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Re: SMALLEST laptop/palmtop to buy for Linux?

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From: jg
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 00:00
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No question....


IBM PC110....

http://toy.cabi.net/
http://swan.ml.org/pc110/


Kenneth Albanowski wrote:

> In article <6d3d00$jfo$1@gidora.zeta.org.au>,
> Nick Andrew <nick@zeta.org.au> wrote:
> >In <mbk.888475567@octarine> mbk@octarine.adfa.oz.au (Martin Kuchlmayer) writes:
> >
> >>I have just heard a rumour that some form of Linux has been ported to the
> >>palm pilot.
> >
> >Yep, it prints AAAAAAABBBBBBBBB etc... I'd guess there's a lot of work to
> >do yet before it's ready for run-of-the-mill use.
>
> FYI, we're up to dumping out a file from RAM, while printing 'E's and 'P's.
> :-)
>
> Seriously, the PalmPilot stuff is not expected to be a genuinely useful
> platform for Linux (though what use folks will actually make of it, I cannot
> say.)
>
> Something like the Libretto -- but with better hardware support, would be
> really nice.
>
> --
> Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com)
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From: jg <jg@izap.com>
Subject: Re: SMALLEST laptop/palmtop to buy for Linux?
Date: 1998/03/04
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