At 7:35 PM -0700 2000/08/17, Ron Nicholson wrote:
>Jim Schram allegedly writes:
>>At 7:37 PM -0400 2000/08/17, DIAMOND JEFF wrote:
>>>This is a simple question, but do all the new Palms still use the same
>>>LCD controller, i.e., the built in DragonBall EZ LCD controller?
>>
>>Nope.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Jim Schram
>>Palm Incorporated
>>Partner Engineering
>
>Does this mean that Mr. Schram considers the IIIc one of the "new Palms",
>or that one or more of the most recently announced VIIx, M100 or fashion
>colored Vx units uses an external (to the DragonBall) display controller?
Yes, I was considering the IIIc one of the "new" Palms, but that's only half of the
picture. The original question was very non-specific, and (from my perspective) any
device running OS 3.5 still falls in the "new" category. David's response is correct
in that the just-released m100 and VIIx use the DragonBall's built-in LCD controller.
But...
>Or he could simply be implying that *future* units may have different
>display hardware (obvious since they may even have a different CPU ISA.)
Right you are! Palm already has one device that does not use the DragonBall's LCD
controller, and it would be wise to expect us and our licensees to bring to market
other, more radical designs as well. So for all those developers out there still
writing directly to the hardware... I recommend you find ways to avoid that wherever
possible... or at the very least fail gracefully on unsupported hardware.
Regards,
Jim Schram
Palm Incorporated
Partner Engineering
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