Re: [jornada] Jornada 710/720 Lateral Thinking.

Alternatively, it is an intriguing idea. Obviously it will require some
ingenious design work for an ambitious person. I would be willing to
entertain the possibilities. Someone will need to do some research.

1. Need to work out the schematic.
2. Need to calculate internal space available and draw the layout that
would fit
3. Build a prototype

I would follow the lead if this could work. This sounds like it could
open the door to making this device a little more useful. I'd love to
know if the following could all fit inside with modifications
- microdrive
- Built-in WIFI
- Bluetooth
- USB

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to take this lead and investigate,
so if someone feels ambitious...

Greg

otto.waltari_at_kolumbus.fi wrote:

>Hey.
>IMHO a pretty bad idea. Replacing the internals with custom parts
>means a lot of wiring, eg. the cf- and pcmcia-slots. Also, I didn't
>see a graphics adapter, nor a keyboard controller at that site.
>I'd also make a statement that the required gumstick modules won't
>fit inside a 700-series jornada.
>
>Cheers.
>Otto Waltari.
>
>
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I have long followed the development of linux on the 720, and am glad
>>that it is working, congratulations to all who have worked on it!
>>
>>I am one of many who do not have a flashboard (and yes I would like
>>one!! ;) ).
>>
>>The purpose of this post is to ask... Rather than struggle to get a
>>manufacturer for the flashboards, how hard would it be to interface a
>>gumstix board to the screen and keyboard? Look www.gumstix.com these
>>boards are literally the size of a stick of gum - we've been using them
>>for a project at uni. My idea is to replace the 720 internals with one.
>>They already run linux, their I/O is well documented, it would 'upgrade'
>>the 720 to a 400Mhz Xscale and increase the ram. You could have
>>bluetooth, use the gap in the case that has the modem socket as a
>>network socket with one of their addon boards, add a sound board, and
>>probably still have room for more! The only trouble would be interfacing
>>to the keyboard and screen.
>>
>>What do people think?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Gav.
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