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Re: Corel NetWinder as a wearable?

From: "Dr. Terrance Boult" <>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 16:02:08 -0400 (EDT)

...>>I considered buying one and maybe test this as a wearable, but I have
>>some considerations for that. 
>>1) Is it possible to attach some PCMCIA boards in some way?
>>   If I can not attach a wavelan and cellular phone it makes not much
>>   use for me as a wearable.
No pcmcia, has 1 serial (with external connection, there is a second one
internal but no external connectors) so a CDPD modem is possible,  but if you
want a twiddler and a CDPD its a problem.
>>2) If there is no PCMCIA possibility, are there any small TP ethernet
>>   to Wavelan bridges available?
You could carry the access point, but wavelan does not go very far anyhow :-)
>>3) It would be nice to use the video input for framegrabbing, but is
>>   this input/output only NTSC?
>>   Most cameras here in Europe produce PAL.

It Supports PAL too (both in and out), though I've not tested it.

Terry Boult --- Vision and Software Technology Lab, EECS Dept. Lehigh Univ.
		         http://www.eecs.lehigh.edu/~tboult

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