Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Palm Top Linux Box :)
From: Jay Ts (jay_AT_toltec.metran.cx)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 08:32:12 EET
> Well I did some more research on the new palm computer that runs
> Linux. The processor is a MIPS processor and does not do floating
> point calculations.
Their website said that it ran at 66 MHz (IIRC) so I guess it's about
the equivalent of a 66 MHz 486SX. Kinda slow compared to my new 1GHz
Athlon, but because it's so much smaller, the bits are easier to
push around. :)
> One of my
> friends who is starting to develop some plugins is thinking about a
> rack mount linux box, nothing special (600Mhz single CPU, 128Mhz) etc.
> What I have proposed to him is using this palm linux device as the
> display and input device for the unit. I have not read up about it in
> a while but I know you can use a serial port for xterm data.
The way it would work would be to open a virtual terminal running bash
on the palmtop and telnet to the rackmount unit through the serial ports.
It would be necessary to configure the rackmount's serial port to be
running a getty, and it would work the same as using a (text) virtual
terminal on the console. (Before X Window, that was the way everyone
used Unix, except with an ASCII terminal instead of the palmtop. What
we need of course is a palmtop ASCII terminal - then a 66 MHz CPU would
be extreme overkill!)
> Now before I get jumped all over for wanting you use some low lit
> small LCD screen :)
I'm wondering, when you fire up a bash shell on the thing, how many
lines and columns of text do you get? Probably not 80x25, but hopefully
something usable.
> What do you think? Just an idea. Hehe, you could run your palm over
> to wherever you were (and its infrared in two way, low power 2-way and
> hi power one way like a tv remote) and use it.
Great idea - I like it.
- Jay Ts
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