--- F R E N D Z of martian --- Open source for handhelds - hosted by Compaq ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Venier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 2:24 PM Subject: GeeK: Establishment of handhelds.org & iPAQ H3600 Linux > [two messages about handhelds.org, both compaq's and netbsd's > announcement. This hasn't made /. yet, as of 9:30 -scott] > > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:05:55 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Handhelds] Open Source software running on iPAQ H3600 > ----- > On April 19, Compaq announced the iPAQ H3600. Many people have > recognized the interesting capabilities of this device, and Compaq > Research has been receiving inquiries from the research and open > sourcen communities about it. These same communities have expressed > great interest over the last several years in the Itsy pocket > computer, a research prototype device with many hardware similarities > to the iPAQ H3600, but running open source software. To satisfy these > inquiries, we are happy to make the following announcement: > > Compaq's open handheld program > ------------------------------ > > We have three primary goals: > o Promote development and discussion of open source software for > pocket and wearable computers in general, > o Ensure that the results of our research in pocket computing > (e.g. power management) are available to the community, > o Ensure that current open source software runs on our new hand held > computer. > > Open handhelds website > ---------------------- > > Towards these goals, we have established the http://www.handhelds.org > web site to act as a resource for open source software on handheld and > wearable computers in general, not limited to Compaq's hardware. We > hope that you will join us in making open source software work well on > handheld and wearable computers in general, and you will join us in > making open source software run well on our platforms. > > Linux for the iPAQ H3600 > ------------------------ > > Compaq's Corporate Research group is porting current versions of the > Linux kernel and XFree86 X server to the H3600, and updating to this > software base the software developed specifically with the Itsy > handheld computer. > > Most of the Itsy software, based on Linux 2.0.30, was made available > to the open source development community in February. For the last > several months we have been submitting patches to support the iPAQ > H3600 back into the Linux and XFree86 development streams. > > The hardware design specification of the iPAQ H3600 is available and > the mechanical specifications for the expansion packs will be > available on Compaq's web site soon. While our kernel efforts are > currently primarily focussed on Linux, a project has recently started > to port NetBSD, and we will be happy to answer questions from people > interested in porting other operating systems to the iPAQ H3600 > PocketPC, which will become available for purchase in June. > > While we have been making great progress with Linux on the iPAQ H3600, > the system is still in development. Linux 2.3.99pre1 was booted > recently (since updated to Linux 2.4.0-test1-ac7) at Compaq's > Cambridge Research Laboratory, and we are working on device drivers > for the hardware and on integrating features developed in the Itsy > software into current versions of open source software. XFree86 4.0 > is also running on the iPAQ H3600. > > Mailing Lists > ------------- > > Please join the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] to discuss open > source software for handhelds and wearable computers. > > We have also established the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing lists to provide forums to discuss > specifically Linux and NetBSD kernel issues on handheld computers. > > To subscribe to either of these mailing lists, visit: > http://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/handhelds > http://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux > http://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/netbsd > or send mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Further information about Compaq's handhelds research and products > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Information about the iPAQ H3600 product can be found at: > http://www.compaq.com/products/handhelds/pocketpc/ > > Information about the Itsy handheld computer can be found at: > http://www.research.compaq.com/wrl/itsy > > The hardware specification for the iPAQ H3600 can be found at: > http://www.handhelds.org/specs/Compaq/iPAQH3600/ > http://www.handhelds.org/specs/Compaq/iPAQH3600/iPAQ_H3600.html > > Information about Compaq's corporate research labs can be found at: > http://www.research.compaq.com/ > > For more information, please join one of the mailing lists mentioned above. > Press inquiries should contact Eileen Quinn, [EMAIL PROTECTED], at > 408-285-9272. > > Credits > ------- > The Itsy Team: > Compaq Western Research Lab: Joel Bartlett, Lawrence Brakmo, Keith > Farkas,A > William Hamburgen, Marc Viredaz, Deborah Wallach > Compaq Systems Research Center: Timothy Mann, Carl Waldspurger (now at > VMWare) > > The Open Handheld Team: > Compaq Cambridge Research Lab: George France, Jamey Hicks, Frank Bomba, > Edwin Foo > Compaq PAAD: Ed Gould, Tom Lawler, Dave Redell > Compaq SEA: Blair Fidler, Charlie Flynn, Dirk van Hennekeler, Greg McCane > Compaq CPCG: Jim Mann, Ken Nicholas > Compaq Research: Jim Gettys, Dick Greeley, Ken Salsman > > Others: > Self: Keith Packard, Nicolas Pitre, Stan Thomas > > Our thanks to Kelly Martin who has been kind enough to make the > domain handhelds.org name available. > > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:03:40 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Establishment of handhelds.org > ----- > The open source and research communities have expressed great interest > in the Itsy pocket computer research project of Compaq's corporate > research labs. With the recent appearance on the market of products > with most of the attributes that made the Itsy pocket computer so > exciting, both from Compaq (the iPAQ H3600) and other companies, we > believe that the time is ripe for more serious work in the general > open source software community. > > handhelds.org > ------------- > > Compaq's research groups have established the handhelds.org web site > to help provide a focus and aid development of open source software on > handheld and wearable computers in the open source software community. > The intent of this web site is to act as a repository and development > aid for open source software for all platforms, including Compaq's > H3600. > > We are providing FTP and CVS repositories for open source software for > handheld and wearable computers. These services are provided from > Palo Alto, California, on a high speed network. Please send us mail if > you have a project that would be helped by hosting of your project. > > Handhelds.org services include: > > o A mirror of Russell King's ARM Linux site > o Nicolas Pitre's SA11XX Arm Linux patches > o ARM V4L GNU compiler cross development tool chain for Linux and BSD > o Carlton University's ARM V4L RPM files > o Linux on the Philips Nino > o Anonymous read access CVS repositories > - of our bootloader/monitor for embedded devices, which > runs out of Flash and is relocatable to any part of RAM > - of the Linux kernel containing the latest changes to support the > iPAQ H3600 and Itsy > - of the X Window System for the iPAQ H3600 and Itsy > - of open source software we have written or changed for Itsy, > as we port it to the iPAQ H3600 and make it available > o FTP archives of tarballs of releases of this software (when available) > o The usual links page > > Patches of changes for the iPAQ H3600 are already being submitted for > inclusion in the standard distributions of the base software: these > CVS pools are being made available to enable more rapid development. > We will have succeeded when these independent duplicate source pools > of base open source components become unneeded! > > Mailing Lists > ------------- > > Please join the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] to discuss open > source software for handhelds and wearable computers. > > We have also established the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing lists to provide forums to discuss > specifically Linux and NetBSD kernel issues on handheld computers. > > To subscribe to any of these mailing lists, visit: > http://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/handhelds > http://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux > http://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/netbsd > or send mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Further information > ------------------- > Mailing lists: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The Handhelds.org web site: > http://handhelds.org > > Information about the Itsy hand held computer can be found at: > http://www.research.compaq.com/wrl/itsy > > Information about the iPAQ H3600 Pocket PC product can be found at: > http://www.compaq.com/products/handhelds/pocketpc/ > > For more information, please join one of the mailing lists mentioned above. > Press inquiries should contact Eileen Quinn, [EMAIL PROTECTED], at > 408-285-9272. > > Credits > ------- > The Itsy Team: > Compaq Western Research Lab: Joel Bartlett, Lawrence Brakmo, Keith Farkas, > William Hamburgen, Marc Viredaz, Deborah Wallach > Compaq Systems Research Center: Timothy Mann, Carl Waldspurger (now at > VMWare) > > The Open Handheld Team: > Compaq Cambridge Research Lab: George France, Jamey Hicks, Frank Bomba, > Edwin Foo > Compaq PAAD: Ed Gould, Tom Lawler, Dave Redell > Compaq SEA: Blair Fidler, Charlie Flynn, Dirk van Hennekeler, Greg McCane > Compaq CPCG: Jim Mann, Ken Nicholas > Compaq Research: Jim Gettys, Dick Greeley, Ken Salsman > > Others: > Self: Keith Packard, Nicolas Pitre, Steve Hill, Stan Thomas > > Our thanks to Kelly Martin who has been kind enough to make the > domain handhelds.org name available. > > > ********************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the > body (*not* the subject line) of the letter: > unsubscribe clinux > ********************************************************** > > -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
