Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Tom McLernon
Texas Instruments, "Speak and Spell", I bought one in about 1980. Very small keyboard lay out. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Evil code-sharing hacks?

2008-07-26 Thread Michael Stone
Here is a fun and amusing "easy weekend project" for an enterprising activity author: Implement a "code sharing" demo as follows: 1. stub out a collaborative "RemoteControl" activity (perhaps based on Chat, Xavier, or Distribute)... 2. which, when started fresh, asks you to selec

Re: Cannot boot joyride-2200 from USB stick

2008-07-26 Thread Ton van Overbeek
Deepak Saxena wrote: > Sigh++ Bought a 1G microSD with a usb adapter and it happens to be one > that OpenFirmware cannot talk to so I can't boot off it. Just wanted > to give you an update that this is still on my plate, just seems to be > hitting every roadblock in the way of solving it. :O > > ~D

Re: electricity table (Google Docs)

2008-07-26 Thread Bobby Powers
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Richard A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I was also wondering if you could give me feedback on this table. The >> table shows how much kWh is needed a year to power a xo based on >> different scenarios. If you think I should add or

Re: New joyride build 2216

2008-07-26 Thread Bobby Powers
if packages are included or updated from people using their public_rpms directory on dev.laptop.org, they have to update a changelog file references the new rpm. it is _recommended_ they list the changes, but not mandatory. that is my understanding anyway. I don't think updates pulled in from F9

Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Paul Taylor
> We are looking for examples of keyboards for small children > present before 1993. > > Specifically, we are looking for keyboards whose key-key spacing > is between 10.8 and 16.4 mm horizontally, and 10.8 to 18.0 mm > vertically, and with a stroke distance of 0.9 to 6mm. This article offer

Re: calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread John Nagle
The classic is the Texas Instruments Speak & Spell, introduced in 1978. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_&_Spell_(game) ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Christopher Cathles
Hi The UK's Sinclair Spectrum may well be what you are looking for - it was tiny ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

devel@lists.laptop.org

2008-07-26 Thread Mike Cornall
You might find what you are looking for here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiclet_keyboard ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Alvaro CastaƱeda Mendoza
Hi. I found some toys on the internet, I do not own any of those. http://www.datamath.org/Speech/MouseComputer.htm http://www.datamath.org/Speech/ComputerFun.htm http://www.datamath.org/Speech/ComputerFun_UK.htm http://www.datamath.org/Speech/ComputerFunD.htm SALUDOS ALVARO ___

Re: New joyride build 2216

2008-07-26 Thread pgf
i think i saw the reason for this at some point, but why do some joyride announcements have changelog messages included, and some (like this one) do not? paul build announcer v2 wrote: > http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build2216 > > Changes in build 2216 from build: 2214

New joyride build 2216

2008-07-26 Thread Build Announcer v2
http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build2216 Changes in build 2216 from build: 2214 Size delta: 0.00M -xkeyboard-config 1.3-1.olpc3 +xkeyboard-config 1.3-2.olpc3 -- This mail was automatically generated See http://dev.laptop.org/~rwh/announcer/joyride-pkgs.html for aggreg

Re: Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Robert Myers
> We are looking for examples of keyboards for small children > present before 1993. A request for clarification here. Are you looking for keyboards designed for small children, or for keyboards and devices with keyboards that meet your size specs? > Specifically, we are looking for keyboards w

Re: Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread pgf
as i mentioned to wad the other day, the fujitsu Poqet PC may also qualify as prior art. (a full IBM PC, and 100 hours on 2 AA batteries. what more could you ask for?) =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lis

Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Joel Rees
And, as has been mentioned on Groklaw http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php? mode=display&sid=20080725152355696&title=OLPC+%3A+++Calling+For+Small +Keyboards+Prior+Art%2C++pre +1993&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=714454#c714472 http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php? mode=display&sid=200807

Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Tom M.
It was not specifically designed for children, but the Atari Portfilio had a small keyboard, probably about 12 mm spacing. It was designed in the UK by DIP and marketed by Atari beginning in 1989. I bought mine in 1990. It was 200 mm x 100 mm x 28 mm, about the same size as a VHS videocassette.

Submitting errors in the mfg data

2008-07-26 Thread Sayamindu Dasgupta
Hello, How do I submit errors in the Manufacturing data (mostly typos in the keyboard layout related section) ? Thanks, Sayamindu -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings] ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://list

Re: New joyride build 2213

2008-07-26 Thread Dennis Gilmore
On Friday 25 July 2008, Daniel Drake wrote: > Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > Am 25.07.2008 um 17:29 schrieb Build Announcer v2: > >> http://xs-dev.laptop.org/~cscott/olpc/streams/joyride/build2213 > >> > >> -gnome-python2-gnomevfs 2.22.1-5.olpc3 > >> +gnome-python2-gnomevfs 2.22.1-3.olpc3 > > > > Was

Calling all small keyboards

2008-07-26 Thread Crosbie, AndrewX
This is probably not what your looking for but have you taken into account the ZX81 spectrum computer , tiny keyboard , see here , http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/machines/spectrum.html -- Andrew Crosbie F24 CDO FSE ASM Services & Su

Re: [Techteam] NAND full issue

2008-07-26 Thread Ton van Overbeek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Deepak Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 25 2008, at 20:00, Daniel Drake was caught saying: >> So unionfs is the "formal bug fix for 8.2 going forward", or is it a >> Uruguay-specific thing? >> >> unionfs will involve a kernel change. Are we planning to shi