RE: Resource Management Program, or: external memory

From: Josh Martin (martin.907@osu.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 12 2000 - 09:20:28 MST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of
> Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:56 AM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Resource Management Program, or: external memory
>
>
> Josh Martin writes:
>
> > Now if only I had a wearable computer with enough memory to do this...
>
> How much are you willing to spend? Some assembly required, or off-shelf?

How much am I willing to spend, or how much money do i have? Slightly
different answers. ;)

>
> I think you might be happy with htdig/xpdf and one of the wearable
> Linux distros. Notice that if you're in wireless modem coverage
> (Ricochet etc.) you can have a fast (128 kBps) link to Google. And
> Google can index .pdf. So you don't have to lug around few 10 GByte,
> as the small drives are quite expensive.

Can you point me towards more info on this? Of course I know where google
is, but I'd like to learn more about the htdig/xpdf and wearable Linux
distro stuff.

Thanks for the info!

JPM

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