I'm not sure, but I was under the impression that because it *is* a closed
system (to non-hardware types) and only runs their QNX client, it would
only be useful to someone using their service. I don't think there's a
contract requirement now, but if everyone starts buying these like crazy
right now to run linux on them, there will be soon!
This was on
slashdot.org a couple of days ago...I'm sure this was
discussed on there. If I get a chance I'll check it out...
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, John Foust wrote:
At 06:55 AM 3/13/00 -0800, Aaron Christopher Finney
wrote:
Pretty cool, huh? I meant to post this to the list
as a postscript note to
the Children's Computers thread of a couple days ago. 99 bucks for a P180
that can be *easily* modified to hold a 2 1/2" HD and can run Linux out of
the box? Perfect...
It's not clear if you can decline to order the monthly ISP-like
Internet dial-up service, at least $21.95/month for the first month,
if you buy via their web site. If you can get one for $100
from Circuit City without sign-up for the service, away you
go. But it may be that the $100 price is only possible if you
pick up a minimum service contract.
- John
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> Anyone know if it's possible to fit DOS, a PDP-11 emulator and an RL02
> image in 16MB? Here is why I'm asking:
>
http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/