Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

[erik quanstrom]

> On 7/31/07, maht <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > It's not plan9's fault though I think, I've never found much use for a
> > PDA esp. when my phone does most of the PIM functions.
> 
> do a greenphone or openmoko port? bitsy is so old, it's moldy.
> 
> ron

as one who works with pee cees, i'll refrain from calling the
bitsy "old." ☺

"old" is a pervasive epithet with computer platforms
and sw, but i'm not sure it addresses any of the reasons
some bits are better than others.

- erik

Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

[ron minnich]

On 7/31/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:

> "old" is a pervasive epithet with computer platforms
> and sw, but i'm not sure it addresses any of the reasons
> some bits are better than others.

well, that's a good point. The bitsy is quite cool. But it's still
dead hardware, and if people are going to expend cycles on something,
given the very small # of people who are contributing to Plan 9, it'd
be nice if it would be something you don't have to hunt for on ebay.

ron

Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

[erik quanstrom]

compaq^whp still sell the ipaq on their website.  
	http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/handheld.html
the last time i checked, one could still buy an ipaq at frys.  are they
a different architechture now?

- erik

On Tue Jul 31 16:17:23 EDT 2007, rminnich@gmail.com wrote:
> On 7/31/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> 
> > "old" is a pervasive epithet with computer platforms
> > and sw, but i'm not sure it addresses any of the reasons
> > some bits are better than others.
> 
> well, that's a good point. The bitsy is quite cool. But it's still
> dead hardware, and if people are going to expend cycles on something,
> given the very small # of people who are contributing to Plan 9, it'd
> be nice if it would be something you don't have to hunt for on ebay.
> 
> ron

Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

[C H Forsyth]

>	http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/handheld.html
>the last time i checked, one could still buy an ipaq at frys.  are they
>a different architechture now?

they kept changing the architecture and reducing the documentation.
i gave up.

Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

[Kris Maglione]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:42:15AM +0100, C H Forsyth wrote:
>they kept changing the architecture and reducing the documentation.
>i gave up.

What you need, I think, is a following of zealots with too much 
free time on their hands, and some inclination towards coding. 
All it takes, I think, is charisma, an inflated ego, and some 
inclination towards attracting a following. You have the first, 
at least.

-- 
Kris Maglione

It's always darkest just before the lights go out.

Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

[ron minnich]

On 7/31/07, maht <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk> wrote:

> It's not plan9's fault though I think, I've never found much use for a
> PDA esp. when my phone does most of the PIM functions.

do a greenphone or openmoko port? bitsy is so old, it's moldy.

ron

Re: [9fans] current bitsy status

[maht]

Battery life with a wifi card sucks (3 hours tops I think, it's been a 
while).
The bitsy port I installed used a remote filesystem on a plan9 
authenticated network so no wifi, no plan9
It worked ok as an mp3 player, I couldn't find much to do with it apart 
from that.
It's not plan9's fault though I think, I've never found much use for a 
PDA esp. when my phone does most of the PIM functions.

[9fans] current bitsy status

[john]

Hi guys
Lately, I've kinda been wanting a PDA, and of course I'd like
to try running Plan 9 on it. I just placed a bid on an iPaq H3650
on ebay, figuring that even if Plan 9 doesn't work for me,
I'd still have a PDA which can apparently run Linux. Anyway,
I don't see too much recent information about running Plan 9
on these things. Can anyone who currently uses it tell me
what I could expect? It seems that audio is working, a major
plus, but how up-to-date are all the applications? How has
your bitsy experience been?

Thanks


John