I most certainly must disagree. The only reason that the MP3 format and things like IRC (and the much smaller outlets like napster) have been such a hit is because you can get popular music before the radio stations have it. If the only music available online was individual stuff, the community would still be tiny.
It's certainly true that file sharing is big because you can get popular material. But read his statement more closely:
Today, most of the music that is available for a fee on line is exotic. The popular songs are generally not available
He's saying that there is no legal way to download popular songs on the net. There are certainly experiments in online music selling but these are generally limited to a single artist or small label.
The record companies have had years of opportunity to come up with their own way of selling music online, but they haven't. They prefer to sell physical audio carriers through regular retail channels. Their idea of an online music business is selling CDs through Amazon.
Napster is not just a matter of getting stuff for free, there's also convenience. People feel like listening to a certain song NOW, they don't want to wait for a CD to arrive by mail order.
Think of all the impulse buys they could get if they would set up a site of their own to allow downloading with micropayments. Record companies are showing spectacular lack of vision. Until they have acceptable distribution channels of their own, they forfeit the right to complain.
This guy was once a nerd, looks like? Great answers throughout, tuned exactly for this particular constituency. I like this guy. What I couldn't find on his website or in the story is which party he represents. As a foreigner I have no clue although I would guess not Republican?
Y'all seem thrilled that he declined to answer one of the questions. Looked familiar, from an older./ story this list to choose your presidential candidate by (lack of) his views on your rights online:
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=354802
It seems your vote should've gone to Ralph Nader, who thinks that not giving an answer is the best response to 11 of the questions. Followed closely by W. Bush's team who feel that 10 of the questions are beyond their grasp. Rightful loser who had the audacity to leave only a single question unanswered is Pat Buchanan. Typically, Al Gore ends up somewhere in the middle of the field.
Going to subscription based would've been enough of a viability challenge. Most people will already forget Napster when that happens, but I hope that some would stay, and it might well both become profitable as well as still be an enjoyable experience.
Now this announcement comes and for the first time ever I'm really starting to worry about Napster's future. Everyone wants real MP3s and the flexibility that comes with them. Computer users may already be beaten into submission when it comes to dealing with copy protection (insert your cd now) but it won't fly that easily in the audio world. This kills any intention I had of joining their service.
Worst is the record companies will claim 'Look, we tried to sell music online, and it didn't work'. Not surprising when what you buy online comes with restrictions that aren't present in other media.
This wu-ftpd bug was widely reported in June and observing system admins plugged it already. According to CERT's security advisory older versions of proftpd also required updating.
If 3D is not a concern, there are still plenty of older S3 cards rotting away on store shelves. Get 2 Trio3D or Virge (either 1 AGP/1 PCI or 2xPCI) cards for 30$ each and you'll be set.
This is actually a very useful function. Suppose you have an older motherboard and you want to run a newer chip on it like a modern Celeron or Coppermine. For whatever reason, even the latest BIOS that your manufacturer has posted on their website does not support it. What can you do?
Well thanks to this update facility, you can add the relevant microcode updates to your BIOS yourself, and there's a little DOS utility from Intel that'll help you do it. Go to this web page and download at least the files pupdt513.zip and pep15.pdb (the other files may be of interest too). I'm linking directly to the download section as the rest of the site is in Cyrillic.
First a warning: never run checkup5 without the -u command line option or it will update your flash ROM without asking for confirmation! Typically one would start the program like this:
checkup5 -u -p pep15.pdb
Case in point: My very very old Abit BX6 rev 1, though recently provided with a fresh 21/02/00 BIOS, does not officially support Coppermine CPUs. It does have the proper voltage settings but Abit says: "BX6 Rev 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, etc. (BUT NOT BX6 Rev 2.0) do not support Coppermine CPUs due to the native design of power for the CPU core voltage probably not being sufficient. So to avoid instability, we advise that the afore mentioned boards do not support Coppermine CPUs".
I was aching for speed and Abit's advice wasn't very satisfying, so I put a PIII-700E in regardlessly and it worked fine even without the microcode support, but I wanted it anyway and so I ran an earlier version of the utility. This was the initial output:
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Processor Update Utility for Intel(R) P6 Family Microprocessors
Version 5.01, 04/06/99
Copyright 1999-5, Intel Corporation.
Unannounced Intel processor detected (CPUID=x683)
Your system BIOS does not contain a microcode update for
this processor. Therefore, no microcode update was loaded.
This utility can load a microcode update (revision 10)
for your main processor.
The microcode update was successfully loaded.
