More Cheap-o Squeak-o hardware
Dan Ingalls
Dan at SqueakLand.org
Fri Feb 8 05:16:08 UTC 2002
"Duane Maxwell" <dmaxwell at san.rr.com> wrote...
>We had one of those at Exobox - we never successfully got Linux running on
>it, but that's not to say that your friend didn't.
He says he's running Slackware Linux
>They come stock with a
>special version of WinCE, just enough to run the browser and that's about
>it.
Hmmm. I wonder if it's enough to run the squeak port. Presumably would save memory to use what it comes with.
>IIRC, the 16MB Flash is soldered down, so it's not easy to upgrade.
I saw a somewhat cryptic reference to flash access:
Compact Flash slot
SanDisk type 1 or 2 capability
to be supported in future updates
>There were a number of other connector pads with no connectors.
>
>It's very similar to many other Internet Appliances of its day, though it
>didn't run the National Geode chipset like most of the rest of them.
>Unfortunately, it does NOT have a touchscreen - and the display is passive,
>so the image quality is not very good.
Ah. Too bad. But, hey, $100.
I've sent a list of detailed questions off, and will post the answers.
- Dan
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