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Tim Bowden wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 09:25 +0200, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
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A more practical approach might be to ignore the form factor<br>
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<pre wrap="">altogether for now, and build a 'prototype' using a laptop plus 'the
extra bits'. Don't worry for now if that means having to mount a
laptop plus a battery onto a backpack frame, and have 'a bunch of
cables' to connect external devices such as a GPS receiver, camera,
compass, data logger, etc.
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<pre wrap="">Generally, prototyping seems to be the best way to succeed in such a
kind of project. Laptop-based prototypes are much easier to start so I'd
say this is a good idea.
Bob, am I correct your idea about PC-based
approach is similar to Dave's?
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Yeah I would say we're on the same wavelength.<br>
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bobb<br>
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<pre wrap="">Having a working prototype, no matter how crude, would allow for
'proof of concept' demonstrations, and I'm sure lots of people would
give useful feedback (beyond just "make it smaller"!) based on such a
prototype.
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<pre wrap="">That's a good idea.
Thank you Dave for your valuable feedback!
Best regards
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Tim Bowden
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