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Re: REX as arm mounted display

On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 12:47:55PM -0400, Timothy Gray wrote:
> I thought that the rex was a pcmcia card.  plug it in a pcmcia slot to
> program/upload or do they have a cradle for them now.
> 
It is a pcmcia card, but it includes a cradle so you can use it with
a desktop machine that doesnt have a pcmcia slot.

> 
> ----------
> : From: R. Paul McCarty <>
> : To: ; 
> : Subject: REX as arm mounted display
> : Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 10:08 AM
> : 
> : I just read some news from the REX devlopers that they are going to
> : release linux synchronization software for the REX pcmcia personal
> : organizer.  I was thinking this might make a great (and inexpensive)
> : wearable i/o device.  It so small you could slap it on the back of your
> : wrist and run a wire to your wearable and use it to display text, etc
> : when its inconvenient to wear an HMD.  In theory you could even have 2,
> : 4 or as many as you have serial ports.
> : 
> : The Rex's go for around $120 a piece and I believe the power
> : requirements are pretty small.  It must use some sort of watch battery
> : or something.
> : 
> : Has anyone thought of this?
> : 
> : Here's the slashdot article:
> :   http://www.slashdot.org/articles/98/09/02/108220.shtml
> : 
> : and the Rex discussion group where it was announced:
> :   http://www.linkmagnet.com/rex/rextalk.html
> : 
> : -Paul
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