On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:35:19PM +0200, Official Flamer/Cabal NON-Leader wrote: > Hello my children, > > After many a year of dreaming and talking about it, I have finally > decided to build a wearable.
How so very cool! > My plans are starting to be made, lists, ideas... Would anyone else be > interested? > Machine: > Plan A - PC/104+. Cons - small, most have very low equipment count. > Pros - low power consumption (some), low equipment count. > Examples: http://www.lippert-at.com (Cool Runner II). > > Plan B - something on the lines of EBX. Cons - fairly hight power > requirements, somewhat large. Pros - lots of I/O, needs few > additional bits. > Examples: http://www.lanner-usa.com (PCM-5822 or PCM-9370). > > Plan C - cannibalize an old laptop. Cons - an old laptop to > cannibalize needed ;-), large, who knows what IO. Pros - > probably very cheap. > Examples: My old Toshiba Portege 3020. Plan D - cannibalize a PDA. Plan E - use said PDA whole, just drop it into a pocket and connect perhipherals. > Storage: > Plan A - Compact Flash (can ALSO come on PCMCIA), Disk-On-Chip or PCMCIA > ATA Flash. Cons - low capacity (up to 256MB). Pros - cheap, no > moving parts. > Plan B - IBM Microdrive. Cons - moving parts, not cheap. Pros - medium > capacity (up to 1GB), robust. > Plan C - a 2.5" Laptop drive. Cons - moving parts, medium robustness. > Pros - very high capacity (up to ~60GB). > > Input: > Plan A - Twiddler. Pros - small, has mouse. Cons - expensive (US$200), > stiff learning curve. > http://www.handikey.com > > Plan B - Half-keyboard. Pros - small, somewhat not too expensive > ($100). Cons - no mouse, needs learning. > http://www.halfkeyboaard.com > > Plan C - WristPC. Cons - not a real keyboard, very expensive (>$250), > no mouse. Pros - rugged, small, worn on forearm, keyboard. > http://www.tekgear.ca/components/wristpc_index.html > > Display: > Oh my... well... errr... ummmm.... many options ranging from the very > expensive to the impossibly expensive. Basicly, something by Kopin. > > Power: > Only now starting to check: > Plan A - Battery Boss BB10-CFP + BP3200NH. Pros - unknown. Cons - > unknown. > http://www.indexdesigns.com > > Plans Overall: > Many other details need to be worked out. Network connection? Cellular modem? Can partially solve the storage problem, too. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
