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MOPSlcd6 as a first time wearable

From: "Brandon Macmillan" <>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 04:27:41 -0400

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Ok, so i'm thinking about building a wearable (my first) using *roughly* =
the design for wearcomp6 (credit to the inventor). I am also seriously =
considering using the "worlds cheapest wearable computer keyboard" i saw =
it on one of the wearable resources wearables.blue.org i think, its a =
leather glove with snaps sewen on, as my input to avoid spending $200 on =
a twiddler. That said, I own a p4 with a isa driver card. that said i'm =
thinking of building a wearable using this:
JUMPtec MOPSlcd6 low power Pentium 166MHz with LCD/VGA

The JUMPtec MOPSlcd6 offers Pentium MMX performance, LCD/VGA support, =
USB and 10/100 BaseT Ethernet in the PC/104 form factor. Its power =
consumption is less than 8 Watts, and no heat sink or fan are necessary. =
The MOPSlcd6 has an onboard PCI C&T Graphic Controller that allows =
support for mono-LCD, TFT and STN displays with resolutions up to SXGA =
(1280 x 1024). The MOPSlcd6 offers USB support and optional 10/100 =
Ethernet. The MOPSlcd6 provides an Intel Pentium166MHz MMX CPU, =
harddrive interface, a floppy interface, a parallel port, two serial =
ports, a keyboard controller and a realtime clock. It ships with no DRAM =
or Flash onboard. 2 SODIMM sockets on board allow for up to 64MB SDRAM. =
Flash can only be added with add-on cards.

So my question three are:

1. Is this a good choice for my first wearable computer?

2. How can i use my p4 with this?

3. If i decide to scrap the p4 (well, sell the p4) and make my own =
colour hmd out of a camcorder viewfinder and use it with the pocket vga =
to ntsc scan converter showen on the wearcomp6 faq, is this a better =
idea than a p4, as i can use windows, or x-windows for that matter?

4. (ok 4 questions i lied) how hard would it be to add wireless ethernet =
to this rig (it has onboard 10baseT)

PS: other than linux console, what can i actualy acomplish with a p4?=20

PPS: sory for the length of this post ;)

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ok, so i'm thinking about building a =
wearable (my=20
first) using *roughly* the design for wearcomp6 (credit to the =
inventor). I am=20
also seriously considering using the "worlds cheapest wearable computer=20
keyboard" i saw it on one of the wearable resources wearables.blue.org i =
think,=20
its a leather glove with snaps sewen on, as my input to avoid spending =
$200 on a=20
twiddler. That said, I own a p4 with a isa driver card. that said i'm =
thinking=20
of building a wearable using this:</FONT></DIV>
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<P><STRONG>JUMPtec MOPSlcd6 low power Pentium 166MHz with =
LCD/VGA</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>The JUMPtec MOPSlcd6 offers Pentium MMX performance, LCD/VGA =
support,=20
USB and 10/100 BaseT Ethernet in the PC/104 form factor. Its power =
consumption=20
is less than 8 Watts, and no heat sink or fan are necessary. The =
MOPSlcd6 has an=20
onboard PCI C&T Graphic Controller that allows support for mono-LCD, =
TFT and=20
STN displays with resolutions up to SXGA (1280 x 1024). The MOPSlcd6 =
offers USB=20
support and optional 10/100 Ethernet. The MOPSlcd6 provides an Intel=20
Pentium166MHz MMX CPU, harddrive interface, a floppy interface, a =
parallel port,=20
two serial ports, a keyboard controller and a realtime clock. It ships =
with no=20
DRAM or Flash onboard. 2 SODIMM sockets on board allow for up to 64MB =
SDRAM.=20
Flash can only be added with add-on cards.</STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial>So my question three are:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial>1. Is this a good choice for my first wearable=20
computer?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial>2. How can i use my p4 with this?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial>3. If i decide to scrap the p4 (well, sell the p4) =
and make=20
my own colour hmd out of a camcorder viewfinder and use it with the =
pocket vga=20
to ntsc scan converter showen on the wearcomp6 faq, is this a better =
idea than a=20
p4, as i can use windows, or x-windows for that=20
matter?</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4. (ok 4 questions i lied) how hard =
would it be to=20
add wireless ethernet to this rig (it has onboard 10baseT)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PS: other than linux console, what can =
i actualy=20
acomplish with a p4? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PPS: sory for the length of this post=20
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