Cheap unix handheld

Ned Konz ned at bike-nomad.com
Thu Oct 4 19:08:13 UTC 2001


On Thursday 04 October 2001 11:49 am, Dan Ingalls wrote:
> It is based on a light version of Unix (QNX) and includes a built in
> 640x480 color screen (capable of 12bit color), a very decent sound system
> (I have already hacked  in the MP-3 player) a touch screen, and a small
> keyboard. After some updates, you can access the QNX shell and add, modify

Some more potential downsides from a Squeak point of view.

1. QNX is _not_ Unix. It has a POSIX-like interface available, though. And 
their shell is Unix-like.

2. There is no Squeak that I know of for QNX (though the Photon microGUI 
might be a nice target for Squeak)

3. Squeak's touch screen support is, to put it mildly, lacking. Window and 
pane resizing, especially, are broken because they rely on mouse-over 
notification.

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Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
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