A Squeak PDA

Ohshima, Yoshiki Yoshiki.Ohshima at disney.com
Tue Nov 13 22:42:18 UTC 2001


  Aaron,

> If I add a CF card (which I'm planning), it adds more storage space for
> files and programs.  Can WinCE use this as RAM, or are CF cards dedicated
> "disk" space?

  You can use the CF storage for a memory mapped file so
that you can actually increase the Squeak heap size up to
the size of the free space on the CF card.

> On the other hand, if I'm using Linux, I can put that 10 MB image+vm into
> ROM with a very minimalist Linux install.  I can use the entirity of that
> 16 MB of RAM as RAM.  I can also use part of the CF card as swap if I
> amass quite a bit of data in Squeak.

  I was wondering how much RAM is used by Linux. 1 or 2MB?
I just want to know the actual Squeak heap size.

> > P.S.
> >   By the way, I sometimes feel that some people use the word
> > "iPAQ" as if it is a generic name of "highend handheld
> > device", in a way "Xerox" used to mean "copy machine."
> > However, the other manufacturer have better products in
> > these days.  If someone gets Squeak run on those new ones,
> > please let me know how it works!
> 
> I never noticed that so much myself.  People say "Palm Pilot" to refer to
> all PDAs, I've noticed though. :)

  That's the other example.  But I don't suppose people don't
think "Palm Pilot" as "highend handheld":-)

-- Yoshiki




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