Windows CE: Future classic (OT, in a way...) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Jun 1998

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 Thanks for the tip, Tim.  I'll dump all of my intel
stock now. :-) 

Seriously, that doesn't mean going away from Intel. x86 is supported.
Besides, Linux'll take over x86's hardware.... ;-)
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   2) It's
lighting fast, and covers all kinds of processors. 
The H/PC was a bit of a flop.  For some reason, not many people wanted to
buy a machine that looked like Windows95, but ran on slower hardware with
no application compatibility. 

Well, believe it or not, it took Microsoft for "open-season" to start on
handhelds.

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 However, I like the new Pilot rip-off, the Palm-sized
PC, better.  And if
you've never seen their Auto PC for cars, brace yourself for some drooling
(guaranteed to flop at the current $2K price though).  They're also making
inroads into embedded systems with CE. 

Great.  Now, stoplights and car batteries will freeze on me.

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 > 1) With a Velo, is there any way to save files
after it's turned off without
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   purchasing a
hard card? 
You've got internal battery-backed RAM for that. 

OK.
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 > 2) With a MIPS-based handheld, could I get stuff
moving between this and my
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   N64? 
Sure, just as easily as you can move stuff between the 6502 based Nintendo
and an AIM-65 (i.e., no way dOOd -- even if the CPU is the same, nothing
else is).  However, I seem to recall that Microsoft recently signed-up a
game machine manufacturer for CE, and it was either Nintendo or Sega. 

That's what I thought.  But I heard a friend talk about it...
    As for the Sega, Windows CE's OK for what I want it for: Simple eMail.
No graphics, no attachments.  I don't want Windows CE freezing up my game
machine.  Especially not when UNIX based competitiors are availabe.  I said
that I liked Windows CE.  I didn't say that it was the best at anything.
Just shows promise.
    Ciao,

Tim D. Hotze