From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3cf63cbc68e47d41e079bb510b0f2702@coraid.com> From: erik quanstrom Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:52:37 -0400 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] current bitsy status In-Reply-To: <13426df10707311317u7caf126dicdaff101298cfa3d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 99494372-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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 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