f0$6a00a8c0@desktop> From: "Glenn at home" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <009901c62715$b6011ac0$e700a8c0@sparky><005601c610c9$e985aa80$6a00a8c0@desktop> <20060202012115.GA3654@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: Linux on BrailleNotes Organization: Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 22, in=67, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.239.149 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:51:58 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:52:06 -0600 X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:51:58 -0000 That is great, I don't know how much memory is available in a BN. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: "Glenn at home" ; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: Re: Linux on BrailleNotes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 No, not necessarily. We're actually hoping that once we get netbsd running on the bn, that we'll be able to also leave the original windows ce on it as well, thus giving people the choice of running freesoft, or keysoft with a simple reboot (grin). Greg On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 06:58:00PM -0600, Glenn at home wrote: > I don't know how hard it would be to get Linux on a notetaker, but it sure > does not matter what O S it is using now. > Whatever the O S is, it will have to be wiped out to make room for the new > O > S. > I think it would take a dedicated team to get it going. > You might need to know the detailed information on the chip sets inside, > and > some data might need decoding. > It is beyond my ability, but this is the same concept that the open source > RockBox uses to port into the devices that are running a different > firmware. > I think that if there is a way to upgrade the Braille Note, there is a way > to over-write it's O S. But it might take some cooperation from > HumanWare. > Glenn - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD4V6L7s9z/XlyUyARArW5AKDOPDFcnuR/6HPxpdNkoUBTTSqKgACbB0oE 5TjcgGaIlCKg0OzlUhFJUY4= =334y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup