[SunRescue] Solaris on an iPAQ?

[Steve Pacenka]

> I guess it's pretty clear most of you don't see any way the
> Solaris kernel could be put into a StrongArm/iPAQ
> type device. So that leads me to a followup question:
> 
> According to the SUN documentation, the 3.2 version
> of the Chorus OS supports StrongArm as an embedded
> system. Could Chorus be useful in a PDA and perform
> any tasks in conjunction with Solaris?

Bill,

Porting Solaris to pocket-scale computers, and which OS to use on such 
hardware are quite distant from usual topics on the Sun-Rescue list, which is 
populated mostly by people interested in reviving old Sun hardware.

A better place to search about future PDA OSes could be "wearable computers."  
Literally the Compaq iPAQ 3630's Linux connection came from corporate research 
into wearable computers.  (itsy computer)

<off topic for Sun-Rescue>  CHORUS-like systems seem to be of increasing 
interest as the little bitty devices become more communicative via wireless 
means.  At some point an intelligent refrigerator will be able to poke a todo 
alarm into a person's PDA wristwatch when the refrigerator senses that the 
beer supply is running low.  </off topic> Automating beer supply maintenance 
could become the next Sun-Rescue hot topic.  :^)

-- SP