Ouchie. I almost assumed that ViA would run Linux. So, what kind of audio system and display system does it have under windowz? Is it custom VIA-designed one or some 'customized' standard one? This'll probably make me build my own system instead. On this note, has anyone used advantech boards as bases for wearables? They seem to be reasonably priced, but my concern is power consumption... Do small boards suitable for wearables but using ARM processors exist? Thanks again to everyone who responded. -alex On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, 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. > > The people I talked to impressed me. If I was willing to run Microsoft > Windows on my wearable, I would buy a ViA II. > > Regards, > David > > -- > David H. Silber >> > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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