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10GB In A Linux PDA

Posted by timothy on from the off-camera-storage dept.

Deep Penguin writes: "Perhaps attempting to captitalize on the concept of data mining (mixed with turtles?), Serial Systems of Singapore has announced the Terapin Mine, a hand-held the size of a 35mm camera that looks to be a fusion of a double-fistful of geek toys: network storage (10-12Gb), audio record/playback, digital picture display (composite video out), PCMCIA reader and e-mail sender. It's attached to the world via 10BaseT, USB or whatever I/O card is in the PCMCIA socket (modem, LAN, wireless, etc.) Of course, all complex systems evolve until they can read Usenet news, leaving them an upgrade path to version 2. Price? $599. Delivery? End of August, they say. And it runs Linux, so no Microsoft tax." An anonymous reader points to this CNET article on the device as well. I was afraid this would live as vaporware on the Terapin site forever.

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  1. 20 * 4 display? by AnonymousComrade · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yeah! This gadget will really rock my world! Can't wait 'til next reboot! ;-)

    Linux version 2.2.19
    pre17 (herbert@arnor
    ) (gcc version 2.7.2
    .3) #1 Tue Mar 13 22
    :37:59 EST 2001
    BIOS-provided physic
    al RAM map: BIOS-88:
    000a0000 @ 00000000
    (usable) BIOS-88: 01
    f00000 @ 00100000 (u
    sable) Detected 6000
    3 kHz processor. Cal
    ibrating delay loop.
    .. 119.19 BogoMIPS M
    emory: 29788k/32768k
    available (1744k ker
    nel code, 408k reser
    ved, 672k data, 156k
    init) Dentry hash ta
    ble entries: 4096 (o
    rder 3, 32k)