Monday, May 29, 2006

A Pleasant Surprise

An old and abandoned page I created long time ago showed up in the 3rd place in a google search on "ipaq ia-1 hack" and the 6th place on "ipaq ia-1" I did today. The page describes how to run a small Linux package on IA-1.

The Compaq Ipaq IA-1 is an Internet Appliance released in late 2000. It failed in the market, like all other IAs at that time.

  • 266Mhz K6-2 VIA Processor
  • 32 MB RAM
  • 16 MB Sandisk as external storage
  • 4 USB Ports
  • 2 RJ11 Ports
  • 56K V.90 Internal Winmodem
  • SigmaTel STAC9744 Sound Codec
  • Wireless (IR) Keyboard with Navigation Nub
  • Compact Flash Slot
  • Single Mono Speaker
  • Single Stereo Line Out
  • Cyberblade i7 graphics system
  • 10.1" HPA flat panel color display (Max. 800x600 Res.)
  • 120V AC Power Supply
  • A modified Windows CE - MSN Companion

Friday, May 26, 2006

Pagan and Christian

A friend sent me this link to a Chinese translation of Dr. Yutang Lin's 'From Pagan to Christian'. The original book was published in 1959. It describes a Chinese scholar's spiritual voyage from a Christian to a Pagan and then back to a Christian. And I sent him this link to an audio program ("Godless America") which I heard over NPR long time ago.