From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Cross Message-Id: <200104191627.MAA13046@augusta.math.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on iPaq 3635? In-Reply-To: <20010419143002.3D73819A5C@mail.cse.psu.edu> Cc: Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:27:35 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8628b9e8-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article <20010419143002.3D73819A5C@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write: >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. Yeah, the 3635 was the only one that J&R Computer World (in lower Manhattan) had with a color display, but they had quite a few when I was there yesterday (maybe 10). The sales guy was explaining to some stock broker in a suit why the 3635 cost $100 more than some earlier model (perhaps the 3650). Since I had to get back to work, and listening to people explain technical stuff to stock brokers is about as interesting as listening to Kit Kat commericals on the radio, I split without listening further (``Well, so it's like the old one, but missing this thingy...break me off a piece of that kit kat bar!''). The 3635 *does* come with an expansion sleeve, but it's the compact flash kind, which is pretty uninteresting. There's no modem with it that I can detect. I guess I kinda thought that they all came with one (sleeve), though, if for no other reason than that they wouldn't physically fit into the sync cradle without one. >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. That's cool.... >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. You might try J&R Computer World; we've found at work that they tend to have a pretty steady stream of the things coming in. They tend to lack other things, though, like the PCCARD expansion sleeves and serial sync cradles. - Dan C.