[Xastir] Asus Eee PC anyone ?

[William McKeehan]

I agree that 4GB is not a lot. They have an 8GB version coming soon.

I envision this as a replacement for my TH-D700 control head and my GPS
(display).

The only thing I would really miss would be turn-by-turn navigation; I'd have
to look at other Linux software to do that.

The keyboard may be small, but it would be quicker/easier to use than either
the D700 or the GPS (I currently have a Garmin GPS V).

I have not found much information about the unit, like what version of Linux
it is running and what is available. It's new, so by the time I'd be ready for
it, I'm sure all of this stuff will be known and hacked.
-- 
William McKeehan
KI4HDU
http://mckeehan.homeip.net

On Tue, November 20, 2007 11:20 am, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, William McKeehan wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking this little computer would be a pretty nice fit a mobile APRS
>> system.
>>
>> Has anyone looked at it to see if Xastir can be made to work on it?
>
> 4GB of solid-state drive isn't much for storing maps.  I have a
> 6.4GB in my truck-mount PC and it's quite full.
>
> You'd have to hook up external storage through USB or the memory
> card slot probably.
>
> 900MHz isn't smoking either, but adequate if you don't mind waiting
> a bit.  800x480 pixel screen:  Non-standard but probably ok.  4/5's
> keyboard which would drive me nuts!
>
> I don't know if you'd get a complete development environment on that
> one, so you'd either have to give up some space to put it on there,
> or compile somewhere else (or use an external USB drive temporarily
> with the compile environment on it?).
>
> You'd also need to check if OpenMotif or Lesstif are available for
> that Linux, else compile from sources.
>
> I already see articles about installing Arch Linux or a complete
> custom Linux on it, so the hobbiest are already at work.
>
> --
> Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/>     XASTIR: <www.xastir.org>
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