RE: Familiar on Toshiba Genio PocketPC?

We would be happy to host such a port on handhelds.org, but AFAIK, no one
has ported Linux to the Genio. It would probably require little
modification to most of familiar but would require some kernel hacking.

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kieran Rhysling [mailto:rhyslink@qmail.qwest.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:32 PM
> To: familiar@handhelds.org
> Subject: [Familiar] Familiar on Toshiba Genio PocketPC?
>
>
>
> I'm really intrigued with the idea of running Familiar even
> though I'd need
> to buy a new PDA to do so.
>
> Toshiba is coming out with a new PocketPC that uses the same
> processor as the
> ipaq and has 32mb of flash rom. The really sweet things about
> it are the SD
> and CompactFlash slots and 65k colors.
>
> Is familiar likely to run on this beast or would lots of
> modifications be
> required?
>
> I realize that the familiar and intimate homepages say they
> are for Ipaq's
> but is that because they were the only suitable hardware
> available (and
> Compaq sponsored it ;-))?
>
> Will familiar ever support other similar hardware?
>
> Hope this isn't an inappropriate list for this question....
>
> Thanks,
> Kieran
>
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Received on Fri Aug 17 04:17:49 2001