Blackdown on an Ipaq

2003-02-09 Thread Tanguy Monfort



Hello,
 
I am going to install the Familiar distribution on 
my Ipaq (H3800), and I would like to know whether the Blackdown should be 
installed on it, letting some free space after.
 
My Ipaq has 32 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM.
 
The Familiar will be installed with the minimal 
required features for my application, like GPE, Samba, SSHD and PPPD, 
and maybe some other little services.
 
I would like to write some apps using AWT (and 
maybe swing but it depends on the limitations of the JVM), and communicating 
with PCMCIA cards. I will also need JNI
 
For you, is Blackdown a good JVM for this 
usage ? Which version of Blackdown do you advise to me ? What are the known 
problems related to the display (awt) & the communications (pcmcia) for this 
version of blackdown ?
 
Sorry for this big list of questions, but you may 
answer partially to my request :)
 
Thank you in advance for your answers.
 
Best regards,
 
---
Tanguy Monfort.


Re: Blackdown on an Ipaq

2003-02-09 Thread Zhinan Zhou



I am using Blackdown on my H3850. There is only one 
version (1.3.1)  for the ARM, so you have no many choices. As I 
remember, the total size is about 18M, after the minimal familiar install, you 
should have about 23M left, so it is possible for you to install the full java. 
You may also get rid of some big files (such as soundbank.gm, i18n, etc) to save 
the space. In my case, I install the full java on a microdrive.
 
I think you can use AWT and Swing without any 
problem, but be care of the screen size is 320X240. I didn't try JNI. Wireless 
communication runs ok.
 
The only problem I met is the Java sound. I 
cannot play the sound with Java Sound API and JMF API. This problem drives 
me mad Anyboday has the same problem? It seems the sound device dosen't 
drain the data from the buffer at all.
 
Good Luck and enjoy the Kafe on your 
iPAQ.
 
 
Zhinan 
Zhou

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Tanguy Monfort 
  
  To: BlackDown Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:50 
  PM
  Subject: Blackdown on an Ipaq
  
  Hello,
   
  I am going to install the Familiar distribution 
  on my Ipaq (H3800), and I would like to know whether the Blackdown should be 
  installed on it, letting some free space after.
   
  My Ipaq has 32 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM.
   
  The Familiar will be installed with the minimal 
  required features for my application, like GPE, Samba, SSHD 
  and PPPD, and maybe some other little services.
   
  I would like to write some apps using AWT (and 
  maybe swing but it depends on the limitations of the JVM), and communicating 
  with PCMCIA cards. I will also need JNI
   
  For you, is Blackdown a good JVM for this 
  usage ? Which version of Blackdown do you advise to me ? What are the 
  known problems related to the display (awt) & the communications (pcmcia) 
  for this version of blackdown ?
   
  Sorry for this big list of questions, but you may 
  answer partially to my request :)
   
  Thank you in advance for your 
  answers.
   
  Best regards,
   
  ---
  Tanguy 
Monfort.