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Re: Tomagotchi as display

From: Chuck Knight <>
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 10:54:17 -0800

> > Hey, I found a few things out...now that I've managed to disassemble
> > the first one...
> 
> I expect to see the following message in a few months...
> ...
> I've managed to fit everything for a wearable computer into my
> Tomagotchi.

I don't think so...  These things are *tiny,* and about the size of the
Ruputer.  I don't have that kind of technology available to me...at this
point.

> I'm running X on the LCD display, and use the buttons for text input and
> a mouse.  

The weird thing is...the way X is structured, that's at least feasible.  
Not practical, but feasible.

Gee...one of the buttons could be changed into a trackpoint mouse.  :-)
And those 4 buttons...chording keyboard?  hehe

Better yet...get one of the newest Tomagotchis...with the touch
sensitive 
screen.

> It has a P-133, LiIon batteries, and enough flash RAM to run
> a minimal Linux system.  

Yuck!  Perhaps a StrongARM system.  :-)

> But every time I show my great new wearable
> computer to people, they think it's useless because it doesn't actually
> work like a Tomagotchi.  So I've written a new X app, xtomagotchi.

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously...let's just get the LCD working first.

     -- Chuck Knight

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