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Early 2000's (2002?) there was a pocket PDA device that ran linux and had a workable keyboard - the Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D (developer edition). 32 Mb RAM! Had a
by possiblydrunk 4y ago
Early 2000's (2002?) there was a pocket PDA device that ran linux and had a workable keyboard - the Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D (developer edition). 32 Mb RAM! Had a JVM installed. Got mine at Java One with a Linksys 802.11b Network Card. Fun (at the time) to boot up linux and SSH into my servers.
Processor: StrongARM (206 MHz 32-bit SA-1110)
Operating System: Linux 2.4 (Embedix)
Memory: 32 MB SDRAM, 16 MB Flash ROM,
Display: 3.5in 240 x 320 pixel, Color Reflective TFT LCD, 16 bits (65,536 colors)
Power: Removable, rechargeable 3.7V Lithium-Ion battery pack, Built-in 3.0V back-up battery, 5.0V AC adapter
Communications: USB Docking Station, IrDA infrared port
Expansion slot: One CompactFlash Type I / Type II slot, One Secure Digital slot
Audio: Stereo headphone jack
Size: 2.90 x 5.40 x 0.80in. (74 x 138 x 21mm)
Weight: 7.3 oz (206g)
- guestbest 4y agoI had one as well. I even installed gcc on the device. No camera but who cares, right? It didn’t need video conferencing as it could do irc with any number of clients. It even had centerim . It became openzaurus then openembedded and is still alive. Work around to install Wikipedia on an SD card and gutenbrowser make it ver useful except for the 2-3 hour battery life. I think it is because we require heave duty web browsers needing 8gb of ram, we’ll never return to the pda sized computer days
- possiblydrunk 4y agoWow, didn't know it was still alive (in one form or another). I remember getting gcc running and installing busy box. It became something of a challenge to see what you could install and run on this tiny machine.