29 Oct
2006
29 Oct
'06
2:31 p.m.
Hey All,
On 10/29/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 29 Oct 2006 at 5:46, Jules Richardson wrote:
Strange you should say that. While working on an old sun 3 system
earlier in the year I was using a PC as a TFTP and NFS server. The PC
was fitted with USB sockets. My mobile is fitted with a 1GB MMC card
and wants to behave as a USB mass storage device if you connect the
comms cable and live with the defaults. So, suddenly the thought
struck me, I can use my mobile as a boot device (disk at least) for a
sun 3 system. And my phone (Nokia 3260i, Australian firmware) is a bit
smaller and lighter than the average Fujitsu Eagle!
Didn't quite implement it, but when I do I'll take some photos and add
them to a web page somewhere.
[...]
Simon
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"Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to
philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is
the utility of the final product."
Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh
The question of who has the smallest computer
might be an interesting one.
Whilst in later years the technology allowed machines to pack a lot more
electronics into the case, the physical size didn't really decrease much - and
in a lot of cases got bigger (quite often due to built-ins like disk drives
that didn't *need* to be part of the main system).
I think you need look no further than your moble phone or perhaps
your wristwatch.... :)
The mobile probably has far more computing power--and quite possibly
(depending on mode) more storage and a higher-resultion display.