OmniGo and RAM

Dan (birchall@pilot.njin.net)
Mon, 23 Oct 95 8:58:52 EDT

When the HP OmniGo 100 specs were first posted to this group, more than a
few people seemed dismayed that the device only had 1Mb of RAM. I'll
admit I was a little confused as to why it had so little.

Reading the OmniGo 100 preview, I was reminded that unlike the Zoomer and
PT-9000, the OmniGo uses XIP (execute-in-place) technology. Applications
execute in ROM, and don't use up anywhere near as much RAM as they would
on a Zoomer, so a smaller complement of RAM is logical.

Since "Almost 100%" of the code an OmniGo comes with is XIP, an OmniGo
100 with 1Mb of RAM and 3Mb of XIP ROM should be able to handle apps as
well as a Zoomer with 2-4 Mb of RAM.

-Dan

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