From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: presotto@plan9.bell-labs.com To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on iPaq 3635? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-jlnrcgkblrezztfuuyevwiakra" Message-Id: <20010419143002.3D73819A5C@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:30:00 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8571a8fc-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-jlnrcgkblrezztfuuyevwiakra Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm totally confused about the Compaq model numbers because the Compaq web pages seem so hard to navigate (missing pages etc). The model we've developed on is the H3650 that is shipped in the US with a USB base. I was told that in some other parts of the world, it ships with a serial base. We had to order serial cables for it (just soldered together the first one and got a few more from Jim Gettys till more arrived). The H3650 has 32 MB ram and 16 MB of flash. If you were really lucky and got the first batch of H3650's they had 32 MB of flash because Compaq was having a hard time getting 8 MB flashes and ended up using 16MB chips (the flash is interleaved across 2 16 bit wide chips to create a 32 bit wide word). There is now an H3670 that is the same as the H3650 but with 64MB of ram. Looking at the Compaq site, the H3635 appears to be an H3650 that just costs more. I'm not sure why, neither was Consumer Reports. It may be that it comes prepackaged with an expansion sleeve, or more software or something, I really don't know. It does claim to be the Internet solution so maybe it comes with a modem. I've sent mail to compaq asking about the models but haven't gotten a reply yet, I'll try Jim Gettys later today. Jim Gettys and George France from Compaq have been incredibly helpful in getting things going. They even came down and visited for a few days. There's also a cheaper H3100 series that has a 15 level grey scale screen instead of the 12 bit color of the H3600 series. The H3150 has 16MB of RAM and costs noticably less than the H3650. We haven't seen one to play with. I assume the major diff is just figuring out the display. There are linux sources available from the Compaq guys at www.handhelds.org and once you know the chips, all of the info is on the net from the manufacturers. It was the least painful port for me to date. I have constant orders out for more Bitsies. They are always backordered and every now and then one filters in. The most amazing was the first order I placed that filtered in 10 months later. I also managed to find a few in a truck arriving at a Circuit City. It helps to just ask when they're expecting more, buy them before they show, and then wait with your arms out when the truck shows up. --upas-jlnrcgkblrezztfuuyevwiakra Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from plan9.cs.bell-labs.com ([135.104.9.2]) by plan9; Thu Apr 19 02:47:31 EDT 2001 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by plan9; Thu Apr 19 02:47:30 EDT 2001 Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.8.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 2A12119A44; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 02:47:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nautilus.dat.escet.urjc.es (nautilus.dat.escet.urjc.es [212.128.1.37]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with SMTP id EFD4A19A38 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 02:46:52 -0400 (EDT) To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on iPaq 3635? From: nemo@gsyc.escet.urjc.es MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20010419064652.EFD4A19A38@mail.cse.psu.edu> Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 08:49:04 +0200 I remember from 9fans that the flash had to be erased to run Plan 9 on the 3635. Would that be still the case on the 3660? --upas-jlnrcgkblrezztfuuyevwiakra--