OK, sorry , you did mention WLAN, but I consider that to be so basic so to occupy the only CF slot with this is not very good economy. It's like my first Ipaq, which due to the reason that after adding the extender and a WLAN card become almost unusable, and I never used it. Ipaq came with builtin WLAN and bluetooth, but... there was no Linux distro so useless... but finally the Zaurus SL-6000 arrives, which I will get as soon as possible. Your device could possibly be useful as driving the HMD, as the Zaurus has no serial RGB out. I intend, however, to have a mini-itx board (VIA EPIA TC) for this purpose. Has just arrived onto the market. Best regards Roland Orre On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 10:32, Roland Orre wrote: > This sounds like a good format, but I'm not sure I see the obvious > usage. It does not have number crunching capabilites, so the obvious > usage I see is as a file server, but it lacks somewhere to have the > file system. I guess you intend to go for the USB (2.0? a must) for > the disk connection then, or? How about an io port for IDE, so I could > add a few 100Gb and how about connectivity to other devices? You mention > neither bluetooth nor WLAN? Is the 60Mhz a temporary thing or... > otherwise with proper usage of the machine, 400 Mhz and a Gb or RAM > it will be quite a cool thing. > > Best regards > Roland Orre > > On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 19:13, Brian Empey, P.Eng. wrote: > > Jobe, > > > > We have a product in design that won't be officially released for a couple > > of months. > > Its a computer that's about 2.5" x 3.5" x 1" thick in an all-metal > > enclosure. > > Its running Linux on a 32-bit ARM CPU. > > It has: > > - VGA/SVGA out for a display > > - power-jack for DC in (~8 to 35 volts ... it has a 95% efficient switching > > power supply built in) > > - 2 x USB hosts > > - audio headset jack (2.5mm) > > - MMC/SD memory card slot for mem expansion > > - Compact FLASH slot for WiFi, GSM, etc. communications, or CF HD > > - 32 megaByte DiskOnChip > > Its based on our Medallion CPU modules, which have supported USB & VGA for > > 2 years now with no problems! > > > > > > Its designed so that if its clipped onto a belt, the card slots are UP, and > > all the connectors are at the bottom for better cable management. > > > > It will be marketed as a personal wireless terminal (you could also velcro > > it to a desktop monitor, plug in an 802.11 card, add USB KBD & mouse, and > > Presto --- instant wireless thin-client terminal ... good for call centers) > > > > But its supposed to be a secret. > > However, we are looking for beta testers interested in units priced near > > cost. > > So, if anyone is interested, you can let me know..... > > > > BTW: The CPU on version I is only 60 MHz, so don't even consider augmented > > reality on this one. Its a great terminal or data collection device. > > For AR you'd want at least 400 MHz, integrated camera interface, HW camera > > to display support with ZOOM or Picture-in-picture, etc. ... sounds vaguely > > like the specs for a future model, but I wouldn't want to give away any > > company secrets! hehe > > > > Brian > > > > PS: If you are a SW developer, we have 10 GUIs available on our platform. > > That's the topic of an upcoming press release. > > Included is FrameBuffer, Micro-Windows, QtEmbedded, X-Windows, GTK 1.2, GTK > > 2.0, FLTK, ..... > > And you can even run the FLTK GUI Builder Tool "FLUID" natively on our CPU > > modules! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Brian Empey, P. Eng. > > President > > > > Technical Solutions Inc. > > Unit #1 7157 Honeyman St > > Delta BC Canada, V4G 1E2 > > www.techsol.ca > > > > eMail:> > Tel: 604 946 TECH (8324) > > Fax: 604 946 6445 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > Jobe Bittman wrote: > > > > > > Since the topic sort of changed, I changed the > > > subject. I have been beating myself up trying to get > > > VGA and USB at the same time from a strongarm pda > > > decvice running linux. I have been working on a Ipaq > > > 3870 with a dual pcmcia sleeve since January this year > > > to this end. I currently have the Ratoc USB Host CF > > > card in a pcmcia adapter and the two TinyX supported > > > pcmcia VGA cards. The HP VGA-out card and the > > > Colorgraphics Voyager VGA. I have gotten all of this > > > working on familiar - but not at the same time. First > > > off, I got the Ratoc card running well and have the > > > usb-ps2 adapter connected to my twiddler 2 and it > > > works great. The HP VGA-out card works great. The > > > graphics look great and it runs fast. The > > > Colorgraphics Voyager VGA card looks like crap. There > > > is a strange red feedback effect when there is white > > > on the screen and there are disabled pixels on the > > > screen. When you move the mouse, the turned-off pixels > > > change randomly. So avoid the Colorgraphics VGA card > > > if you go the pcmcia route. The problem is I cannot > > > use both USB and VGA at the same time. I think its a > > > problem with the kernel because I have to recompile > > > the kernel to add in 'preliminary USB filesystem' > > > support. As soon as I install the new kernel, the > > > video cards stop working and just show static or > > > stange colors. If anyone has suggestions, I have CVS > > > write accesss to the 2.4 kernel for familiar. > > > > > > On the toshiba vga/usb adapter, I have exchanged > > > several emaiuls with Spyro who is the main guy working > > > on the Toshiba e740/750/800 port. External VGA doesn't > > > work. He claims it will work one day. He has the USB > > > working partially I believe. I would sell all the ipaq > > > gear immediately if it did work. > > > > > > Thats my experience so far with VGA and USB on a > > > strongarm PDA. > > > > -- > > Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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