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RE: External battery for twiddler?

Ok, so I guess this has evolved into: does a USB ps/2 adapter work in Linux?
I am using RedHat 6.0 with the kernel updated to 2.3.16 for sound support on
the VAIO (it's a Z505RX with a NeoMagic256 sound/video chip). Will a USB to
ps/2 adapter work with this setup (and is it easy to set up?) because if it
will then I can get a twiddler2.

Ideas?

Joseph Near


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Near [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 8:22 AM
To: Wear Hard
Subject: RE: External battery for twiddler?

No, you see I got it from the office and so I can't sell it :). I know it's
harder to hack than a lot of other laptops but it's what I've got. I don't
have a lot of money to spend on it right now.

Joseph Near


-----Original Message-----
From:  [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 2:06 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: External battery for twiddler?

At 19:23 6/10/00 -0500, Joseph Near -  wrote:
>I have a sony VAIO laptop that i'm trying to convert into a wearable. I
>don't have enough money to build a complete PC104 system, I already had a
>laptop, so I'm using it ;). Anyway, the VAIO has a serial port (on the port
>replicator) but no ps/2 port (not even on the port replicator). I have
heard
>that the original twiddler tranfers information through the serial port and
>uses the ps/2 port only for power. So, since I don't have a ps/2 port, I
was
>wondering if it's possible to hook up a battery to the twiddler so it uses
>only the serial port.
>
Hmmmm that's an expensive unit to hack into a wearable, you could get a
cheap surplus or S/H PC104 setup if you sold it.

Depending on which Viao it is even a Magio/Amity/Libretto would be an
easier hack...

>Joseph Near
>
>
>
Jorn
wearable.8k.com
Wearable Computers Australia

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