Tim Rowledge wrote:
The Nokia770 is what we're talking about here. Linux, 800*480 16bpp screen, 64Mb ram, 128Mb flash (about half used by system) A longish list of ordinary boring app provided. Usual file formats supported (mp3, mpeg1, jpeg, all that), 802.11b/g (good for the g), bluetooth, usb. Weighs about 8oz, about 6x3.0.75" Sort of a very cute sideways palm.
The CPU is apparently the TI version of the ARM9 @ 220MHz. That will be roughly the same performance as my older RPCs (less cpu by a tiny fraction, better memory access) so Squeak would be ok but not great in Morphic performance. 64Mb of ram would be a bit tight with linux and x11 and gnome running all at once.
Very intriguing!
Strip the pointless unix junk out of it and put a real OS in instead and it could be a very nice portable exobox device. Just 5 years too late....
"...real OS..."? Like what, Tim? Does stripping the "pointless" stuff out make it (Linux) real or is there something else you'd do?
From what I can see, the exobox never reached the light of day. Why
would this device redux be 5 yrs too late?
Bob