9 Jan
1999
9 Jan
'99
11:22 a.m.
[talking to myself]
Was there a GUI for this version of QNX? I can't
find one, nor anything
that exploits the touch screen on this box.
I found the GUI. It's called (gasp) windows. Luckily, it's not a
Microsoft product.
There are three fans inside the box, but it's
sealed. I always thought
that fans worked by exchanging hot air for cooler air. What good are
fans inside a sealed box?
AFAICT, it works by blowing hot air over the back of the magnesium case
which has huge heat radiating fins on the back. This can't be very
effective....
Long shot: the display blanks after a few minutes, and
hitting a key (it
has a keyboard port) or touching the screen doesn't unblank it. Any
guesses on how to wake it back up (BTW, there's no power switch on this
thing -- it wants to be on *all* the time).
Erhm, this appears to be a thermal problem :-( Not only will the display
shutdown after a few minutes, but it will stay shutdown after cycling
power unless I let it cool down for a while. I'm tempted to drill holes
in the back of the case to allow hot air to escape, but then I won't be
able to mount this cool computer in the shower as I was planning.... (Did
I mention that my goal in life is to be permanently wired to the net?)
-- Doug