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Hi there,
On 14th April 2011, Steve Maddison will be giving a tech-talk on Open Source Handhelds, followed by a hands-on workshop at the Competa Conference Center in Rijswijk., The Netherlands. Steve was one of the first in the Netherlands to receive his pandora, and has ported applications like Frotz, FUSE - The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator and SIMH. As Steve states: A great opportunity for (Dutch) handheld fans to meet up with like-minded people whilst enjoying a free dinner and drinks!
More info at the LinkedIn pandora handheld group:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3365184&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
or if you're not on LinkedIn, you can sing up via the link at the competa site:
http://www.competa.com/community/events.php/12
See you there!
Yaffle B)
Official event text below:
In the fast-growing niche market of handheld devices, the worlds of embedded and desktop computing have collided to produce an exciting platform for mobile applications. Although primarily designed and used for gaming on the go, the increased performance of open source handhelds like the Pandora and GPH Caanoo is opening doors to new uses for these powerful yet compact devices.
This talk will give an introduction to these devices; where they came from, what makes them tick and - most importantly - what you can do with them. For those interested, the presentation will be followed by a hands-on workshop session in which participants can get to grips with the tools used for developing and packaging software on these platforms.
(Participants of the workshop are requested to bring their own laptop running an x86 version of Linux, or a suitable virtual machine.)
About the speaker: Steve Maddison is self-confessed Linux, open source and retro-gaming freak who's so attached to technology, he has to take it with him everywhere. This not only led him to porting software to the Pandora, but also to a career at Competa, where he now works as a Senior Unix Engineer.
On 14th April 2011, Steve Maddison will be giving a tech-talk on Open Source Handhelds, followed by a hands-on workshop at the Competa Conference Center in Rijswijk., The Netherlands. Steve was one of the first in the Netherlands to receive his pandora, and has ported applications like Frotz, FUSE - The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator and SIMH. As Steve states: A great opportunity for (Dutch) handheld fans to meet up with like-minded people whilst enjoying a free dinner and drinks!
More info at the LinkedIn pandora handheld group:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3365184&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
or if you're not on LinkedIn, you can sing up via the link at the competa site:
http://www.competa.com/community/events.php/12
See you there!
Yaffle B)
Official event text below:
In the fast-growing niche market of handheld devices, the worlds of embedded and desktop computing have collided to produce an exciting platform for mobile applications. Although primarily designed and used for gaming on the go, the increased performance of open source handhelds like the Pandora and GPH Caanoo is opening doors to new uses for these powerful yet compact devices.
This talk will give an introduction to these devices; where they came from, what makes them tick and - most importantly - what you can do with them. For those interested, the presentation will be followed by a hands-on workshop session in which participants can get to grips with the tools used for developing and packaging software on these platforms.
(Participants of the workshop are requested to bring their own laptop running an x86 version of Linux, or a suitable virtual machine.)
About the speaker: Steve Maddison is self-confessed Linux, open source and retro-gaming freak who's so attached to technology, he has to take it with him everywhere. This not only led him to porting software to the Pandora, but also to a career at Competa, where he now works as a Senior Unix Engineer.
