hurley bryan wrote:
>
> exactly, go to http://www.acorn.com and they have actual desktops running
> what they say is the RISC OS, though they can run Linux I assume too. You
> can get a pccard like piece of hardware with a 486 or 586 on it that you
> can just stick in and run windows or dos or whatever on it, then when you
> are done using the processor it gives all the memory etc that it was using
> back to the main system; probably hot swappable too. That on a wearable
> would be quite nice when you come into different environments.
>
> They have some NICs, but the netwinder would be better at the moment.
>
> using a 486/33/20/260 myself at the moment.
>
> Bryan
>
> In article <6vggpe$ico$3@nntp.Stanford.EDU>,
> Mark Willey <willey@keymaster.etla.net> wrote:
> >If you restrict yourself to PC-104, this is true. However, StrongARM is the
> >best power/price/performance option. If you're willing to do some
> >customizations beyond stacking PC-104 cards, then go StrongARM.
> >
> >BTW, Intel is actively developing StrongARM. They've got an entire design
> >team down in Arizona working on it. Unfortunately, I think they are going
> >to bumble with StrongARM because they are uncomfortable with it's price and
> >performance competing with the desktop. "Intel, change happens. Either
> >make the change, or lose fighting it." IMHO.
> >
> >Mark
> >
Some people are talking about adapting the netwinder, but I think its just way
too power hungry; completely nulling out the advantages of the StrongARM chip.
There's a company I mentioned a while back that is selling small ARM boards for
about $195 a piece, about 6"x6". Smaller then the netwinder, and much lower
power:
ball park watts/hour
ADS StrongArm <1watt http://www.flatpanels.com/
486/40 pc/104 3watts http://www.parvus.com/ http://www.ampro.com
Netwinder 14watts http://www.corel.com/
But then again the netwinder is loaded with interfaces, ethernet, svga etc.
But in terms of Power/weight(incl board/batteries/peripherals). 486 pc/104 is
still the best platform.
-Paul
From Comp.sys.wearables Newsgroup Archive (CSW)
Maintained by R. Paul McCarty
Archive created with babymail