This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006D_01BF0C34.6B80D060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable well thanks a lot chaps, i just got interested in wearables a wee bit = back and i dare say i learnt more in two days i have been a subscriber = to this list, than i did in the last two weeks. i am not a computer wizzard as i do think lot of you chaps are, i do = know a little of my electronics and computers but what i do know is that = i want a wearable. well i am an aircraft maintenance engineer and work = with an international airline in the united arab emirates. we have loads = and loads of manuals for aircraft fault isolation and trouble shooting = and incidently when you start talking about three or four different = types of aircrafts then the reference and fault isolation procedures and = data starts to run in thousands and thousands of pages. so while talking = with a boeing representative at a conference i came to know that they = were using wearables for aircraft avionics wiring harness installations. = now if i could carry all that data along with me on a wearable, nothing = flashy something that carries the books for me, so to speak, i could do = my job better and repetitive case sensitive revision of material on a = daily basis would enhance my system understanding as most of the data is = a couple of clicks away. now the problem is that i hear you chaps talk about how foul windows = smells and unix is the wings with which you fly to the proverbial = wearable heaven, but all the aircraft manuals at my disposal run in a = windows environment. it is about 3 cdroms for one aircraft for basic = manuals, and we have three types so i need storage space for 8 or 9 = cdroms. now as incorporation of a cdrom drive would complicate matters = so it has to be on a hard disk inside my wearable. i could put two of = them if the need arose. so now, i am looking for a wearable to build but i have a couple of = questions, and i thought i might as well pitch them to the pros. i have = assembled a couple of desktops and i know how they work. now a desktop = has a motherboard and it had card slots for different busses, PCI and = ISA for common systems. now when you come to a pc104 or a pc104+ type of = a system you have a couple of cards that fit together to make a system. = now i suppose a cpu pc104 card would have all you need to get a = processor talking, now you would need an I/O card to talk to that = processor and hear it talk, that makes two cards. now when i say I/O = card that i suppose would mean a card with serial and parallel ports, = maybe USB ports, now to drive a display output i am interested in a HMD, = i would need a SVGA display adapter card, now as i understand it, some = HMD need an NTSC signal to operate so SVGA to NTSC and vice versa = conversion is required as well, would that be a seperate card? then = comes the HDD issue, toshiba makes a 2.5 in. footprint drive, 3 GB is = it? so put two of them in a master slave config and i'm in the green. = but to hook it up i need another card which has IDE connection = capability or would the CPU card have it? now as i want to be able to = read text and view schematics and diagrams those are the capabilities i = desire in the HMD, besides being light in weight and easy to carry = around. and the input to the wearable would be as i understand, through = a twiddler. well voice recognition is a wonderful alternative but i = would have to write a program to interface with the manuals and my work = environs being a high noise area does add to the complexity of the = system. noise cancelling microphone and other such gadgetry. voice input = is a good future project once i have a working system. i work in 12 hour = shifts so i would require some sort of a power pack that runs my = wearable for atleast 9 hours. now you chaps, do know what i intend to build and for which purposes, it = would be a great help if you could explain how a wearable should be put = together, what would a normal pc104 based system have in terms of cards, = power supply and HMD or just point me in the right direction. would = anyone have an idea how much such a system would cost? well i do know that i might get flamed for asking such basic questions = but we all need to start some where, might as well among people who know = which way is north!!!!! shajee out. ------=_NextPart_000_006D_01BF0C34.6B80D060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>well thanks a lot chaps, i just got interested in = wearables a=20 wee bit back and i dare say i learnt more in two days i have been a = subscriber=20 to this list, than i did in the last two weeks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>i am not a computer wizzard as i do think lot of you = chaps=20 are, i do know a little of my electronics and computers but what i do = know is=20 that i want a wearable. well i am an aircraft maintenance engineer and = work with=20 an international airline in the united arab emirates. we have loads and = loads of=20 manuals for aircraft fault isolation and trouble shooting and incidently = when=20 you start talking about three or four different types of aircrafts then = the=20 reference and fault isolation procedures and data starts to run in = thousands and=20 thousands of pages. so while talking with a boeing representative at a=20 conference i came to know that they were using wearables for aircraft = avionics=20 wiring harness installations. now if i could carry all that data along = with me=20 on a wearable, nothing flashy something that carries the books for me, = so to=20 speak, i could do my job better and repetitive case sensitive revision = of=20 material on a daily basis would enhance my system understanding as most = of the=20 data is a couple of clicks away.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>now the problem is that i hear you chaps talk about = how foul=20 windows smells and unix is the wings with which you fly to the = proverbial=20 wearable heaven, but all the aircraft manuals at my disposal run in a = windows=20 environment. it is about 3 cdroms for one aircraft for basic manuals, = and we=20 have three types so i need storage space for 8 or 9 cdroms. now as = incorporation=20 of a cdrom drive would complicate matters so it has to be on a hard disk = inside=20 my wearable. i could put two of them if the need arose.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>so now, i am looking for a wearable to build but i = have a=20 couple of questions, and i thought i might as well pitch them to the = pros. i=20 have assembled a couple of desktops and i know how they work. now a = desktop has=20 a motherboard and it had card slots for different busses, PCI and ISA = for common=20 systems. now when you come to a pc104 or a pc104+ type of a system you = have a=20 couple of cards that fit together to make a system. now i suppose a cpu = pc104=20 card would have all you need to get a processor talking, now you would = need an=20 I/O card to talk to that processor and hear it talk, that makes two = cards. now=20 when i say I/O card that i suppose would mean a card with serial and = parallel=20 ports, maybe USB ports, now to drive a display output i am interested in = a HMD,=20 i would need a SVGA display adapter card, now as i understand it, some = HMD need=20 an NTSC signal to operate so SVGA to NTSC and vice versa conversion is = required=20 as well, would that be a seperate card? then comes the HDD issue, = toshiba makes=20 a 2.5 in. footprint drive, 3 GB is it? so put two of them in a master = slave=20 config and i'm in the green. but to hook it up i need another card which = has IDE=20 connection capability or would the CPU card have it? now as i want to be = able to=20 read text and view schematics and diagrams those are the capabilities i = desire=20 in the HMD, besides being light in weight and easy to carry around. and = the=20 input to the wearable would be as i understand, through a twiddler. well = voice=20 recognition is a wonderful alternative but i would have to write a = program to=20 interface with the manuals and my work environs being a high noise area = does add=20 to the complexity of the system. noise cancelling microphone and other = such=20 gadgetry. voice input is a good future project once i have a working = system. i=20 work in 12 hour shifts so i would require some sort of a power pack that = runs my=20 wearable for atleast 9 hours.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>now you chaps, do know what i intend to build and = for which=20 purposes, it would be a great help if you could explain how a wearable = should be=20 put together, what would a normal pc104 based system have in terms of = cards,=20 power supply and HMD or just point me in the right direction. would = anyone have=20 an idea how much such a system would cost?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>well i do know that i might get flamed for asking = such basic=20 questions but we all need to start some where, might as well among = people who=20 know which way is north!!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>shajee out.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_006D_01BF0C34.6B80D060-- -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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