You do not need to run this utility again, unless a new
processor is installed or a new version of the utility is used. ------------------------------------------------ --------------------
Now I get this:
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Unannounced Intel processor detected (CPUID=x683)
Your processor contains a microcode update, revision 10.
The microcode update already loaded in your main processor is the
latest revision as of 04/06/99. No changes are needed.
Please make sure you have the latest database file.
No changes were made to the system. ------------------------------------------------ --------------------
Note how it says 04/06/99 because that's the release date of the program version I used (only supported up to Katmai), however the external pep15.pdb that I used has far more recent updates in it as this list shows:
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Processor steppings (revisions) and microcode update revisions included in current base
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x612/00, 0xC6
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x616/00, 0xC6
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x617/00, 0xC6
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x619/00, 0xD2
??????????????????????????????, PGA (?), 0x630/00, 0x13
??????????????????????????????, PGA (?), 0x632/00, 0x20
Pentium II Processor, SECC, 0x633/01, 0x34
Pentium II Processor, SECC, 0x634/01, 0x35
Pentium II Processor, SECC, 0x650/01, 0x40
Intel Celeron Processor, SEPP, 0x650/01, 0x40
Pentium II Processor (?), Mini-Cart (?), 0x650/02, 0x41
Pentium II Processor (?), MMC1/MMC2 (?), 0x650/08, 0x45
Pentium II Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x651/01, 0x40
Intel Celeron Processor, SEPP, 0x651/01, 0x40
Pentium II Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x652/01, 0x2A
Pentium II Processor (?), Mini-Cart (?), 0x652/02, 0x2C
Pentium II Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x652/04, 0x2B
Pentium II Processor (?), MMC1/MMC2 (?), 0x652/08, 0x2D
Pentium II Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x653/01, 0x10
Pentium II Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x653/04, 0x0B
Intel Celeron Processor, SEPP, 0x660/01, 0x0A
Intel Celeron Processor, PPGA, 0x665/10, 0x03
Mobile Pentium II Processor, Mini-Cart, 0x66A/02, 0x0C
Mobile Pentium II Processor, MMC1/MMC2, 0x66A/08, 0x0D
Mobile Intel Celeron Processor, MMC1/MMC2, 0x66A/08, 0x0D
Mobile Pentium II Processor, Micro-PGA1, 0x66A/20, 0x0B
Mobile Intel Celeron Processor, Micro-PGA1 0x66A/20, 0x0B
Mobile Pentium II Processor, Micro-PGA1, 0x66D/20, 0x07
??????????????????????????????, SECC/SECC2 (?), 0x670/01, 0x06
??????????????????????????????, SECC/SECC2 (?), 0x671/01, 0x03
Pentium III Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x672/01, 0x10
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x672/04, 0x38
Pentium III Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x673/01, 0x0E
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x673/04,0x2E
??????????????????????????????, SECC/SECC2 (?), 0x680/01, 0x14
Pentium III Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x681/01, 0x0D
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x681/04, 0x10
Mobile Pentium III Processor, MMC2, 0x681/08, 0x0F
Pentium III Processor, FC-PGA, 0x681/10, 0x11
Mobile Pentium III Processor, Micro-PGA2, 0x681/20, 0x0E
Pentium III Processor, SECC2, 0x683/01, 0x0C
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x683/04, 0x0F
Mobile Pentium III Processor, MMC2, 0x683/08, 0x08
Pentium III Processor, FC-PGA, 0x683/10, 0x10
Mobile Pentium III Processor, Micro-PGA2, 0x683/20, 0x07
Pentium III Processor, SECC2, 0x686/01, 0x07
Pentium III Processor, FC-PGA, 0x686/10, 0x08
Pentium II OverDrive Processor, PGA, 0x1632/00, 0x02 ------------------------------------------------ --------------------
Lastly, from the Intel documentation:
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System BIOS code on motherboards based on P6 family microprocessors contains microcode updates that are specific to each silicon stepping (revision) of the processor. Integrators must ensure the microcode update matches the processor stepping used. When the BIOS does not contain a microcode update that matches the processor stepping, integrators must install the latest microcode update in the BIOS before shipping the system. Historically, systems based on P6 family microprocessors have been updated by upgrading the entire system BIOS with a new revision of the system BIOS that contains the correct microcode update for the processor. However, such a process may be time consuming when assembling and configuring many systems.
Intel has worked closely with BIOS developers to implement a processor update Applications Programming Interface (API), which allows just the microcode update within the system BIOS to be
installed as needed. Motherboards that contain a system BIOS with the Intel-defined processor update API can be quickly and easily updated, if required, without need for a complete system BIOS upgrade. ------------------------------------------------ --------------------
But unfortunately the Aero only supports mono sound. Even the stereo plug has output only on the left channel. The quality isn't very good either. All of this makes this machine a bad choice as an MP3 player.
