Re: What are the options for netbsd on a handheld form factor PC?

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Mon, 21 Dec 2020, Adam Russell wrote:
> I have always thought that the handheld form factor was very cool, going 
> back to the old psion days. I know netbsd will work on the older 
> devices, like the psion, but are there any modern options?
>
> I recently heard about the Gemini https://www.www3.planetcom.co.uk/about 
> whihc is from some opf the original psion people. I would think that 
> netbsd would certainly be possible on these devices but have not heard 
> of any reports of anyone trying it. In particular the Gemini PDA "wi-fi 
> only model" which is absent of the (for me) unnecessary cellular phone 
> features seems like it would be a good fit and the manufacturer claims 
> it supports a variety of linux distributions.
>
> Anyone have any experience with these or any other modern handheld PCs?

I've been using a Gemimi as my main phone for a couple of years until 
around 2 weeks ago when I switched to the Cosmo which supercedes it (and I 
have the Astroslide on order through crowdfunding on Indiegogo 
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/astro-slide-5g-transformer#/ ).

I love the devices. The Cosmo clearly shows up the Gemini to be a 
first-gen device.

As I've been using them as my main phone, I've not tried anything but 
Android on them. They do have multi OS boot support and the boot loader is 
opensource. I know that there's been at least one other person besides me 
offer a device for a NetBSD port.

Listed supported OSes for Gemimi are Debian Linux, Sailfish OS 3 Beta 
Community Edition, Kali Linux, Standard and Rooted Android, Team Win 
Recovery Project

https://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Gemini_Firmware

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Stephen