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Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« on: December 18, 2004, 02:34:46 PM »
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4710320428.html
Could be made to an AROS-pda.
Imagine running the same programs of the same microdrive on both your pda and desktop pc.:-D
NO  MORE "SYNCING"
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2004, 03:39:19 PM »
Just takes time and money. ;)

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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2004, 05:00:58 PM »
Hey, this is AMIGA people we talk about.

But yeah it will probably be more expensive than NanoITX, but it might be cheaper than a pc104-board.
Then there is also the powerconsumtion, essential in a pda. Ok, x86 isn´t good in that department but considering the advantages of 1.)not having to port AROS and 2.)using x86 UAE with JIT

But I will have a pocket AROS-machine some day.
My favorite homecomputers has always been Amigas and my favorite PDA Apple Newton. Now if they could be combined. :-P
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2004, 05:04:32 PM »
My memory might be going, but isn't the apple newton 680x0 based?
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2004, 05:19:42 PM »
Google says ARM.

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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2004, 05:22:24 PM »
Hmm, ok.
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2004, 05:22:47 PM »
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My memory might be going, but isn't the apple newton 680x0 based?

No, 160Mhz StrongARM. But no one has written an emulator yet for anyplatform. Thanks to the mystery Voyager-chip.
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2004, 07:26:49 PM »
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My memory might be going, but isn't the apple newton 680x0 based?

No, 160Mhz StrongARM. But no one has written an emulator yet for anyplatform. Thanks to the mystery Voyager-chip.


Oh yes they have. Mac OSX.
 

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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2004, 09:45:24 PM »
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My memory might be going, but isn't the apple newton 680x0 based?


Newton was based on the first Strong ARM chip, the Palm devices were based on 68k compatible CPUs (and AROS does run on them :-))

@Dan

I hear you brother!!! We will get AROS in out pockets :-D

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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2004, 09:48:53 PM »
yeah like GNUton?
I´m on the newtontalk mailinglist so I know about Einstein.
But it´s not useable yet.
And some stupids even talked about contacting Apple for selling roms bundled with the emulator. I´m not sure if they wanted to give Jobs a heartattack out of rage and see him die or they just wanted to be sued out of existence.
Ironic isn´t it that the beloved hippiehacker really turned out to be another Bill Gates?

I would love to have  a Newton emulator on a PocketLoox 720.
Hell the pocketloox only cost half of what I paid for my Newton.
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2004, 10:24:34 PM »
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I hear you brother!!! We will get AROS in out pockets :-D

I have been thinking about this since october 1996 when I read in an interview with Petro Tyschtschenko that they had combined Alice,Lisa and Paula into one chip.
Why not make a handheld gamemachine and beat Gameboy?
Put a keyboard port on and it could be a pda too. A great presentationtool with AGA video out.
The article mentions Coldfires at 33Mhz, I feel old.
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2004, 10:58:49 PM »
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And some stupids even talked about contacting Apple for selling roms bundled with the emulator. I´m not sure if they wanted to give Jobs a heartattack out of rage and see him die or they just wanted to be sued out of existence.
Ironic isn´t it that the beloved hippiehacker really turned out to be another Bill Gates?


Yeah, Job's ain't no hippiehacker now, Woz is/was/always will be the hippie hacker, he never sold out like Jobs did.  :pissed:
 

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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2004, 11:55:58 PM »
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Why not make a handheld gamemachine and beat Gameboy?
Because Gameboy will shortly crushed by the forthcoming PSP which can do PS2 kinda stuff in a portable packet, at which point the cash laden passers by will not give a hoot about 2D games.
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2004, 08:44:53 AM »
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Why not make a handheld gamemachine and beat Gameboy?
Because Gameboy will shortly crushed by the forthcoming PSP which can do PS2 kinda stuff in a portable packet, at which point the cash laden passers by will not give a hoot about 2D games.

Back in 96? :-P
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Re: Is that an AROS-machine in your pocket or...?
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2004, 03:15:48 PM »
Sorry, I read that as being in the present! :lol:
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