Re: [9fans] ipaq installation changes

[Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>]

> > What do you other folks with bitsies do with them?
>
> I find they make excellent paper weights.

agreed. :-)
(although mine is usually not even used that way,
 mostly it just doesn't leave the bag I transport
 between home and office)

>  Unfortunately, the input slows me down

I've been wondering how much better the zyrix
is in the respect (if I recall the name correctly),
I'm referring to a linux pda with a built-in keyboard,
that is normally hidden until you slide open the pda.
In principle, the bitsy is much more extensible,
but if that is something really used in practice?

With a wavelan I've been using it as a small
``testing'' and (e.g. network) monitorin device.
It's a nice little terminal to bring to the machine room
several floors down, when I'm changing (rebooting)
the fs and cpu/auth server (cs?), just to check that
things are up and running, before walking upstairs.
Before I had the bitsy, I occasionally brought with
me a heavier, bigger, laptop.

> If we had a web broswer that actually worked it would be much
> more usable.

I've occasionally used it with vnc to unix, to read email via mh
and even run mozilla, with the tiniest font I could find.
Even then, indeed, the screen is rather small.