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I have such fond memories of the Nokia N810. I did my master’s thesis on that device. I had a custom hypervisor running a guest kernel, virtualized networking,
by isopede 10mo ago
I have such fond memories of the Nokia N810.
I did my master’s thesis on that device. I had a custom hypervisor running a guest kernel, virtualized networking, and a buildroot userspace. I could SSH into the host N810, then SSH into the guest. I even virtualized the framebuffer at some point and got the “dancing baby” animation playing from the guest. It only ran at a couple frames per second, but it was _amazing_.
- theshrike79 10mo agoThe only weird thing about it was that you couldn't charge a fully empty N810 with the micro(?) usb charger. It'd charge just enough to boot and then crash again, because it couldn't wake up far enough to negotiate a higher current with the charger. Had to use a barrel plug to charge it. Spent a very nervous and sweaty day figuring that out when I bought one used with no warranty or returns and it didn't boot properly =)
- ACCount37 10mo agoIt sure is a weird thing, but yes, the first mobile devices that shipped with USB didn't really know how to charge off it.
- mghackerlady 10mo agoWhich, to be fair to them, usb was never supposed to be a power delivery standard (at least not more than the 5 volts needed to power a mouse)
- theshrike79 10mo agoAnd now pretty much all of the portable devices in my house can be charged with 5V/2A USB :D