[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: [OT] Linux palmtop computers?



On Tuesday 20 March 2001 12:13, Jim Richardson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 07:30:30AM +0800, csj wrote:
> > Now that you two mentioned them, I find it curious that both the
> > YOPY and the Agenda VR3 (for virtual reality??)  claim to be the
> > first Linux-based PDAs. Both seem to be in short physical supply,
> > though the YOPY mockups show it to be a gorgeous color model.
> >
> > The Compaq product (dis)appears to be even worse, more of a proof
> > of concept thing.
>
> The yopy and agenda are both available for developers. But not as a
> general public thing. (Not that you have to be anything special to
> get one, just fork over the cash, but they (or at least the agenda)
> are 'not ready for prime time' yet. I got the agenda, and it's fun
> to play with and dev for, but it's not replacing my palm pilot
> anytime soon.

Can you program on it (hoping against hope)? Let's say I want to 
compile my own enhanced version of "Hello World." More sensibly, does 
it provide a command prompt, so I can run my favorite bash pipeline?



Reply to: