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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >