On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 14:20 +0000, Terry Hancock wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >You could make a "big" communicating PDA, if you could put a SUN Niagara > >cpu with OGD1 inside on an asic (~500Mhz design completly maid for > >consumption), with 1Go DRAM, 1 Go FLASH, USB, bluetooth, WiMAX, > >GSM900/1800/..., Wifi. > > > >You could make a truly portable computer : 10h of power on, less than 1 kg > >(including the usualy enormous power supply !), 14" (12" is too small to > >work). > > > > > I've seen large format tablet computers in advertising (not in > person -- I'm thinking of an ad in Linux Journal, though I can't > remember the name. I think the retailer is "Emperor Linux" or > something like that). I remember seeing a review of one which > was basically a laptop with a reversible touchscreen that could > be folded over the keyboard to use as a tablet (e.g. for drawing > and note-taking), or flipped up to make a conventional keyboard > and screen (for writing). >
Doh... Slaps head... There was a project back around 2001 (Early before 9/11 IIRC) for making a portable open design copmuter. used an Hitachi CPU.... Drat what was it called... I'll see if I can find it... H _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
