From: "Terry O." <sandstar.geo@...>
Jul 27, 2006
I'm not all that familiar with this whole area but because I have a
Rex 600=
0 and 2 unused mailstations, I thought I'd ask if source code
for the Rex a=
pplications could be reused with the nifty mailbug
software that I see in t=
he files section but haven't tried? I rarely
use the Rex anymore but do ha=
ve a bunch of files saved that have the
source code for some small apps and=
games.
The mailstations I would love to make into a portable word proce=
ssor
(for me) and a pre-schooler's "laptop" for my grandsons. Is that
anyw=
here feasible yet or even for the near future? I was just
wondering the ot=
her day if I should just put them in the Goodwill
pile. The kids get bored=
playing with the keys without any feedback,
so they are useless even for p=
retend. Well, especially with the other
computers on and nickjr.com at the=
top of the bookmarks... :-)
Thanks,
Terry
p.s. I am a software tech b=
y trade - which means I can usually
recompile source code if it's fairly ge=
neric and I have flashed my
pdas and done some work with the Keil emulator =
software - okay I just
made the lcds blink but it was fun... so my skill le=
vel isn't nearly
enough for hardware modding without the "for dummies" docu=
mentation.
From: "Cyrano Jones" <cyranojones_lalp@...>
Jul 28, 2006
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6000 and 2 unused mailstations, I thought I'd ask if source code
Rex applications could be reused with the nifty mailbug
see in the files section but haven't tried?
Hi,
The short answer is: "no=
".
A longer answer: Not without a lot of work.
Any input or output, or for=
that matter any calls
to the OS would have to be mapped to alternative
cal=
ls to the mailstations OS. Unless, by some unlikely
coincidence both the r=
ex 6000 and the mailstation
have the same low level firmware.
use the Rex anymore but do have a bunch of files saved that have the
rce code for some small apps and games.
Is the source code in C or assem=
bler?
I had never heard of the Rex 6000 before now, but I googled it,
and =
spent some time reading about the hacking efforts last night.
Seems they ar=
e quite a bit further along than us! (Heck, they were
further in 2001 than=
we are now!!!)
Although the hardware is quite similar, I imagine there wo=
uld be
a lot of work involved in porting a rex 6000 app to mailstation,
not=
the least of would be reversing the existing mailstation OS,
or writing a =
new one.
At one point there were a few group members who wanted to
complet=
ely rewrite the firmware. I haven't heard much lately
about any efforts in=
that direction. My own plan was to reverse
enough of the existing firmwar=
e so that we could use the existing OS,
but that isn't moving very fast, ei=
ther.
sor
nywhere feasible yet or even for the near future?
Define "feasible"... =
:-) :-) :-)
From: "Anthony Albert" <albert@...>
Jul 31, 2006
On 29 Jul 2006 at 2:33, Cyrano Jones wrote:
[SNIP]
If you set them up to dial-in and send email, then you can use them as
a word processor to a certain degree - simply compose your text in an
email message, and [ save it as a draft | send it as email ] to your
desktop computer.
Anthony Albert
===========================================================
Anthony J. Albert albert@...
Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster
Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle
"For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened
lately, that Alice had begun to thing that very few
things indeed were really impossible."-Alice in Wonderland
From: "ppc7447" <ppc7447@...>
Aug 1, 2006
For something like that, you might have more luck with an Apple eMate. The=
y're cheap
(about $30 or so) and nearly indestructible (they were initiall=
y designed for education...)
The battery lasts for ages, and the Newton O=
S is really easy to use.
-R
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