The good news is that because the sound is so grotty anyway, it doesn't get much worse even when you go down to mono 48 or 32 kb/s MP3s. Many people use WMA files which tend to be smaller still at comparable quality. This way you can carry a few songs with you without the need for a CF memory card. And have the Aero standing on your desk sounding much like a transistor radio.
Just a notion that crept in my mind: Considering that the CPU on board the MP3 player is probably significantly more powerful than the main CPU (70 Mhz ARM7 as opposed to 20 Mhz Dragonball), wouldn't it be great if you could use that processing power for other things?
I guess the springboard interface can't support this, but just think of this kind of CPU power as the Visor's main CPU. It could enable some things that were previously impossible due to the Visor's weak CPU, like software FAX emulation or running Liberty with sound on. But maybe it is possible to at least remote control the ARM to do useful background tasks like uhh rc5des or SETI or something like that.
VNC is not just a 'product name of sorts' for 'some company.' It is a GPL'ed cross platform solution for sharing desktops across TCP/IP that was developed by Olivetti Research Labs (later part of AT&T Research UK).
No license costs, the clients are small and there are versions for most Unices, all Windows including CE, MacOS, PalmOS, BeOS, and for Java web browsers. With Unix as host, VNC is multi user. Passwords are not clear text, but the data stream itself is not yet encrypted. However, it may be piped through ssh.
The program was usable from the start and there are now thousands of people using VNC Servers and Viewers, slowly taking over niches that were filled by PC Anywhere, or even X Windows. I have a feeling they are slowing down the number of WinFrame rollouts, too. But for multi user Windows, VNC is not the right solution.
Personally I never considered VNC a general term, unlike NC or Network Computer, which was the fashionable term for a while for what is now called thin client.
umm..you cant port the palm OS to X dimwit. Why go to the effort, you can just run native binaries under emulation:)
There are already supported emulators for Windows, Mac and Linux. Unofficially one for CE, too. For those that care, an O' Reilly article describes the Linux Palm emulator. Download from Palm's own download area. You need a Palm ROM file to get this to run, however. And you're supposed to extract it from your own real Palm.
its a non multitasking OS with virtually no screen management..hell its doesnt have any memory management either and treats memory like a database
Its simplicity and low end hardware requirements also happen to make it really easy to emulate. The PalmOS runs thousands of useful little programs tuned to run on a tiny screen. Typically these programs perform stand alone functions, they're unaware of and don't interoperate with any other programs that are installed on the Palm.
Reusing these in an emulated environment on a Linux PDA might be a worthwhile effort. The IPaq surely must have the CPU oomph.
I highly doubt that Linux on a PDA will do anything but follow the same mistakes that Microsoft made with CE 1-2.
Linux is just the kernel. It will be up to the application developers and the distribution packagers to make a usable consistant interface and applets tweaked for the small screens. If one effort fails, another can pick up.
Further, the iPaq uses a Intel StrongARM running at like 200 Mhz. The previous Compaq Aero uses a MIPS R4000 at about 70Mhz.
You're right, and I knew that actually. My point is if the Helio with the 75 Mhz MIPS is ok, then other Win CE devices like the Aero, the Philips Nino and particularly the Casio E100 etc should be able to use it too.
Their larger 8 or 16 bit color screens might slow em down a tad as compared to the Helio but still, these machines should be pretty good hosts for Linux. Better than say most Palms, Visors or Psions, for instance.
Oh and CE 3.0 is doing rather well in the market, especially on the iPaq. I don't understand why Linux advocates like to claim Microsoft products wihch are successful are not... wishful thinking I guess.
Wrong guess, I actually own an upgraded Compaq Aero 2130 which is now a Pocket PC. So I'm interested to see Windows CE 3.0 succeed. But if it does not, I'll be real happy to have plan B. It wouldn't surprise me if plan B turns out to develop more quickly.
I think it's too early really to say anything about Windows CE 3.0's succes. Compaq and Casio are selling everything they can make, but it turns out their commitment wasn't all that big and they've only made relatively small quantities of their offerings. HP is selling quite a lot of Jornadas but there isn't a run on these devices like there is on the rare IPaq.
This stuff isn't useful in the sense that you can now brag about the number of httpd processes you've got running in your pocket as much as it is to have a familiar OS platform that isn't likely to be obsolete soon.
IPaq comes with Windows CE 3.0 which has yet to prove itself in the market and faces an uphill struggle with the specter of previous Win CE releases over it. The Helio comes with VT-OS so that it may run some basic PDA apps but VTech doesn't seem to be interested in establishing the OS on its own. They're pointing towards Linux for developers.
