On 4 Oct 1998, David Maslen wrote: > > Another person I exchanged some e-mails with is planning to build it into > > a shoulder-bag and interfacing it to a wrist-mounted Psion. It was I that he was referring to there. > Yes my plan would be to ensure that the computer and power were > comfortably housed in a bicycle messengers bag. These bags are common, > and still quite cool, available in a range of fashionable colours > where I live. The main problem is that the Winder runs quite hot (the case is so cramped that it has a poor air flow inside it, even with forced air cooling), so you need to somehow maintain a good air flow to it. > For use while stationary I would like to use an LCD screen and > modified laptop keyboard. For PDA type functionality whilst mobile I'd > like to develop some voice recognition and notification apps. <SNIP> > I am after a highly portable computer to run Linux, and allow me to > travel. It doesn't have to be tiny, but it mustn't be to heavy or > bulky. The Netwinder has a fairly attractive price, power and > features. Whether the required apps can be ported to this > architecture, and whether the hardware is suitable is still to be > determined. I think I have a similar idea to you. And, I would say that the hardware is sufficient, and all the required apps should port easily enough, providing source code is available. The problem is commercial products, which are usually only released in binary form for the most common platform. If, for example, IBM released DragonSpeak for Linux, it would most likely only be available for Intel. That's something we just have to live with, and eventually eliminate by replacing all the major commercial applications with better quality Open Source alternatives. Best wishes, Alex. --------------- Linux- the choice of a GNU generation. -------------- : Alex Holden (M1CJD)- Caver, Programmer, Land Rover nut, Radio Ham : -------------------- http://www.linuxhacker.org/ -------------------- -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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