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Linux PDA Resurfaces in U.S.
An anonymous reader writes "A high-end Linux-based Sharp Zaurus PDA thought to be discontinued in the US is actually available from two sources. The SL-6000L is available from stock from 10East, a seller of vertical market systems for the railroad industry which has established a direct manufacturing relationship with Sharp Japan, it says. The Wi-Fi equipped SL-6000L is also available in single quantities from SDG Systems, which, incidentally, is porting Linux to several PDAs that normally run Windows, including the super-rugged TDS Recon."
It's like finding a species thought to be extinct! Seriously.
Does it run Linux? ...oh wait
Game! - Where the stick is mightier than the sword!
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
The article says that 10East currently has about 1,500 SL-6000Ls in stock, of which 300 and 400 are currently unallocated. It orders about 300 each month, in order to keep reserve stocks on hand.
This amount seems a little low, especially if this slashdot post causes many people to buy them. If slashdotters bought all the ones in stock, would it be the first instance of slashdotting a store? Or have there been others in the past?
Dinosaurs, once thought to be exitinct, are found in new location here: http://www.jurassicpark.com/
Oh wait.....
Will it play Nethack?
Nethack Game
No. They don't actually run Linux software, just Linux.
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
Hell, I'd mod him up just for the TI99-4/A mention...
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Take it from someone with a UID one tenth yours - low UIDs are meaningless.
As someone with a UID 1/10 of yours, I have to agree; all it means is that I got here before you. Every now and again I notice the UID but it is never something I go out and seek.
(having said that, I wonder if user 150 and then user 15 will reply, this is kind of an interesting thread :-)
Paging slashdot user #15...Paging slashdot user #15...
Your /. nick is now associated with a horrible blockbuster movie, so I'm not sure if that helps any or not. I would sue the filmmakers if I were you, and retire off *that*. :-)
Such a travesty -- what they've done to such a cool series of, mostly, books.
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.