acquire through giftd, giftcurs on loonix share through samba on same box play media via download (httpd) on windows box at work in living room, use modded xbox with ed's debian (soon to be using xbmc), via smbfs mount of file server
uh...mah...gawd. That is sooOOOooo October third! I'm all past that and onto action figures already. *sigh*
iBook Clamshells are quite durable as well.
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A Few Baaaaaad Apples
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I kicked myself when I bought my iBook SE (lime green - 340MB RAM, 10 gig HD, OSX) because Apple came out with the next generation iBook soon after. I would have really liked to have the bigger screen and external display support. But after working with it for several months I was consoled. This thing is rugged and convenient! Rubberized case and a reinforced handle make it quite close to what this fellow has mocked up.
I stand firm behind my assertion that Apple makes the most durable and usable consumer grade notebooks available. OS X is still a little rough around the edges, but to have Mac classic and BSD running at the same time without major hakkij you can't beat it.
My ex was a level 2 support agent for Palm. The V and M500 series palms (the ones with integrated rechargable batteries) have an undocumented voltage leak in their charging system that feeds a stray voltage to certain pins in the serial port. If your motherboard does not have shielded serial ports (read: your motherboard was manfactured by cheap bastards - like Dell) your serial port will eventually be fried from said voltage. If you want to prevent this from happening, do not keep your cradle plugged into the wall and to the serial port at the same time. Palm may fix this in newer models - hell, they may have fixed it in the M500 series cradles already - but they sure as hell won't admit to the problem, as it would entail a massive recall of cradles that would further upset their delicate financial position.
I'm running Palm OS 4 on my V as we speak. As I recall, the V has 2MB flash. They build different ROMs for every available model, with supported features linked in as the system requires or will tolerate.
Exploring a little further... I see that you can get one of these puppies with the SDK for ~$800. Too rich for my tastes. But if you're dying for Linux in your pocket... Now what are the chances of shoehorning a development environment like G++/Perl/Python onto the thingy? If I could get that, I might just have an impulse buy on my hands!
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Um. Isn't this part of the definition of blogosphere?
Hello? Eclipse?
acquire through giftd, giftcurs on loonix
share through samba on same box
play media via download (httpd) on windows box at work
in living room, use modded xbox with ed's debian (soon to be using xbmc), via smbfs mount of file server
uh...mah...gawd. That is sooOOOooo October third! I'm all past that and onto action figures already. *sigh*
I kicked myself when I bought my iBook SE (lime green - 340MB RAM, 10 gig HD, OSX) because Apple came out with the next generation iBook soon after. I would have really liked to have the bigger screen and external display support. But after working with it for several months I was consoled. This thing is rugged and convenient! Rubberized case and a reinforced handle make it quite close to what this fellow has mocked up.
I stand firm behind my assertion that Apple makes the most durable and usable consumer grade notebooks available. OS X is still a little rough around the edges, but to have Mac classic and BSD running at the same time without major hakkij you can't beat it.
nope - doesn't charge in the cradle.
My ex was a level 2 support agent for Palm. The V and M500 series palms (the ones with integrated rechargable batteries) have an undocumented voltage leak in their charging system that feeds a stray voltage to certain pins in the serial port. If your motherboard does not have shielded serial ports (read: your motherboard was manfactured by cheap bastards - like Dell) your serial port will eventually be fried from said voltage. If you want to prevent this from happening, do not keep your cradle plugged into the wall and to the serial port at the same time. Palm may fix this in newer models - hell, they may have fixed it in the M500 series cradles already - but they sure as hell won't admit to the problem, as it would entail a massive recall of cradles that would further upset their delicate financial position.
I'm running Palm OS 4 on my V as we speak. As I recall, the V has 2MB flash. They build different ROMs for every available model, with supported features linked in as the system requires or will tolerate.
Exploring a little further... I see that you can get one of these puppies with the SDK for ~$800. Too rich for my tastes. But if you're dying for Linux in your pocket... Now what are the chances of shoehorning a development environment like G++/Perl/Python onto the thingy? If I could get that, I might just have an impulse buy on my hands!