On 5/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> But if ever there was a market born to take best advantage of Plan9's long
suit,
> handheld, or 'wearable' has to be the most obvious contender, and on power nd
> bandwidth consumption as much as CPU cycles or 'local' RAM capacity.
>
A friend and I are starting a project to create a simple wearable computer.
We've
got some hardware to get started; probably will begin with a laptop, our camera
viewfinder HMD, and a keyboard strapped around the waist (crude, I know) or
some form of home-brewed chording device. I considered using Plan 9, but since
we don't plan to include a pointing device yet, and the viewfinder can only
display
low resolutions and in black and white, I think we'll end up going with
something
designed to be used 80x24 characters at a time... Linux. If somebody can present
me with some good reasons to use Plan 9 instead, we can try it, but I really
don't think Plan 9 actually is ideal for a wearable.
80x24 eh? So, the provision, or lack thereof, of a "glass tty" is the
deciding factor?
I think your decision tree needs to have a few branches grafted on :-)
ron
p.s. Due to new workplace health and safety regulations, I am not
allowed to tell you how to pronounce "glass tty"
