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Loris (22:07 10/7/2008)
Phlamethrower (23:16 10/7/2008)
Loris (23:35 10/7/2008)
filecore (04:41 11/7/2008)
Phlamethrower (00:03 28/8/2008)
Phlamethrower (00:22 28/8/2008)
Phlamethrower (21:16 28/8/2008)
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Tony Haines |
Message #107840, posted by Loris at 22:07, 10/7/2008 |
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http://openpandora.org/
h ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_(console) (space inserted to get around the forum's auto-link code)
Could this be the tiny computer I've always wanted?
Would it take RISC OS? |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #107841, posted by Phlamethrower at 23:16, 10/7/2008, in reply to message #107840 |
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Would it take RISC OS? Like pretty much anything with an ARM processor, >=512KB of RAM, and 2MB(?) of ROM, yes.
Assuming you've got access to enough source code, documentation, and man power to rewrite the appropriate parts of the OS to support the different hardware, of course. |
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Tony Haines |
Message #107842, posted by Loris at 23:35, 10/7/2008, in reply to message #107841 |
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pShhyeah, right.
I was hoping to just supply the case - that's the hard part after all.
No, seriously. Obviously someone would need to do the porting, and it's not going to be me. Since the project is open-source (software and hardware, I think) would one of the big players (Castle, ROS Ltd, Virtual Acorn, RISC OS Open collaborators) be able to do it relatively easily for them? |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #107843, posted by filecore at 04:41, 11/7/2008, in reply to message #107840 |
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h ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_(console) (space inserted to get around the forum's auto-link code) FAIL.
Otherwise it looks quite (potentially) interesting. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #108170, posted by Phlamethrower at 00:03, 28/8/2008, in reply to message #107843 |
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Gamepark Holdings strike back with a newer, cheaper (than Pandora), 3D-er GP2X.
http://kotaku.com/5042675/the-wiz-+-gameparks-successor-to-the-gp2x
Although it sounds a bit pants compared to the Pandora (no wifi? only 320x240 screen resolution? no keyboard? 5 hours battery life?) they seem to have somehow got hold of some cheap OLED displays for use in it.
But on the other hand it looks like they're aiming at the Korean market, and they probably have enough infrastructure to stand to ship the units in decent numbers - unlike the Pandora lot who are building the company up from scratch and still haven't produced a final unit yet. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #108171, posted by Phlamethrower at 00:22, 28/8/2008, in reply to message #108170 |
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And if you're looking for something to port RISC OS to, how about the Pandora-like Beagle board? A 3"x3" board with 600MHz ARM core with VFPU, 3D acceleration, HD video decoder (or at least enough circuitry that can be put together to decode HD video), and working DVI/HDMI. Welcome to the promised land!
(Of course it doesn't have a PCI bus, networking, or IDE interface, but it does have some onboard flash memory, USB, stereo sound, and support for dual SD/MMC slots. I'm sure I can live without fast networking/disc access if it means I get a *V*FPU and some usable 3D hardware)
I wonder if Castle/etc. are aware of this board?
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Yes, or at least the ROOL forum denizens are.
[Edited by Phlamethrower at 09:09, 28/8/2008] |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #108187, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:16, 28/8/2008, in reply to message #108171 |
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Hmm, I've just spotted that the latest ROOL code dump contains the RO kernel & HAL source. So apart from the fact that the USB and video source hasn't been released yet, it looks like it's game on for anyone brave/insane enough to try porting RISC OS to new hardware. (Or game on for someone to try poking the SoundDMA source until sound plays nice with IOP DMA transfers, or to see if the Iyonix can be coaxed into supporting Wake on Lan, or ... etc.)
Now if only someone would hurry up and invent a Spare Time machine  |
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