Japan Palmtops Direct

Ferrari writes "Mentioned in the new wired is the Japan Palmtops Direct where Sub 3.0 lb Notebooks straight from Japan are sold. Every one has great pictures and info. Worth visiting just for a peek at what notebook inovations there are in store. " I wandered through this place awhile back- there's lots of crazy stuff. I'm really interested in doing a review of the current crop of subnotebooks running Linux- anyone have contacts to get me some demo machines?

Toshiba Libretto

[5o5]

I have seen Robert Harker run Linux on his libretto for his sendmail class (www.harker.com)

I don't wish to pay the m$ tax

[pen]

All of these things are running Windoze CE, and I'm pretty sure that buying them without WinCE will prove to be a pain in the ass. Also, I'm not sure if they will work without WinCE.

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way cool

[mmerlin]

Thanks for the link, I am gonna seriously look into getting one of these palm-sized wonders. Dont spill the Coke!!

PC110

[John Kozan]

yeah the PC110 was great.. I love the way you could turn it sideways and it became a phone. The only problems with it was it was only a 486/33Mhz processor and lack of enough storage space. Plus the unit and accessories were pretty exspesive.. coming from Japan and all..

BeOS on subnotebooks

[Jeremi]

... or if you don't have Linux/*BSD installed on your
505, a guy in Japan (whose name escapes me) has hacked
up a little Windows program that you can download that
will automatically copy your BeOS R4 CD onto a spare
BFS partition for you. It worked great for me!

Linux running on Vaio C1

[Oliver]

My VAIO C1 (yes the one with the camera) is running Linux beautifully. It's quite nice to have X running in 1024x480. Also the keyboard is a charm compared to others (like the Libretto 20 I used to run Linux on). They designed the keyboard first, then the rest to accomodate it.
I really hope that somebody writes a driver for the camera, but Sony will not release the specs at any cost. I have been to their head office but it's their policy not to release specifications about "consumer electronics".

BTW, I wrote an Linux install report of the C1 for the March issue of Linux Japan magazine.
# Next issue: Dual Celerons and Linux 2.2(^_^;)

BeOS on subnotebooks

[gavinhall]

Posted by DonR:

Its not able to install because the CDROM drive is attached via a PCMCIA interface. The installer doesn't know how to install from an interface like that yet.
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Donald Roeber

teensy weensy keyboards

[Jeremi]

How about a machine with the thickness of the notebooks described, but with the width and height of a "regular" notebook? That would give you a bigger keyboard and display, but still be fairly lightweight. I'd be tempted to buy one...

What?

[X-Type]

What the hell are you talking about?