aussie_nx70v
03-23-2003, 07:05 PM
Hello all,
Whilst looking at some of the other threads i came across a link to a site where the guy had taken his NX apart and doing a very detailed review. I thought this was very interesting reading.
I think the link is:
http://www.pspilot.de/pppnx70/pppnx70.html#T4
Its good reading for those of you wanting to know more about your NX70V.
However, this is not the reason for this thread. Well, actually sort of.
In this article he mentions (briefly), that it was possible to change the OS to (of all things), Windows CE. Anyone know if this is possible? I mean i wouldnt do it, heaven knows ive had enough of the Pocket PC but i was wondering from a 'challenge' point of view if this could be done.
Below is a quote from that article:
Finally the main board. It is carrying all the 'intelligence', but not only that. Try to count only the total number of connector pins on the top side (left image), it's ludicous! Surprisingly the NX70V uses a total different multimedia chipset. The MediaQ chip in the NR70V is no longer used, instead it you find a NeoMagic NMC1121 (left image, top chip). NeoMagic calles it an 'Enhanced SOC (System-On-Chip) companion chip with PC-Card/CF-Slot'. Meant is a companion for the ARM, which is the new CPU in the Clié for OS5. Funnywise, WinCE, SymbianOS and embedded Linux are implementation references on NeoMagic's website - no talk about PalmOS 5. And the only better known logo on the front page is the 'Windows Embedded Partner' sticker. Then again, it's probably only a very small step to load WinCE 3.0 onto an NX70V. As far as I can see that, all the hardware is there. But enough about that nightmare
Whats everyone think?
I know the NX70V has flash memory, and therefore can be upgraded but this would throw a completely spin on things.
I know apart from the obvious software installation, there would be several hardware obstacles as well. Things like memory expansion, camera, keyboard would have to be considered
Whilst looking at some of the other threads i came across a link to a site where the guy had taken his NX apart and doing a very detailed review. I thought this was very interesting reading.
I think the link is:
http://www.pspilot.de/pppnx70/pppnx70.html#T4
Its good reading for those of you wanting to know more about your NX70V.
However, this is not the reason for this thread. Well, actually sort of.
In this article he mentions (briefly), that it was possible to change the OS to (of all things), Windows CE. Anyone know if this is possible? I mean i wouldnt do it, heaven knows ive had enough of the Pocket PC but i was wondering from a 'challenge' point of view if this could be done.
Below is a quote from that article:
Finally the main board. It is carrying all the 'intelligence', but not only that. Try to count only the total number of connector pins on the top side (left image), it's ludicous! Surprisingly the NX70V uses a total different multimedia chipset. The MediaQ chip in the NR70V is no longer used, instead it you find a NeoMagic NMC1121 (left image, top chip). NeoMagic calles it an 'Enhanced SOC (System-On-Chip) companion chip with PC-Card/CF-Slot'. Meant is a companion for the ARM, which is the new CPU in the Clié for OS5. Funnywise, WinCE, SymbianOS and embedded Linux are implementation references on NeoMagic's website - no talk about PalmOS 5. And the only better known logo on the front page is the 'Windows Embedded Partner' sticker. Then again, it's probably only a very small step to load WinCE 3.0 onto an NX70V. As far as I can see that, all the hardware is there. But enough about that nightmare
Whats everyone think?
I know the NX70V has flash memory, and therefore can be upgraded but this would throw a completely spin on things.
I know apart from the obvious software installation, there would be several hardware obstacles as well. Things like memory expansion, camera, keyboard would have to be considered