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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Tiny Core Linux on Sony Tablet P using Limbo PC Emulator

Tiny Core Linux on Sony Tablet P using Limbo PC Emulator

I've used the Tiny Core Linux on Sony Tablet P. It is pretty cool to be able to use Linux on top of Android (although Android itself is based on Linux).

I used Pentium 3 emulation with 128MB of RAM. I used Hacker's Keyboard as the keyboard, and the keyboard is much smoother than the stock Sony keyboard. It is nice to have up, down, left and right keys as well.

This Tiny Core Linux will come in handy when I want to scribble notes and tinkering.

tc@box

vi running

showing directory

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Turbo Mandelbrot on Sharp IS01

Most of you readers know what a Mandelbrot set is.
It's a fractal that you can see on the picture below.

Here's a page explaining how Mandelbrot set is calculated, for those who want to dig deeper.

Mandelbrot set on Sharp IS01

The home screen with the Turbo Mandelbrot icon.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Sharp IS01

On December 13, I got another package in the mail, but this one is special. This one came from my friend, and cowriter, in Japan. Thank you to Tsubasa Kato for the Christmas gift! Right now, I am trying to get used to the keyboard layout. Since the way this is designed, there is no onscreen keyboard, so you need to use the hardware keyboard.

I am not quite sure but my best guess is that the keyboard was designed primarily for thumb use, versus putting onto a flat surface such as a desk and using your index finger. Tsubasa, leave a comment about that please. When seeing the keys, and judging by the way they feel, this is more akin to a laptop than a traditional thumb keyboard like a Treo or Blackberry would have.

This design reminds me of the Netwalker, which is also made by Sharp, so that makes sense. I will post some pictures later when I have a chance to take some.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Some more info on the Droid 2

Well, yesterday I got two broken DROID 2 phones from a friend of mine. One has a slightly cracked screen and the other would turn on but had no image on the screen. I was given them for that reason. I figured that either I would get a new toy or something to take apart.

The one with the crack on the screen does sort of work, but often acts weird with a lot of glitches like rotating at random and saying the car dock was connected. I am thinking that either it got wet or something is seriously messed up with that one.

So I ended up taking apart the one that had no image on the screen too see what was connected wrong. I had thought maybe it was something simple like a loose connection, and turns out that I was right!!! Simply pressing down on the screen cable connection and it is working like nothing happened!

Sadly I didn't take any pictures of when I took it apart, but they can be found online on other sites. The important thing is that I got it working, and have a new toy to play with! Expect to see more of this soon as well as a full review!