RE: C++/asm for iPAQ?

Currently, the easiest way, IMHO, is to develop in Linux on a PC for Linux
on the iPAQ. I don't know how much WinCE development tools cost, but I'm
pretty sure that they are more expensive than the GNU and Linux tools.

If you're writing new software it's easy to set up the Makefiles to support
cross-compilation. The host and target environments are very similar, so no
emulators are really needed. I would do as little assembly as possible,
because you might want to run on another machine that's not ARM.

There are several HOWTO's about programming for the iPAQ:
http://www.handhelds.org/minihowto/index.html

An arm-linux cross-compiler is available under "toolchain" at
http://www.handhelds.org/downloads.html (among other places)

-Jamey

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A few very basic questions:
What is the cheapest and easiest way to develop software for the Compaq
iPAQ with C(++) and/or assembler? The way I would have to implement this
device is very direct, is this possible? Any documents anywhere for direct
screen access etc.?

The ideal operating systems would be DOS, Windows(95/98) and Linux in that
order. www.handhelds.org contained a link for gnu-crosscompilers, but that
was down. Anyone know an ftp-site for those?

 -A

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