From: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu (Paul Fishwick) Subject: Gateway Nomad Field Mouse Date: 15 Apr 1993 21:45:08 GMT
I am looking into putting Linux on a Gateway Nomad 486 DX2/50 and before I
do, I'd like to know whether anyone else has put Linux on this machine.
I checked the compatibility chart but did not see a "Nomad" or
"Texas Instruments" machine there (the Gateway machines being repackaged
TI machines). Specifically, the Nomad comes with a "field mouse" (whatever
that is :). Does the field mouse emulate the Microsoft bus or serial mouse?
Also, I'm wondering how much video memory is on the machine. I would
think that a very large virtual console would be invaluable on a notebook
computer due to the relatively small display. In that event, even though
the thing can only do VGA, it would be great to have at least .5meg of
video memory. Do notebooks carry this much video memory?
-paul