Sure, PDAs don't need all the features a PC Linux distribution comes with, but then Linux is just a kernel that happens to work on these MIPS processors. The open source concept is just as valuable for developers for this format.
I hope this development will revive some other machines. Most older Windows CE devices generally have comparable specs to the IPaq and the Helio and could have a second life with a nice Linux distro.
So then you would be Raul Alonso, I guess? Or someone else who worked on this? Anyhow, I just wanted to say thanks to you people for a hell of a great program, and to everyone else who happens to have a decent OpenGL card, go check his link out and get OpenUniverse now.
I used ssystem as a screensaver on my Voodoo back in the days and liked it a lot, so I was interested to find the recent OpenUniverse review in C'T magazine. And I have to say I'm very impressed with this program on my TNT2. Visually stunning as well as educational I've spent quite some hours zooming around the solar system already.
I don't buy this. The Amiga was a Motorola 68k class machine with some very special chips in it. The magic of a set of talented engineers for whom it was the next challenge after the equally amazing Atari 8 bit series. It was not some grand vision or quest, and it certainly isn't the hardly revolutionary idea of having architecture-independant binaries. Their software doesn't become any more interesting just because they happen to be sitting on the trademark. Might as well say that Amiga was always really about household appliances and start a line of that.
Although possession (up to an amount appropriate for personal use, which is couple of grams) and use are not strictly protected citizen rights by any law here, legal precedents show that you can't be convicted for it.
Selling, importing and cultivating are not legal and the police can choose to interfere with any cannabis related activity. Most of the time, they only bother going after large scale importers (container sized) and people who have multiple greenhouses full of hemp. Their electricity bill tends to give them away.
Most cities in the Netherlands choose to enforce a mild, realistic approach to cannabis and they attempt to control the inevitable sales by allowing a certain number of coffeeshops. How many , in how obscure streets you'll have to find them, and whether or not they're allowed to also sell alcoholic beverages tends to vary from place to place. Here in Amsterdam things are as tolerant as they get.
Unfortunately, the tolerance here leads to continuous stress between the netherlands and its neighbouring countries, with perhaps france in particular. Many citizens of these countries enjoy the herb while they are visiting, and some choose to take some home. To their leaders, I say peace mon.
Unlike the earlier Compaq Aero and the popular Casio E115, the iPaq (and the new HP Jornada) only sports 12 bit colour. I feel that 4096 colours is probably quite satisfactory for such a small display, but could it be a potential obstacle for easily porting a lot of X stuff? I recall seeing quite a few quirks in programs like XV with the fairly standard for PCs but not for workstations 15/16-bit colour mode. 1, 8, 16 or 32 bit now seems the norm with X.
The older Iwill Slocket II will need modification. All Slocket IIs after Iwill's recent dual FC-PGA support announcement have had the wire mod done at the factory.
At least it has been so since the P90 or so. But I think the era of centralised planning within the Intel kremlin is over, road maps that tell us all where we'll be and how much we'll be paying in 5 years no longer suffice. They're in the trenches and taking shots as they see them.
It's the FC-PGA format that got their engineers a bit confused. Someone noticed some socket chips coming through the assembly line and his first reaction was uhh it looks like a Celeron and he instinctively scrambled for the neuter button. In the meanwhile he's been properly briefed and now he knows only to aim at Coppermine128 cores. And should anyone notice well hey we can always publish an Errata or something.
Some felt that the BIOS switch was not secure enough. The serial number can also be reactivated from Windows with a utility that Intel provides, but it requires a reboot before it goes into operation. Here's a rundown of the whole serial number thing. Theoretically, the number might be switched on again without the user's knowledge and then invisbly read after the next restart. Personally I'm not at all concerned about the PSN, though.
Which slotkets did you try? Only very few, such as the Abit Slotket III and the Iwill Slocket II will do dual FC-PGA out of the box. Some others can be modified. This should get you dual even with older cA2 steppings, except for 500 and 550 Mhz chips.
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I most certainly must disagree. The only reason that the MP3 format and things like IRC (and the much smaller outlets like napster) have been such a hit is because you can get popular music before the radio stations have it. If the only music available online was individual stuff, the community would still be tiny.
It's certainly true that file sharing is big because you can get popular material. But read his statement more closely:
Today, most of the music that is available for a fee on line is exotic. The popular songs are generally not available
He's saying that there is no legal way to download popular songs on the net. There are certainly experiments in online music selling but these are generally limited to a single artist or small label.
The record companies have had years of opportunity to come up with their own way of selling music online, but they haven't. They prefer to sell physical audio carriers through regular retail channels. Their idea of an online music business is selling CDs through Amazon.
Napster is not just a matter of getting stuff for free, there's also convenience. People feel like listening to a certain song NOW, they don't want to wait for a CD to arrive by mail order.
Think of all the impulse buys they could get if they would set up a site of their own to allow downloading with micropayments. Record companies are showing spectacular lack of vision. Until they have acceptable distribution channels of their own, they forfeit the right to complain.
This guy was once a nerd, looks like? Great answers throughout, tuned exactly for this particular constituency. I like this guy. What I couldn't find on his website or in the story is which party he represents. As a foreigner I have no clue although I would guess not Republican?
./ story this list to choose your presidential candidate by (lack of) his views on your rights online:
Y'all seem thrilled that he declined to answer one of the questions. Looked familiar, from an older
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=354802
It seems your vote should've gone to Ralph Nader, who thinks that not giving an answer is the best response to 11 of the questions. Followed closely by W. Bush's team who feel that 10 of the questions are beyond their grasp. Rightful loser who had the audacity to leave only a single question unanswered is Pat Buchanan. Typically, Al Gore ends up somewhere in the middle of the field.
Once again this has already been featured on Slashdot. Last time it only seemed to merit quickie status though.
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http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/21/2136201.s
Going to subscription based would've been enough of a viability challenge. Most people will already forget Napster when that happens, but I hope that some would stay, and it might well both become profitable as well as still be an enjoyable experience.
Now this announcement comes and for the first time ever I'm really starting to worry about Napster's future. Everyone wants real MP3s and the flexibility that comes with them. Computer users may already be beaten into submission when it comes to dealing with copy protection (insert your cd now) but it won't fly that easily in the audio world. This kills any intention I had of joining their service.
Worst is the record companies will claim 'Look, we tried to sell music online, and it didn't work'. Not surprising when what you buy online comes with restrictions that aren't present in other media.
My sentiments exactly.
This wu-ftpd bug was widely reported in June and observing system admins plugged it already. According to CERT's security advisory older versions of proftpd also required updating.
If 3D is not a concern, there are still plenty of older S3 cards rotting away on store shelves. Get 2 Trio3D or Virge (either 1 AGP/1 PCI or 2xPCI) cards for 30$ each and you'll be set.
This is actually a very useful function. Suppose you have an older motherboard and you want to run a newer chip on it like a modern Celeron or Coppermine. For whatever reason, even the latest BIOS that your manufacturer has posted on their website does not support it. What can you do?
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Well thanks to this update facility, you can add the relevant microcode updates to your BIOS yourself, and there's a little DOS utility from Intel that'll help you do it. Go to this web page and download at least the files pupdt513.zip and pep15.pdb (the other files may be of interest too). I'm linking directly to the download section as the rest of the site is in Cyrillic.
First a warning: never run checkup5 without the -u command line option or it will update your flash ROM without asking for confirmation! Typically one would start the program like this:
checkup5 -u -p pep15.pdb
Case in point: My very very old Abit BX6 rev 1, though recently provided with a fresh 21/02/00 BIOS, does not officially support Coppermine CPUs. It does have the proper voltage settings but Abit says: "BX6 Rev 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, etc. (BUT NOT BX6 Rev 2.0) do not support Coppermine CPUs due to the native design of power for the CPU core voltage probably not being sufficient. So to avoid instability, we advise that the afore mentioned boards do not support Coppermine CPUs".
I was aching for speed and Abit's advice wasn't very satisfying, so I put a PIII-700E in regardlessly and it worked fine even without the microcode support, but I wanted it anyway and so I ran an earlier version of the utility. This was the initial output:
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Processor Update Utility for Intel(R) P6 Family Microprocessors
Version 5.01, 04/06/99
Copyright 1999-5, Intel Corporation.
Unannounced Intel processor detected (CPUID=x683)
Your system BIOS does not contain a microcode update for
this processor. Therefore, no microcode update was loaded.
This utility can load a microcode update (revision 10)
for your main processor.
The microcode update was successfully loaded.
You do not need to run this utility again, unless a new
processor is installed or a new version of the utility is used.
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Now I get this:
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Unannounced Intel processor detected (CPUID=x683)
Your processor contains a microcode update, revision 10.
The microcode update already loaded in your main processor is the
latest revision as of 04/06/99. No changes are needed.
Please make sure you have the latest database file.
No changes were made to the system.
