Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:13:56 +0200 | From | ralf@uni-kobl ... | Subject | Re: Linux to replace Windows CE? |
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On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 11:55:59AM +0200, Oskar Liljeblad wrote:
> Is anyone working of a port of Linux to palmtops/handheld PCs? I'm thinking > of those 4-32MB RAM, Windows CE computers. > Many of them use MIPS processors (Philips Velo, Philips Nino, Casio > Cassiopeia E*), some others (all HP, Casio Cassiopeia A*) use SH-3 > processors. Since linux already supports MIPS processors, shouldn't porting > to these computers just be a matter of writing LCD display, touch screen, > keyboard and (optionally) CompactFlash, IrDA, and PC Card drivers, and a > bootloader (or whatever else would be necessary)?
Somebody is actually currently looking into a Linux port to a portable based on the NEC chipset.
Ralf
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