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Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: craigtyson on October 16, 2006, 06:42:14 pm
Viewsonic V210 10'' wireless tablet client display with integrated 802.11b/g wireless

Link - http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/monitors.html (http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/monitors.html)

Scroll down with specs / PDF
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: craigtyson on October 18, 2006, 09:49:59 am
*BUMP*
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: speculatrix on October 18, 2006, 06:28:00 pm
hmmm, that looks yummy... a modern replacement for the simpad, dontchathink?

I can't see why it wouldn't run linux, it's got a decent 64MB flash, 128MB ram. It's a bit heavy at over 1Kg!
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: craigtyson on October 18, 2006, 08:38:08 pm
My thoughts exactly and I keep getting a flash back to an article I read yonks ago that this thing works as a VGA monitor when docked to a PC, though the PDF doesnt mention it.

The Idea was you run apps off of your PC using this as a thin client or VGA output.  I can not say if its this model or not, but running Opie on it would be pretty cool.  And it does have built in WIFI..... (Got to take the wife to the shoe shop first so she cant complain when I buy one... ;0)
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: Hrw on October 19, 2006, 04:09:52 am
And in this price I can buy brand new Centrino laptop...
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: enodr on October 19, 2006, 05:37:14 am
I have a Tatung Webpad on which I plan to install GPE. It is basically the same product as the Viewsonic, and you can get it on ebay for nothing.

Details: http://www.tatung.co.uk/tabpad/webpaddetail.asp (http://www.tatung.co.uk/tabpad/webpaddetail.asp)

Some time ago I managed to install latest Windows CE (5.0) to add WPA support, but the touchscreen was not working (and I could not find any driver for it).

So I have to try and compile GPE for it, which shouldn't be very difficult as it is a x86 device and there are reports of running Slackware on it. (http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=4645&posts=7&mid=60833)
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: speculatrix on October 19, 2006, 06:40:43 am
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I have a Tatung Webpad on which I plan to install GPE. It is basically the same product as the Viewsonic, and you can get it on ebay for nothing.
http://www.tatung.co.uk/tabpad/webpaddetail.asp (http://www.tatung.co.uk/tabpad/webpaddetail.asp)
(http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=4645&posts=7&mid=60833)
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hmm, interesting.. the tatung website says that its internal flash is a CF card, which would make hacking it much simpler.

/me goes off to ebay!
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: enodr on October 20, 2006, 06:10:50 am
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/me goes off to ebay!
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This webpad was sold under different names. You may search for "tatung webpad" or "neta 985" or also "neta 980" (small differences), or other names I can't remember...

Indeed the system boots off a CF card, which makes hacking much more easier. I will start a wiki page soon about this here : [a href=\"http://www.geek-fr.com]http://www.geek-fr.com[/url]

If you buy one, let me know!
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: Antikx on October 20, 2006, 08:49:09 am
OE Linux on a SVGA screen would be quite handy. Would probably be really nice for kids in the house too.
Hope you guys make headway with this project.
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: koen on October 20, 2006, 01:53:42 pm
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OE Linux on a SVGA screen would be quite handy. Would probably be really nice for kids in the house too.
Hope you guys make headway with this project.
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1600x1200 is nice as well: [a href=\"http://dominion.kabel.utwente.nl/koen/images/angstrom-x86.jpg]http://dominion.kabel.utwente.nl/koen/imag...ngstrom-x86.jpg[/url]
Title: Will Opie / Oz Run On This?
Post by: BarryW on October 20, 2006, 06:19:35 pm
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OE Linux on a SVGA screen would be quite handy. Would probably be really nice for kids in the house too.
Hope you guys make headway with this project.
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1600x1200 is nice as well: [a href=\"http://dominion.kabel.utwente.nl/koen/images/angstrom-x86.jpg]http://dominion.kabel.utwente.nl/koen/imag...ngstrom-x86.jpg[/url]
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