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Note how it says 04/06/99 because that's the release date of the program version I used (only supported up to Katmai), however the external pep15.pdb that I used has far more recent updates in it as this list shows:
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Processor steppings (revisions) and microcode update revisions included in current base
Processor/Package/PKG Stepping/Microcode Update Rev
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x612/00, 0xC6
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x616/00, 0xC6
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x617/00, 0xC6
Pentium Pro Processor, PGA, 0x619/00, 0xD2
??????????????????????????????, PGA (?), 0x630/00, 0x13
??????????????????????????????, PGA (?), 0x632/00, 0x20
Pentium II Processor, SECC, 0x633/01, 0x34
Pentium II Processor, SECC, 0x634/01, 0x35
Pentium II Processor, SECC, 0x650/01, 0x40
Intel Celeron Processor, SEPP, 0x650/01, 0x40
Pentium II Processor (?), Mini-Cart (?), 0x650/02, 0x41
Pentium II Processor (?), MMC1/MMC2 (?), 0x650/08, 0x45
Pentium II Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x651/01, 0x40
Intel Celeron Processor, SEPP, 0x651/01, 0x40
Pentium II Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x652/01, 0x2A
Pentium II Processor (?), Mini-Cart (?), 0x652/02, 0x2C
Pentium II Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x652/04, 0x2B
Pentium II Processor (?), MMC1/MMC2 (?), 0x652/08, 0x2D
Pentium II Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x653/01, 0x10
Pentium II Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x653/04, 0x0B
Intel Celeron Processor, SEPP, 0x660/01, 0x0A
Intel Celeron Processor, PPGA, 0x665/10, 0x03
Mobile Pentium II Processor, Mini-Cart, 0x66A/02, 0x0C
Mobile Pentium II Processor, MMC1/MMC2, 0x66A/08, 0x0D
Mobile Intel Celeron Processor, MMC1/MMC2, 0x66A/08, 0x0D
Mobile Pentium II Processor, Micro-PGA1, 0x66A/20, 0x0B
Mobile Intel Celeron Processor, Micro-PGA1 0x66A/20, 0x0B
Mobile Pentium II Processor, Micro-PGA1, 0x66D/20, 0x07
??????????????????????????????, SECC/SECC2 (?), 0x670/01, 0x06
??????????????????????????????, SECC/SECC2 (?), 0x671/01, 0x03
Pentium III Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x672/01, 0x10
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x672/04, 0x38
Pentium III Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x673/01, 0x0E
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x673/04,0x2E
??????????????????????????????, SECC/SECC2 (?), 0x680/01, 0x14
Pentium III Processor, SECC/SECC2, 0x681/01, 0x0D
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x681/04, 0x10
Mobile Pentium III Processor, MMC2, 0x681/08, 0x0F
Pentium III Processor, FC-PGA, 0x681/10, 0x11
Mobile Pentium III Processor, Micro-PGA2, 0x681/20, 0x0E
Pentium III Processor, SECC2, 0x683/01, 0x0C
Pentium III Xeon Processor, SECC, 0x683/04, 0x0F
Mobile Pentium III Processor, MMC2, 0x683/08, 0x08
Pentium III Processor, FC-PGA, 0x683/10, 0x10
Mobile Pentium III Processor, Micro-PGA2, 0x683/20, 0x07
Pentium III Processor, SECC2, 0x686/01, 0x07
Pentium III Processor, FC-PGA, 0x686/10, 0x08
Pentium II OverDrive Processor, PGA, 0x1632/00, 0x02
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Lastly, from the Intel documentation:
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System BIOS code on motherboards based on P6 family microprocessors contains microcode updates that are specific to each silicon stepping (revision) of the processor. Integrators must ensure the microcode update matches the processor stepping used. When the BIOS does not contain a microcode update that matches the processor stepping, integrators must install the latest microcode update in the BIOS before shipping the system. Historically, systems based on P6 family microprocessors have been updated by upgrading the entire system BIOS with a new revision of the system BIOS that contains the correct microcode update for the processor. However, such a process may be time consuming when assembling and configuring many systems.
Intel has worked closely with BIOS developers to implement a processor update Applications Programming Interface (API), which allows just the microcode update within the system BIOS to be
installed as needed. Motherboards that contain a system BIOS with the Intel-defined processor update API can be quickly and easily updated, if required, without need for a complete system BIOS upgrade.
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Have fun, try not to break anything.
"Woo-hoo! This is too cool," McArthur, a rookie spacewalker, said as he drifted into open space for the first time. "It's huge."
Said Chaio: "Wow, this is really cool."
The last to leave the cargo bay was Keanu, who added: "Woah. Dude."
But unfortunately the Aero only supports mono sound. Even the stereo plug has output only on the left channel. The quality isn't very good either. All of this makes this machine a bad choice as an MP3 player.
