Rollup PC was a "No-No"

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:58:58PM -0400, Slack Rat wrote:
> Thanks Scott.
> 
> I travel very often and am fed up of transporting "LapTops", etc..
> 
> So I'm on the lookout for a cheap - Won't be Happy but not too Upset if
> it gets stolen - tiny box that I can put a basic Slack system on. Like
> packages "A"(system-essential, "L"(Lib) and "N"(Net), which will allow
> me to connect to my servers in France, etc.

Slackware isn't exactly known for being the most ported of linux
distributions.  Being restricted to x86 would certainly limit options
a lot.  They do appear to have an arm and an ibm mainframe port.
Not sure if they are complete, or which arm variants they support.

Of course since I really don't miss the state of the art in linux
distributions of 1993, I have no interest in slackware what so ever.

> Searching around, it does appear that there's lots of VapourWare out there
> but not too much in the "Here and Now" as you pointed out.
> 
> So I'm going to buy a cheap machine from.
> http://www.chinabuye.com/mini-7inch-laptop-lcd-win-ce-via-vt8650-600mhz-2gb-hd-wifi-netbook 
> and see how that works out.

The specs are certainly incorrect.  It is NOT a VIA VT8650 CPU.  It is
an ARM926 cpu, made by samsung as far as I can tell.  The companion chip
is likely a VIA VTsomething (there is no such thing as a VT8650 from
VIA according to VIA's website).

Seems they exist both with android 2.2 (but not official and not supported
by google app store), and with windows ce.  Not sure what use either
one would be.

> I tested ChinaBuye out last week, buying a 4 band, dual SIM
> portable/cell phone and a pair of binoculars with built in camera, both
> of which items I  need, or more realistically want, for $72 the lot,
> shipped, insured and tracked, and am happy with the products and the
> ChinaBuye Company itself.
> 
> So there not apparently being anything I can handle before I buy, I'm
> going to stick my neck out for the above, or similar, box which will
> cost less than $75 (Shipping free, but insurance and tracking cost 
> $2 - $3)
> 
> (Incidentally they downscale the price and ship it as a "Gift" too).

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Len Sorensen
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