Subject: Re: Time to dust off the z50...
To: Jon Gerhart <jongerhart@hotmail.com>
From: billy ball <bball@tux.org>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 10/14/2001 19:07:51
ummm... error 404 on www.celinux.org... i guess the site is not up yet, or
the content is missing? all i get is a blank page...

this is a good idea though... aside from a devoted programmer in Japan (i
forget the gentleman's name), it appears that nearly all Linux/CE info is
outdated and development efforts have slowed to a crawl or are
non-existent... (AFAIK, but i'd appreciate any new or updated links)...

i think that the hpcmips port of NetBSD and Linux/CE for MIPS can offer
each other some good things (especially on the IBM Z50):

- NetBSD supports more than 16MB RAM in the Z50, whereas Linux can only
use 16MB RAM

- Linux supports audio on the Z50, whereas NetBSD does not

- both support the trackpoint pointer, but Linux also offers a
general-purpose mouse daemon for copy and paste when using the console
(text-only) mode...

i have not tested my collection of PCMCIA and CF cards using Linux, but i
believe wireless operations are supported (including network booting of
Linux)...

for now though, NetBSD does everything i need on the Z50 (even though i'm
also a big fan of Linux)...

billy ball
http://www.tux.org/~bball/z50

On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Jon Gerhart wrote:

> I have tried to make a new linuxce website which is under the domain 
> http://www.celinux.org. I have not done a very good job organizing the site 
> and I am looking for some help such as some webspace or cgi scripts hosting. 
> I am doing this in my spare time so please let me know what I need as I am 
> not editing this site every day. I do have a mailing list setup for the 
> celinux project. You can join at celinux.org on the mailing list subpage. 
> Not many people are joide yet but I am sure more people are going to join 
> pretty soon. Please let me know what I can do to help. -Jon
> 
> 
> >From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
> >To: Steve K <skrul@yahoo.com>
> >CC: port-hpcmips@netbsd.org
> >Subject: Re: Time to dust off the z50...
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> >Hi!
> >
> > > I got my z50 back when IBM discontinued it, played with netbsd and linux 
> >a bit
> > > back then, but now I want to put it to work for real.  Seems to me like 
> >the
> > > netbsd port is more active, especially since I haven't seen a message on 
> >the
> > > linuxce mailing list for months.
> >
> >linuxce mailing list ... just disappeared. Someone should step up and 
> >ressurect
> >it...
> >								Pavel
> >--
> >Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt,
> >details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.
> >
> 
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