AMD Demonstrates Linux-Based PDA at LinuxWorld 61

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 31, 1969 @08:00PM from the continuing-to-fail-to-fail dept.

Misha writes "AMD has demonstrated a new Linux-based handheld at LinuxWorld. The OpenPDA runs on low-power Alchemy chips, with support for USB, Ethernet, UARTS. Here is press release. Among the highlights are: A comprehensive Metrowerks suit as the basis of OpenPDA applications, Qt, Java, Opera browser."

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- Re:1969? (Score:1)
  
  by Dioji ( 632761 ) * writes:
  
  I just found the article by searching for the oldest /. article. Maybe this will turn into another hidden sid?
  - Re:1969? (Score:2)
    
    by xombo ( 628858 ) writes:
    
    another hidden sid? what others are there? and I am confused, how do you get the year? I only see the month, date.
  - Re:1969? (Score:1)
    
    by ceritus ( 719474 ) writes:
    
    Y'know, I'm glad I'm not the only one who took the time to find the oldest slashdot article.
    - Re:1969? (Score:1)
      
      by Kardamon ( 54123 ) writes:
      
      It seems like the oldest entry is this one [slashdot.org].
      By the way, now (March 2004) the year is not 1969 anymore, but 1970, so I guess it will always be 34 years old. Let's have another look in 2038!
      
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      PS+++ PE Y+ PGP- t- 5? X R+++ !tv b+++ DI-- D+ G e++>++++ h? r-- y++++
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- Re:1969? (Score:1)
  
  by Tristor ( 787134 ) writes:
  
  hmmz wtf is with this? Tristor
Interesting time (Score:1)

by Dioji ( 632761 ) * writes:

That qould be -1 seconds in Perl time, but it's at 8pm... strange.
- Re:Interesting time (Score:1)
  
  by Rie Beam ( 632299 ) writes:
  
  Tis 7pm for me, being EST. And I take it it'd be Midnight exactly for GMT, so it makes sense, if you think about.
- Re:Interesting time (Score:1)
  
  by foidulus ( 743482 ) writes:
  
  w00t
wtf (Score:1)

by imadcow1 ( 559289 ) * writes:

Y2K has finally hit! Take cover!
Odd (Score:1)

by ball-lightning ( 594495 ) writes:

Yikes, I wonder what happened...
Getting around SCO (Score:2, Insightful)

by Armbrust84 ( 688423 ) writes:

Don't you see, /. is getting around an impending SCO lawsuit by posting all linux stories before SCO existed.
comments (Score:2)

by (startx) ( 37027 ) writes:

must we all produce a new comment thread, produced by the comment in the original article?
The fight against skynet continues (Score:1)

by pocra ( 607480 ) writes:

Please ignore this story; this has been sent back through time at great expense to aid the fight against Skynet by inspiring a young Linus Torvalds to create an OS named Linux which, by providing a system without the communication security holes will allow the creation of T800 without the vulnerabilities that allowed other models to be controlled by the TX, thus in turn allowing the details of the conflict between the T800 and TX to be relayed back in time to Jonathon Mostow, and helping springboard Arnold
Cliches (Score:1)

by jaani ( 525877 ) writes:

At least back now all those /. cliches we know and love do not exist yet. Gentlemen, our task was clear. I, for one, welcomed our new +%Y-%h-%d@%H:%M:%S overlords. Kindly ignore the date of this post.
Wow (Score:1)

by Blublu ( 647618 ) writes:

Finally, a news item I can post in without 969 people posting while I type my message!.

That said, I have nothing interesting to say...
- Re:Wow (Score:1)
  
  by Daychilde ( 744181 ) writes:
  
  It's like driving along a highway, and seeing an old bridge over a stream next to you -- you realize that's where the old highway went...
  
  This story is just like that. Kinda odd and out there, and 99% of the passersby will never find it.
  
  And this comment is only three days after yours. heh.
  - Re:Wow (Score:1)
    
    by Bandwidth_ ( 91035 ) writes:
    
    Huh. A new secret SID, neat.
old (Score:1)

by GerritHoll ( 70088 ) writes:

this is indeed an old news item ;-)
Don't get modded down (Score:1)

by nicklaszlo ( 720488 ) writes:

This is the best story to flame in... moderators will never look at it.
I was here (Score:1)

by silvex ( 735753 ) writes:

I was here and saw the perl clock overflow.
Wow (Score:1)

by Aero Leviathan ( 698882 ) writes:

So... I was bored, and... wow. I feel like I've stumbled upon something mysterious and wonderful here. Our comments will be immortalised here in the 'lost thread'! How exciting!

Another thing to ponder is, why are we still allowed to post comments here?

Let history show that I came here on April Fool's day, to escape the lameness of what stories appeared on the front page on this day... ^_~
Amazing (Score:2)

by foidulus ( 743482 ) * writes:

This is still an open thread
Obligatory thread (Score:1)

by faust13 ( 535994 ) writes:

This has become something of an obligatory thread, for those curious where it all began. Where /. started. Although 1969 is hard to believe, but nonetheless, it is the first /. post.

I have made the /. pilgrimage, I have come to mountain, Muhammad is not here.
I feel the power (Score:2)

by focitrixilous P ( 690813 ) writes:

Of the AMD cpu to power old threads. Any mods here?
- Re:I feel the power (Score:2)
  
  by Halfbaked Plan ( 769830 ) writes:
  
  The only AMD processors I still have around here are old K5, K6, and various 486 variants. I hope to one day contrive belt buckles out of them.
  
  A bathroom floor or countertop tiled with them would be cool, too.
  
