CNET News.com: Compaq develops Linux handheld | Linux Today

CNET News.com: Compaq develops Linux handheld

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Stephen Shankland
Jun 15, 1999

Thanks to Richard Kadoi for
this link.

“Compaq Computer researchers have developed a Linux-based
handheld computer called the Itsy, the company said today.”

“Researchers in the computing giant’s Palo Alto, California, lab
modified the open source operating system for use in a device
that’s slightly smaller than a PalmPilot, according to Compaq
spokesman Gary Frazier.”

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