[ILUG] handhelds/psion5 and linux

Tue Jun 15 13:36:25 IST 1999

PC plus have a news story where upon RedHat are readying a version of Linux
to work with the Psion Series 5.
They have Psion\Symbian's support...
Mark.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Jakma [SMTP:Paul.Jakma at Digital.com]
> Sent:	15 June 1999 22:09
> To:	ilug at linux.ie; 'kevin lyda'
> Subject:	RE: [ILUG] handhelds/psion5 and linux 
> 
> 
> > the sony mentioned earlier is £1600 with vat - i assume sterling.
> > considering that you get a digital camera, 64 megs of ram, a 4.3 gig
> > harddrive, and a slew of other stuff.  surely someone out there has
> > a 486 based laptop for sale for less then £500...
> > 
> £1600+VAT... <hollow rattle of wallet>.. guess not. But it does look nice.
> 1024x768x16bpp. SBpro compatible sound, 4.3gb... uhmmm... vaio uhmmm...
> 
> Good 486 laptops are hard to find imo. There's always something wrong with
> them, they're either huge beasts or small little proprietary thingies.
> 
> Anyway, seems a linux handheld isn't practical at the moment, ah well.
> 
> > kevin
> > 
> > 
> paul.
> 
> 
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