Re: [iPAQ] Wish List

> Sender: ipaq-admin@handhelds.org
> From: Tom_Kirksey@ingersoll-rand.com
> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:02:47 -0500
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: [iPAQ] Wish List
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> Here are a few things I would love to see available for the iPaq:
>
> - On Screen Keyboard (any day now!)

Coming soon. The Companion Link keyboard seems awfully small, from Jamey's
experience. We have one that Neil's been working on working. One way
or the other...

>
> - File Manager (ytree from debian arm?)
>
> - Games (Doom, xmame, video poker, empire, mahjong)

some of these coming soon. George has doom running on the console, but
not under X yet. I've build most of Keith's card game programs, but haven't
gotten them running yet. Some of the gnome games are also a possibility.

>
> - Web Browser

Got chimera running, and Gita is playing with another one as well.
Something is better than nothing. Chimera is remarkably small.
(180K bytes, and no additional libraries).

Thanks to rich@accelent for this.

>
> - vi (or a clone)

I'd prefer micro emacs, myself, but I understand...

>
> - VNC Server (has anyone heard from Peter Monta lately?) (also debian arm
> binary)
>
> BTW, I got xmame to compile on the skiffcluster by playing with the
> makefile. If I get my home Linux box to talk to my iPaq I will try to get
> it to run. If anyone else wants to try, look under /home/guest/tkirksey on
> the skiffcluster. Docs and such at http://x.mame.net/ .

We certainly can't put out Mame with any useful games in the bits we
distribute; would be nice for it to be packaged for installation into
/usr/local for users to install when you are done.

                                - Jim

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