On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, R. Paul McCarty wrote: > No, its not. The netwinder is still a bit too big (it wont fit in the > space of a car radio slot) and too much power(~12watts). Although I don't You can put the NetWinder somewhere else like under a seat or in the boot, and use a remote dash panel (see <http://www.mp3car.com/> for links to where you can buy them from). For somewhat more effort (building power supplies, wiring a seperate amp up, etc.) you have something which looks just as good but costs less and has quite a bit more capability. The power isn't that bad, considering you will mainly be using it when the engine is running anyway, plus the main source of power consumption is the hard drive, which the empeg also has. > see power specs on the empeg, I'm sure it's minimal since there are so few > components. If you look at the images, the motherboard is about the size > of a pc/104 card. As for memory, 8mb is doable, and maybe they can handle > more, the designers just didn't think it was necessary for the > application? I talked to Hugo about it, and he doesn't intend putting more than 4 on unless specially requested to, so I don't think he would want to design a new motherboard for someone who wants more than that (the memory is soldered to the board, so you can't just plug a card in with more on it). 8 is more than enough for what the unit is designed to do, so it has been limited to that amount to cut costs. > > and hopefully the PLEB will be even better. > The PLEB will never see the light of day. Neither will the Digital Itsy. > [flame retardend gear on] The Itsy already _has_ seen the light of day. They have built quite a few of them and have had Linux running on it for quite a while (see <http://www.research.digital.com/wrl/itsy/> for more details). As for the PLEB, I sincerely hope to prove you wrong. > > I think > > it's mainly aimed at the kind of rich businessperson who would think > > nothing of spending $1000 on a stereo to fit in their sports car because > > they like the flash graphical front panel display, but really don't have a > > clue what Linux or the StrongArm (or maybe even MP3s) are. > Maybe. And pc/104 embedded computers are aimed at engineers putting > automated control systems in factories. What's your point? :) My point is that it's expensive for what it is and, by design, is not versatile. --------------- Linux- the choice of a GNU generation. -------------- : Alex Holden (M1CJD)- Caver, Programmer, Land Rover nut, Radio Ham : -------------------- http://www.linuxhacker.org/ -------------------- -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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