Yeah I don't see why they think that's a good excuse. It can't run regular windows ce software anyways from what I've heard. Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm sick of Winblows! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 12:45 PM Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting > Yes, and the interesting part is that a few of us on the braillenote list have been asking for a port of linux with no response from pdi. > > I had also asked during Humanware's chat sessions what was the reasoning for going with windows ce, and the response was because it's a "mainstream operating system". > > Greg > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 11:24:16AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > We believe the chip in the Braille Note is the NEC VR41xx. > > > > Several of us joined in a project to port Linux to the Braille Note this > > time last year. We were unsuccessful when Pulse-Data would not supply > > units for us to work with. > > > > That's the real issue--one would need to be able to take the risk on > > blowing away a few Braille Note boards, and especially the flash roms, > > before one got it right. That would be costly to most of us, myself > > included. > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
