rick
Wed Oct 29 15:35:40 CST 2003
Interesting points!
The V37 has a very full-featured version of PPC 2002, including WMP 8.5 and
Reader 2.0. Perhaps that accounts for the difference.
Thanks
- rick
"Alan Hinchcliffe" <alan.hinchcliffe@nospam_btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> i know the 19xx series dont have media player installed as standard (ie:
not
> in rom) and that you have to install it as an optional component there may
> be other applicaions that arnt installed as standard on the 19xx that your
> view sonic has installed in rom already, did you have to install windows
> media player for pocket pc or was it already isntalled? also pocket reader
> may be an optional component on the 19xx (not in rom again) i also know
the
> ipaq 19xx series have limited conectivity , ie no serial port so i guess
no
> need for the drivers and software required for wired serial connections
> there maybe other hardware limitiations to the ipaq 19xx that may also
> require less drivers, i think its too complicated to try and compare two
dif
> pocket pcs in the same way that comparing an instalation windows XP would
> show a different foot print based on different hardware configutations,
but
> one thing i am sure of is that not including windows media player for
pocket
> pc would make a big difference to the space required to run PPC2002
>
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> "rick cameron" <rick.cameron@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi, Alan
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > Did you take a look at the discussion Ananda referred me to?
> >
>
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/parseCurl.do?CURL=%2Fcm%2FQuestionAnswer%2F1%2C%2C0xbc91f9211af1b34b926e95a3d8170710%2C00.html&forumId=2&admit=716493758+1067411152954+28353475
> >
> > In that thread, it seems that Russ Smith says that the iPAQ 1900 models,
> > which have NAND ROM, use only 8-10MB of RAM for the O/S. However, the
> > Viewsonic V37 (also NAND ROM, it appears) uses ~28MB of RAM for the O/S.
> Any
> > idea why the big difference?
> >
> > Secondly, Smith says that the iPAQs with NOR ROM have a file store in
ROM,
> > implying that the iPAQs with NAND ROM don't. But the V37 _does_ have a
> file
> > store in its NAND ROM (36MB out of 64MB of ROM). Any comments on this
> > apparent discrepancy?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > - rick
> >
> > "Alan Hinchcliffe" <alan.hinchcliffe@nospam_btinternet.com> wrote in
> message
> > news:bnp09u$ngh$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> > > "rick cameron" <rick.cameron@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
> > > news:uDPsFNknDHA.1096@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hi, Ananda
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the reply, and the pointers.
> > > >
> > > > It appears, then, that the V37 uses NAND ROM, rather than NOR ROM.
> This
> > > > means that the ROM files can't be executed in place.
> > > >
> > > > However, there are a couple of statements in the iPAQ discussion you
> > > > referred to that don't seem to line up with the behaviour of the
V37:
> > > >
> > > > - Referring to the iPAQ NAND-based PPCs, Russ Smith says, "Somewhere
> > > around
> > > > 8-10MB of RAM is needed to run the operating system." But with the
> V37,
> > > > around 28MB of RAM is taken up in running the O/S. Why the
difference?
> > > >
> > > > - Smith also says that the NOR-based iPAQs allow storage of files in
> > part
> > > of
> > > > the ROM, but NAND-based ones don't. The V37 allows about 36MB of its
> > 64MB
> > >
> > > the memory you are desribing is the RAM your system has prob 32mb
flash
> > nand
> > > rom and 64mb ram but your system uses 28mb of the RAM for running the
OS
> > and
> > > allows any left over for storage
> > >
> > > the ipaq 3xxx 54xx 55xx all have atleast 32 rom and 64mb of RAM but
the
> OS
> > > is run from ROM, however not all the 32mb of rom is used to store the
OS
> > so
> > > some of it is free for something called the "Ipaq Filestore" my 3950
has
> > > 6.8mb of rom free for me to use for my own storage and whats more
> anything
> > > in the filestore should survive a hard reset or total power failure,
and
> > all
> > > the ram is available for storage that is why the ipaq 19xx are
described
> > as
> > > having 64mb ram but only having 40mb (ish) available to the user, the
> > others
> > > are described as having 64mb ram and all of it is available for use
for
> > > storage or programs
> > >
> > > so to sumerise the ipaq filstore you are getting confused over is on
top
> > of
> > > the system ram so my ipaq 3950 has 64mb ram and! a 6.8mb filestore
> > (actualy
> > > a part of the NOR ROM)
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > > ROM to be used for file storage. Again, why the difference?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > - rick
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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