[aprssig] APRS needs...
Jason Rausch
jason at ke4nyv.com
Mon May 26 15:11:03 EDT 2008
--- "Wes Johnston, AI4PX" <wes at ai4px.com> wrote:
> There one was a guy in Charleston SC kr1st, who used
> a cybiko kids'
> messenger toy to send aprs. Wonder what kids toys
> could be hacked with the
> clamshell qwerty form factor?
For a while, I was getting into hacking the ZipIt IM
device.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8107883197.html
Decent sized graphic PCD, QWERTY keyboard, built-in
Wifi and even has a serial port with the addon of an
ST202 IC. The really cool part...it runs on embedded
linux. However, I am too crummy of a programmer to do
anything with it on my own.
They have a new color, backlit version now:
http://www.zipitwireless.com/
Not sure if it still runs Linux.
I am still a member of the Yahoo group, which used to
be very active, but it has been dormant for some time
now. There were a few hams on there at one time
looking for ways to use it for ham applications. Not
sure if any of them were APRS-interested, though.
Jason KE4NYV
RPC Electronics
www.rpc-electronics.com
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