MDT questions - linux, connectivity

jantman · Post by **jantman** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:21 pm

Hello,

I have a few questions regarding MDTs, such as the ones made by Motorola...

1) Do these units have any accessoty connectors such as serial, parallel, USB, PCMCIA slot, etc.?

2) Is it possible/easy to establish a 2-way link between two of these, or a link between one of them and a regular computer?

3)*** Has anyone tried loading any varieties of Linux/*nix on them?

tvsjr · Post by **tvsjr** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:39 pm

Which MDT?

I'm sure my MW800 would take Linux wonderfully... it's just a P4 Mobile. Ditto on the MW520s. Dunno about the older stuff.

jantman · Post by **jantman** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:28 am

How about the touchscreen? I assume the driver is proprietary?

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:01 pm

dude, WHAT MDT? I know there are touchscreen drivers for linux, it just depends on the hardware.

Bruce1807 · Post by **Bruce1807** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:52 am

I have a couple of ML900s.
I have one hard disk with RHL on it and one running XP
No problems.

tvsjr · Post by **tvsjr** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:54 am

I doubt he's talking about ML900s. I'm expecting he's talking about the old amber CRT shite, but who knows.

jantman · Post by **jantman** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:28 pm

Sorry for the delay in response...

I haven't selected a model yet... I was wondering if anyone has had previous experience before I find a used one...

Older (well, cheaper) is better, so I guess not the current models...

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:23 am

oh so you haven't picked up one yet? In that case, i would go to your favorite distro, find a driver that is nicely supported by the kernel you will run (or if you are capable of it - home-roll your own) and then do what i do with hardware...purchase one that has support, open the package nicely, and keep the reciept in good order...so it can go back if it doesn't work as advertised.

Do you atleast have a distro picked out yet? Do you have any other linux experience? Lets try to find your level of comfort....