> Don't know about the ipaq though. > > Ralph Well, I do know the ipaq is an arm device, and I think that platform is an open standard... so I think that emulators DO exist, but maybe the complexity lies in getting beyond just the chip emulation and into platform-specific stuff. Most of that sort require a rom image from a real working machine, kinda like how MAME does it (emulator code free, yet you are 'free' to find your own rom images!)... Sorry for not offering a solid answer! I have not heard of an ARM platform which is not supported by linux yet, though. I got a helio for $75 when they were on sale a while ago; not nearly as nice as ipaq but 75MHz of fun, and HeliOS is open-sourced, and you can also load a ucLinux (microlinux) kernel on it too, but I don't think thwey have sound or java just yet... : /
fun fun ben
