Re: interpreted languages(Cc:kitsvh@bio.vu.nl)

> From: Arent Kits van Heijningen <kitsvh@bio.vu.nl>
> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:03:54 +0100
> To: "Jim_Gettys" <jg@pa.dec.com>, "handhelds" <handhelds@handhelds.org>
> Subject: Re:Re: [Handhelds] interpreted languages(Cc:kitsvh@bio.vu.nl)
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> jg@pa.dec.com (Jim Gettys) wrote:
> (2000/09/28 13:19)
>
> >Microsoft supports these things under WinCE: we also support PCMCIA on
> >the iPAQ. And it was nice of HP to do the VGA card: we hope to get it
> >running on the iPAQ, but they didn't do a full PCMCIA implementation so
> >the card doesn't do the normal ID stuff, and we have some headscratching.
>
> Sorry to rain on someone's parade , there's no standard for vgaout cards as
> there is for modems , networking , scsi and mass-storage

No rain: we've taken one of the HP cards apart: it uses a Trident graphics
chip. XFree86 has support for the chip, and if we can figure out where
the registers are set up, we're pretty sure it should work. The card itself
is a bit peculiar: it does not ID itself normally. Keith and I haven't
had time yet to try to figure it out: if someone else wants to, buy one,
drop us a line, and go for it.
                        - Jim

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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
jg@pa.dec.com