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Um, if you wnat to create a GUI application on the T-Engine platform, you are supposed to use middleware programs such as PMC T-Shell Development Kit (screenshot in PDF) that runs on top of T-Kernel. This development kit is a direct descendant of the BTRON operating system and still rather primitive, but the situation is not as bad as you portrayed it to be in your post.

Um, if you wnat to create a GUI application on the T-Engine platform, you are supposed to use middleware programs such as PMC T-Shell Development Kit (screenshot in PDF) that runs on top of T-Kernel. This development kit is a direct descendant of the BTRON operating system and still rather primitive, but the situation is not as bad as you portrayed it to be in your post.

I've seen the various TRON project technologies / OS' mentioned a few times around here ... Apparently there's even a commercial closed-source desktop OS based on it ...

Since we've got a topic for Be (which seems to be sorely lacking in Haiku / Zeta updates) , I think that this OS might merit one...

(Or perhaps an "alternative OS" category?)

If you want to display just snapshots, why not pick up an older color PDA with a cradle? They look great, run on low power, and can be had for about 100 bucks. Rigging them into a custom frame is easy, as the hardware is small.

Sure, you're not getting a 17" LCD, but let's be real... You're not getting a 17" LCD. A mini ITX board is easy to come by (I've got a spare if anyone wants one), as is a tiny HDD (Microcenter routinely sells 5gb strips for 15 dollars). Of course, you could always pick up a T-cube

Or bypass style and class altogether and get one of these things.

Note: above links courtesy of Mini Itx.com.

Looks like standard PDA type hardware except for the resolution out. But then of course it doesn't have a display of its own.

BTW looking at the larger pics. Doesn't the design seem awfully open? I can see inside through several large holes. In my pocket that would not survive long. And yes my pocket is large enough to fit it though the corners may be a bit much.

They're portable: but so are PDAs. And unlike the tcube, PDAs come with an integrated screen and some means for inputting data. These don't, so they're of limited use on the road. Even for telecommuters, you might as well stick with your laptop.

I suppose if you wanted to transport an entire data center to the other side of the floor, or even across town, these could be carried in a crate rather tna shipped on a truck. But, honestly, how often is this a consideration when choosing hardware?

I suppose they could come in handy for a home network or informal hosting operation out of your basement. But unless they're cheap, I doubt people would choose them over the eight too-obolete-for-gaming-but-perfectly-good-for-any- other-purpose desktops they already have in their basements.

What is the target market for these? People who like cute little multicolored boxes?

it comes in many colors!

At the TRON 2004 Show Japanese Personal Media Company shows off the T-Cube a pocket-size PC running T-Engine.

T-Engine is somekind of OS standardization project for networked computers in Japan that started in 2002. Seems they want to build something that does not require to license Windows. Don't know why they not just adopt Linux.

The T-Cube runs the current T-Engine OS and uses a CPU from NEC VR5701. The desktop is written for the chinese Market supporting Multi- and Super-Chinese Character sets.

The T-Cube (tentative name) is supposed to ship in Q1 2004. Press-Release (Raw Translation)

See also the Java Wrist Watches that were presented at the TRON 2004 show in Tokyo.

At the TRON 2004 Show Japanese Personal Media Company shows off the T-Cube a pocket-size PC running T-Engine.

T-Engine is somekind of OS standardization project for networked computers in Japan that started in 2002. Seems they want to build something that does not require to license Windows. Don't know why they not just adopt Linux.

The T-Cube runs the current T-Engine OS and uses a CPU from NEC VR5701. The desktop is written for the chinese Market supporting Multi- and Super-Chinese Character sets.

The T-Cube (tentative name) is supposed to ship in Q1 2004. Press-Release (Raw Translation)

See also the Java Wrist Watches that were presented at the TRON 2004 show in Tokyo.

Get it here.
Looks quite nice to me. Even an integrated ethernet port, audio... - nice, where can I get it? ;-)

Tron supports desktop computers, and the version is called as B-Tron. Please check the computer which is released in Japan.

The site's mostly in Japanese, but there's a blurb about a slightly older version of the OS here , product info here, and a screenshot in English mode here.

But hey, if the Linux route works, more power to you :)

P.S. -- Runs on standard x86 hardware, and Mozilla's been ported to it.

The site's mostly in Japanese, but there's a blurb about a slightly older version of the OS here , product info here, and a screenshot in English mode here.

But hey, if the Linux route works, more power to you :)

P.S. -- Runs on standard x86 hardware, and Mozilla's been ported to it.