The good news is that because the sound is so grotty anyway, it doesn't get much worse even when you go down to mono 48 or 32 kb/s MP3s. Many people use WMA files which tend to be smaller still at comparable quality. This way you can carry a few songs with you without the need for a CF memory card. And have the Aero standing on your desk sounding much like a transistor radio.
Just a notion that crept in my mind: Considering that the CPU on board the MP3 player is probably significantly more powerful than the main CPU (70 Mhz ARM7 as opposed to 20 Mhz Dragonball), wouldn't it be great if you could use that processing power for other things?
I guess the springboard interface can't support this, but just think of this kind of CPU power as the Visor's main CPU. It could enable some things that were previously impossible due to the Visor's weak CPU, like software FAX emulation or running Liberty with sound on. But maybe it is possible to at least remote control the ARM to do useful background tasks like uhh rc5des or SETI or something like that.
VNC is not just a 'product name of sorts' for 'some company.' It is a GPL'ed cross platform solution for sharing desktops across TCP/IP that was developed by Olivetti Research Labs (later part of AT&T Research UK).
No license costs, the clients are small and there are versions for most Unices, all Windows including CE, MacOS, PalmOS, BeOS, and for Java web browsers. With Unix as host, VNC is multi user. Passwords are not clear text, but the data stream itself is not yet encrypted. However, it may be piped through ssh.
The program was usable from the start and there are now thousands of people using VNC Servers and Viewers, slowly taking over niches that were filled by PC Anywhere, or even X Windows. I have a feeling they are slowing down the number of WinFrame rollouts, too. But for multi user Windows, VNC is not the right solution.
Personally I never considered VNC a general term, unlike NC or Network Computer, which was the fashionable term for a while for what is now called thin client.
Anyhow, go get VNC if you haven't seen it yet..
umm..you cant port the palm OS to X dimwit. :)
Why go to the effort, you can just run native binaries under emulation
There are already supported emulators for Windows, Mac and Linux. Unofficially one for CE, too. For those that care, an O' Reilly article describes the Linux Palm emulator. Download from Palm's own download area. You need a Palm ROM file to get this to run, however. And you're supposed to extract it from your own real Palm.
its a non multitasking OS with virtually no screen management..hell its doesnt have any memory management either and treats memory like a database
Its simplicity and low end hardware requirements also happen to make it really easy to emulate. The PalmOS runs thousands of useful little programs tuned to run on a tiny screen. Typically these programs perform stand alone functions, they're unaware of and don't interoperate with any other programs that are installed on the Palm.
Reusing these in an emulated environment on a Linux PDA might be a worthwhile effort. The IPaq surely must have the CPU oomph.
I highly doubt that Linux on a PDA will do anything but follow the same mistakes that Microsoft made with CE 1-2.
Linux is just the kernel. It will be up to the application developers and the distribution packagers to make a usable consistant interface and applets tweaked for the small screens. If one effort fails, another can pick up.
Further, the iPaq uses a Intel StrongARM running at like 200 Mhz. The previous Compaq Aero uses a MIPS R4000 at about 70Mhz.
You're right, and I knew that actually. My point is if the Helio with the 75 Mhz MIPS is ok, then other Win CE devices like the Aero, the Philips Nino and particularly the Casio E100 etc should be able to use it too.
Their larger 8 or 16 bit color screens might slow em down a tad as compared to the Helio but still, these machines should be pretty good hosts for Linux. Better than say most Palms, Visors or Psions, for instance.
Oh and CE 3.0 is doing rather well in the market, especially on the iPaq. I don't understand why Linux advocates like to claim Microsoft products wihch are successful are not... wishful thinking I guess.
Wrong guess, I actually own an upgraded Compaq Aero 2130 which is now a Pocket PC. So I'm interested to see Windows CE 3.0 succeed. But if it does not, I'll be real happy to have plan B. It wouldn't surprise me if plan B turns out to develop more quickly.
I think it's too early really to say anything about Windows CE 3.0's succes. Compaq and Casio are selling everything they can make, but it turns out their commitment wasn't all that big and they've only made relatively small quantities of their offerings. HP is selling quite a lot of Jornadas but there isn't a run on these devices like there is on the rare IPaq.
Maybe you just better stick to bashing Bob.
Go go anything device! I want a little cigarette box sized thing that incorporates:
GSM/satellite Phone
PDA + Internet Terminal
TV receiver + camcorder/photocamera
Gameboy
MP3 player
Memorecorder (optional voice recognition)
GPS receiver
Diving computer
Scientific Calculator
Hurry up already!
