Small UNIX boxes

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Thu Jan 31 09:43:34 2002

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> From: Rick Bensene
>
> Quite off-topic, but probably of interest --
>
> For small Unix machines, how about the wristwatch that runs Linux and
> uses X11 for the display, developed at IBM?
>
> The original prototype used a small backlit LCD display, but the latest
> version uses an Organic LED (OLED) display that is absolutely stunning!
>
> The machine runs with an ARM 7 CPU (Cirrus Logic EP7211), 8 Megs of
> flash memory and 8 Megs of DRAM. The OLED display is 640x480. It has a
> built-in Bluetooth transceiver, Lithium Polymer rechargeable battery, a
> combination of touch screen and a jog dial for user interface, infra-red
> interface. The watch 'program' is 'xclock'!
>
> There's a great article (with lots of pix) about the development in the
> latest edition of IEEE's "Computer" journal (January 2002).
>
> Regards,
> Rick Bensene
> The Old Calculator Web Museum
> http://www.geocities.com/oldcalculators
>
>
>
>
Sounds pretty neat. Do you know of a link for this story, or was it on
paper?

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