  Oh, I probably have some AMD 8088 and 8086 processors, too. Good old AMD!
- Re:I feel the power (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by Dunkelzahn ( 106055 ) writes:
  
  I can mod about 15 percent of the posts in here. All of the moddable ones are the more recent posts.
  - - - Re:I feel the power (Score:1)
        
        by FesterDaFelcher ( 651853 ) writes:
        
        Posting here ought to provide an automatic karmic regeneration.
        They do, but for me.
  - Re:I feel the power (Score:1)
    
    by Blublu ( 647618 ) writes:
    
    I can mod about 15 percent of the posts in here.
    
    Not anymore, you can't!
bleh (Score:1)

by x.Draino.x ( 693782 ) writes:

I am cool. that is all.
Welcome to 1969 (Score:3, Funny)

by daveo0331 ( 469843 ) * writes: on Monday June 21, 2004 @04:50PM (#9488531) Homepage Journal

Since many of you visiting this thread were born after it was posted, I thought I'd tell you something about what 1969 is like (or 1970 for those of you east of the Prime Meridian):

We are losing soldiers every day in an unpopular, unnecessary war halfway around the world. Millions of people have turned out in protests against the war. We will face a global energy crisis within the next decade. History is being made in the area of space exploration. We have a dishonest Republican president whose administration is (or will be) tarnished by scandal. The world's biggest computer company is an evil monopoly that everyone hates.

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- Re:Welcome to 1969 (Score:2)
  
  by Unnngh! ( 731758 ) writes:
  
  Are you talking about 1969 or 2004? Lil' help?
- Re:Welcome to 1969 (Score:1)
  
  by NemosomeN ( 670035 ) writes:
  
  Unfortunately, quite possibly the most hilarious comment that will NEVER get modded up. If I remember, you shall get my "underrated"s. (Karma is in order).
- Re:Welcome to 1969 (Score:2)
  
  by Richard M. Nixon ( 697603 ) writes:
  
  We are losing soldiers every day in an unpopular, unnecessary war halfway around the world. Millions of people have turned out in protests against the war.... We have a dishonest Republican president whose administration is (or will be) tarnished by scandal.
  
  Hey, at least no body died when Nixon lied!
  
  And that war was all JFK's fault.
  OK, I guess technically Eisenhouer started it but JFK escalated it.
  All I wanted was peace with honor, even if it kills us.
  
  And let's face it, who would you prefer as preside
  - Re:Welcome to 1969 (Score:2)
    
    by daveo0331 ( 469843 ) * writes:
    
    Mr. Nixon -
    
    It's your predecessor, Lyndon Johnson, that really escalated the war in Vietnam. You just inherited the mess, much as John Kerry will inherit the mess over in Iraq (assuming we don't give the neocons another 4 years).
    
    As for GWB, if he ran against a ficus, I'd vote for the ficus.
    
    BTW, how did you manage to post a slashdot comment from beyond the grave? Since you don't seem to be a Bush supporter, have you considered registering to vote? You should be able to get registered in Chicago.
Frontpage. (Score:1)

by jjj11x ( 737338 ) writes:

Was this article ever on the front page?
- Re:Frontpage. (Score:1)
  
  by daniil ( 775990 ) writes:
  
  Well, this [slashdot.org] article (that is, this one here) wasn't, but this one [slashdot.org] was.
what the hell? (Score:1)

by Puggs ( 562473 ) writes:

whats goin on here then?
some kind of time stoppage?
Make PDAs Open Source! (Score:2)

by Lieutenant_Dan ( 583843 ) writes:

I think that would be wonderful for society in general.
Bookmarked for free karma handouts (Score:1)

by gazoombo ( 650701 ) writes:

I bookmarked this so when I get mod points I can come back here and give out free karma.

I wonder if moderation in this 'ghost' article is subject to meta-moderation. hmmm...
Groovy! (Score:1)

by RLiegh ( 247921 ) writes:

Wow, man; I can't say I've every tried amd, but these brownies are wonderful!!
John Titor (Score:1)

by timlee ( 303958 ) writes:

Maybe we can finally find out the truth behind John Titor [johntitor.com].
Just leaving my name on the wall (Score:2)

by Enigma_Man ( 756516 ) writes:

It's Jesse, by the way.

-Jesse
I Posted Here (Score:2)

by BusDriver ( 34906 ) writes:

That is all, sorry I don't have something insightful to say. I'm going to come back and check this in 5 years time... If it's still here I'll reply to myself.

Life is crazy.
neat (Score:1)

by DannyiMac ( 216056 ) writes:

Neat. I wanted to be cooler and post on the second slashdot entry... but it's archived.
In case anyone was wondering... (Score:1)

by Joey Patterson ( 547891 ) writes:

Here's a summary [wikipedia.org] of this month's major news events.
Humm (Score:2)

by daniil ( 775990 ) * writes:

I can still. Post. Here. Cool.

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Interesting time (Score:1)

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wtf (Score:1)

Odd (Score:1)

Getting around SCO (Score:2, Insightful)

comments (Score:2)

The fight against skynet continues (Score:1)

Cliches (Score:1)

Wow (Score:1)

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old (Score:1)

Don't get modded down (Score:1)

I was here (Score:1)

Wow (Score:1)

Amazing (Score:2)

Obligatory thread (Score:1)

I feel the power (Score:2)

Re:I feel the power (Score:2)

Re:I feel the power (Score:3, Informative)

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bleh (Score:1)

Welcome to 1969 (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:Welcome to 1969 (Score:2)

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Frontpage. (Score:1)

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what the hell? (Score:1)

Make PDAs Open Source! (Score:2)

Bookmarked for free karma handouts (Score:1)

Groovy! (Score:1)

John Titor (Score:1)

Just leaving my name on the wall (Score:2)

I Posted Here (Score:2)

neat (Score:1)

In case anyone was wondering... (Score:1)

Humm (Score:2)

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