This stuff isn't useful in the sense that you can now brag about the number of httpd processes you've got running in your pocket as much as it is to have a familiar OS platform that isn't likely to be obsolete soon.
IPaq comes with Windows CE 3.0 which has yet to prove itself in the market and faces an uphill struggle with the specter of previous Win CE releases over it. The Helio comes with VT-OS so that it may run some basic PDA apps but VTech doesn't seem to be interested in establishing the OS on its own. They're pointing towards Linux for developers.
Sure, PDAs don't need all the features a PC Linux distribution comes with, but then Linux is just a kernel that happens to work on these MIPS processors. The open source concept is just as valuable for developers for this format.
I hope this development will revive some other machines. Most older Windows CE devices generally have comparable specs to the IPaq and the Helio and could have a second life with a nice Linux distro.
Flo
So then you would be Raul Alonso, I guess? Or someone else who worked on this? Anyhow, I just wanted to say thanks to you people for a hell of a great program, and to everyone else who happens to have a decent OpenGL card, go check his link out and get OpenUniverse now.
I used ssystem as a screensaver on my Voodoo back in the days and liked it a lot, so I was interested to find the recent OpenUniverse review in C'T magazine. And I have to say I'm very impressed with this program on my TNT2. Visually stunning as well as educational I've spent quite some hours zooming around the solar system already.
Thanks,
Flo
I don't buy this. The Amiga was a Motorola 68k class machine with some very special chips in it. The magic of a set of talented engineers for whom it was the next challenge after the equally amazing Atari 8 bit series. It was not some grand vision or quest, and it certainly isn't the hardly revolutionary idea of having architecture-independant binaries. Their software doesn't become any more interesting just because they happen to be sitting on the trademark. Might as well say that Amiga was always really about household appliances and start a line of that.
Although possession (up to an amount appropriate for personal use, which is couple of grams) and use are not strictly protected citizen rights by any law here, legal precedents show that you can't be convicted for it.
Selling, importing and cultivating are not legal and the police can choose to interfere with any cannabis related activity. Most of the time, they only bother going after large scale importers (container sized) and people who have multiple greenhouses full of hemp. Their electricity bill tends to give them away.
Most cities in the Netherlands choose to enforce a mild, realistic approach to cannabis and they attempt to control the inevitable sales by allowing a certain number of coffeeshops. How many , in how obscure streets you'll have to find them, and whether or not they're allowed to also sell alcoholic beverages tends to vary from place to place. Here in Amsterdam things are as tolerant as they get.
Unfortunately, the tolerance here leads to continuous stress between the netherlands and its neighbouring countries, with perhaps france in particular. Many citizens of these countries enjoy the herb while they are visiting, and some choose to take some home. To their leaders, I say peace mon.
Hey Oog, chill out man here have a drag and then pass the piece cause a circle is round know what I mean mate??
Greetings from Amsterdam
Unlike the earlier Compaq Aero and the popular Casio E115, the iPaq (and the new HP Jornada) only sports 12 bit colour. I feel that 4096 colours is probably quite satisfactory for such a small display, but could it be a potential obstacle for easily porting a lot of X stuff? I recall seeing quite a few quirks in programs like XV with the fairly standard for PCs but not for workstations 15/16-bit colour mode. 1, 8, 16 or 32 bit now seems the norm with X.
The older Iwill Slocket II will need modification. All Slocket IIs after Iwill's recent dual FC-PGA support announcement have had the wire mod done at the factory.
At least it has been so since the P90 or so. But I think the era of centralised planning within the Intel kremlin is over, road maps that tell us all where we'll be and how much we'll be paying in 5 years no longer suffice. They're in the trenches and taking shots as they see them.
It's the FC-PGA format that got their engineers a bit confused. Someone noticed some socket chips coming through the assembly line and his first reaction was uhh it looks like a Celeron and he instinctively scrambled for the neuter button. In the meanwhile he's been properly briefed and now he knows only to aim at Coppermine128 cores. And should anyone notice well hey we can always publish an Errata or something.
Some felt that the BIOS switch was not secure enough. The serial number can also be reactivated from Windows with a utility that Intel provides, but it requires a reboot before it goes into operation. Here's a rundown of the whole serial number thing. Theoretically, the number might be switched on again without the user's knowledge and then invisbly read after the next restart. Personally I'm not at all concerned about the PSN, though.
Which slotkets did you try? Only very few, such as the Abit Slotket III and the Iwill Slocket II will do dual FC-PGA out of the box. Some others can be modified. This should get you dual even with older cA2 steppings, except for 500 and 550 Mhz chips.