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folding on......

There's been discussion on this before, but the odds of it ever happening are slim to none. Speed issues aside, the lack of ram would also make it hard to pull off.

About the only way a PDA is of any use in folding, is when you setup a Palm based PDA to emulate a Matrix orbital screen and display information about what is folding.

 
I would only have two questions about using a portable device like that - how long would it run on the battery going 100%? Could it handle the heat generated by that type of usage? I don't think pocket PC's put off much heat, but then again I've never seen one running 100% for hours on end. Laptops frequently have problems cooling themselves while running 100% like that, and they're equipped with fans, so it's anyone's guess how a little hand held would cope with that.
 
The CPUs that they use are generally pretty low voltage, and though i'm sure the case would warm pretty obviously after a while, i don't think there would be any heating issues. I know i have a benchmarking program for my Palm Tungsten E, and even if you run it continously for a few minutes, i can't tell that the machine is that much warmer. (It's got a 100Mhz Texas Instruments OMAP CPU. Might it be possible to fold on a Windows Mobile 2003 platform, or is that not entierly win32 compatible? Yeah, i'm sure you'ld lose a lot of battery life, but that would be only if you leave your PDA on and unplugged a lot, right? This could be interesting (although i should probably go read those previous threads about this...!)
 
DakHat512: That's an ARM chip. Very technically nice, and faster than a 486/586 at that speed, but not x86. Thus, you can't fold on it. :(

edit: link where I found specs. Notice the block diagram has an "arm925" at the center. Too bad.
 
unhappy_mage said:
DakHat512: That's an ARM chip. Very technically nice, and faster than a 486/586 at that speed, but not x86. Thus, you can't fold on it. :(

edit: link where I found specs. Notice the block diagram has an "arm925" at the center. Too bad.
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Bah. Damn, and i was looking at that exact page when i made my post, too :rolleyes: :). Well i wasn't trying to suggest that you can fold on the Palm, but i was thinking more for a PocketPC. Unless those were what you were talking about as well, and they run on ARM chips too? Or do they use x86 architecture?
 
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