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Re: Corel NetWinder as a wearable?

On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Robert Church wrote:

>  writes:
>  > The SA110 just about has to have a fp processor, as the work on non-fp ports
>  > is just starting, and the only hardware to successfully run Linux w/o it is
>  > the Palm Pilot.
> 
> Not true. Linux can be built with software floating point
> emulation. I've successfully run Linux on more than one 386sx with no
> floating point processor.
> 

You are correct. I was thinking of a memory management unit (MMU).
FYI, if anyone is interested in the Linux port to the Palm Pilot, the URL
is: http://ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca/uClinux/.

Paul Archer

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