[nylug-talk] An interesting idea for a project and all I need is a PC110

[Gregg Levine]

On 5/28/07, Kevin Mark <kevin.mark at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 01:27:56PM -0400, Gregg Levine wrote:
> > Hello!
> > According to the portion of the kernel configuration routines that
> > support input for the the 2.4.33.3 kernel (Intel) specific entries are
> > targeted to the IBM PC110 palmtop.
> >
> > That was the first I had ever heard of such a beast. Is this design
> > well known to anyone on the list? If you do, and can find four such
> > devices who have nothing to do, please contact me off list.
> a 33mhz computer? Why not at least try to get a libretto (133-266 mhz)
> or one of the more recent sony tiny pcs from a site like dynamism ?

Hello!
Why? For the same reason I am a carded member of the Save the IBM
S/370 Club. Because they are fun.

Because the first computer that I had successfully launched and ran
Linux on happened to be a 75Mhz I486DX, and the second was a 100Mhz
Pentium (with the bugs fixed.), and the third was a 800Mhz P3. Need I
state more?

Also I am not too thrilled with Sony's marketing skills. They seem to
be ignoring Linux except for the PS3 who's selling like fur coats in
the Congo.

And yes there is support for the Vaio in that same kernel for its
optical sensors and for its GPIO device.
-- 
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
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