Some people were talking about modifying the newton keyboard for
use with this kind of device, but other than that the only way to access
a handheld device such as this, when it is running netbsd is to log into
the serial port.

   Also im not clear as to what you mean by native. If you mean that netbsd
is or can be the primary os, booted from eprom then as far as I am aware this
has only been acomplished with testboards. All commercial handheld devices are
booted into netbsd via the botloader. Some can be booted automatically by 
placing the bootloader within the autoexec directory appropriate to that
particular architecure.

  You should also bear in mind that the older microdrives wont work too well in older
handhelds. They need too much juice. This problem was overcome with the newer models
(i have no problem with the 1 gig microdrive in any of my devices).

What are you trying to achieve?


Marc Rogers
Head of Network Operations & Security
EDC Group


On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 08:57:28AM -0500, George Sollish wrote:
> I'm looking for a box with a small form factor like the Palm/Visor but
> capable of running NetBSD natively.  I was looking at the Casio E100 with
> the IBM Microdrive in the CF slot -- do any of you have positive
> experience with this combo?  I've looked at some of the posts and I'm
> unclear how data entry is accomplished -- does the touch keypad work
> independent of WinCe, or is a separate keyboard required (which one)?
> 
> Thanks for any guidance.
> 
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