With all the traffic about the Eee PC, I thought I'd mention this notebook http://www.ink-media.com/Ink-Computer.html that I came across while reading the article that's linked here http://www.linux.org/news/2007/11/01/0011.html.
Tagline from the article: A Canadian company has yet another solution for bridging the world's digital divide. According to the article, the notebook runs an ARM-based RISC CPU, the Freescale i.mx31 with a cut down version of Debian Linux as the OS. "Gerry Morgan, founder of Ink-Media and the man behind the Ink-Media Mobile Personal Computer, explained how the original idea came out of his work in architecting Schoolnet India. The key problem there was that a normal PC had a typical life span of just six months due to power fluctuations, brownouts, dust and software or operating system corruption. The answer to that question was a rugged PC with no moving parts, and one which had no rewritetable storage for the OS, which could be corrupted." Here's the specs from the manufacturer's website: Freescale i.MX31 Processor Supports 1024 X 768 True Color Video Output* (RGB and LCD) Plus mpeg 2 hardware decoder 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 1.1 port (for keyboard) 2 SD slots 256 MB Ram 1 GB NAND Flash, containing read only file system (compressed) 128 MB Flash stick / mp3 player (external) 1 Stereo minipin audio out, stereo minipin line in, stereo minipin mic in 1 RGB out for VGA monitor 10/100 Ethernet jack, USB Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g WiFi 110-220 Volt input power supply 5-8 Hours of battery life 8.6" Diagonal SVGA display (4:3) Supporting 800 x 600 True Color _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
