>I did a bit of research into the QNX operating system as a potential
>replacement for GEOS on the Zoomer. Alas, the version we'd want to
>use, the one that has the Photon micro-GUI is QNX 4. QNX 4 only runs
>on the 386 (or higher) Intel architecture. QNX 2.xx will run on the
>Zoomer (probably) but the GUI for 2.xx is several megs in size. So
>this OS would not seem to be a good fit unless you wanted a small,
>realtime Unix close in text mode only. :(
>
There is a possibility of running Linux. There is a cuurent project
that is trying to get Linux running on an XT. I've even heard a
rumor that they have it running on a HP200LX. The problem I see is
that the Zoomer's pen only input would limit it. The project has a web
and I don't have the URL on me but can get it and post it later if
anyone is interested.
Regards,
Mike
--- Mike Shaw shaw89@pobox.com