[Cuis] cuis on pda

[Juan Vuletich]

Jerry Bell wrote:
> Thank you Juan!
>
> Yes, I've been pretty quiet.  All my free time has been taken up with
> the new baby!
>   

Congrats! Enjoy your new life!

> The mention of Windows CE caught my eye.  We have some Windows Mobile
> 5 and 6 ruggedized PDA devices here that I would like to run Smalltalk
> on.   I've read a little about the old WinCE VM and I believe that it
> would be possible to build a much better VM for the Windows CE 5.0
> based devices.   Mainly, the memory model has changed so it should be
> easier to access much larger chunks of memory than before.  Please see
> the following link:
>
> http://denniskrabbe.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/windows-mobile-heaps-from-the-large-memory-area/
>
> I haven't decided to pursue this yet for a couple of reasons.  First,
> it would involve VM level work which I'm not very comfortable with.
> That's not a big deal, as I believe it would be a fun project and I'm
> sure I would learn a lot.   Second, and more worrisome, Windows Mobile
> 5 and 6 seem to be a dead-end platform.   The new Windows Phone stuff
> is completey different.   I'm not sure I want to invest a lot of time
> and effort into a dead-end platform.
>
> On the other hand, as far as I can tell, these ruggedized "enterprise
> digital assistant" devices (like the Symbol / Motorola MC75) will be
> using Windows Mobile for the forseeable future, so it might be worth
> the effort.   For me, a lot will depend on whether the company I work
> for decides to continue using the ruggedized handheld devices, or
> switches to iPad or Android tablets with waterproof cases.
>
> In the meantime, I'm interested to hear from anyone who is working on
> the WinCE VM!
>
> Jerry
>   

Good luck with this. In any case, Yoshiki's VM works great on 
PocketPC2003 / WindCE4. There is a working Cuis image for it. I'm sure 
this combo has potential for building many kinds of apps...

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich