[ale] zipit, dang man

[Chris Fowler]

Do you have gcc?

On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 15:19 -0400, Brian MacLeod wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Chris Fowler
> <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>         Does this thing have audio input an output.  I'm thinking of
>         fldigi!
>         
>         
>         
> 
> 
> It has a speaker (you can imagine the quality) and a headphone jack
> for playback.  There is a port on the back with many lines, and the
> company has a dev site that indicates that some of the lines there are
> MIC_IN, as well as USB BUS DATA.
> 
> Developer site:
> http://linux.zipitwireless.com/wiki
> 
> Reportedly some have tried using Skype or Gizmo5 on it, with less than
> stellar results (well, 32Mb memory and a low power processor), but it
> has worked.  
> 
> Since it was designed originally as a messaging device, Pidgin and
> finch have been made to work on the device, replicating the original
> functionality while adding more IM protocols.
> 
> I'm poking at the thing slowly, but having a Debian system on the
> mini-SD should make it easier for me now, whenever I find some time.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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