"David H. Silber" wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 11:32:31AM -0600, Damon M. Conway wrote: > > So, how good is the M1? Anybody have any hands-on opinions? Also, anybody > > get the ViAII to work with Linux or FreeBSD? > > I called up VIA, Inc and asked them about running Linux on a ViA II. It > turns out that custom drivers would need to be developed. I suggested > that if they publish the specs, perhaps someone would write (or modify) > the necessary display & audio drivers. There is also a bootstrapping > issue, but that has been dealt with by owners of floppy-less laptops. > The original ViA has been reported to work with Linux (it uses a PCMCIA > HDD, which makes installation easier) but that is out of production. > Hmmm, I couln't get in touch with them via email. I guess I should try that new thing called a phone once in a while. :) > The people I talked to impressed me. If I was willing to run Microsoft > Windows on my wearable, I would buy a ViA II. > Yeah, but i refuse to run M$ unless I have no other alternative. Fortuantely, I have lots of alternatives. Thanks for all the info. Damon -- 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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