Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/28

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Subject: [Leica] Windows on an iPad
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:29:09 -0500
References: <6a7544a61001280608k16a058b7r512c10f4b8e887cf@mail.gmail.com> <B7536977-50D8-49BE-BB21-DB93AFF65CAB@aotera.org> <4cfa589b1001281024n1179394ai4393c3eb33c271f0@mail.gmail.com>

I think what was seen earlier was the Windows computer requirements for 
using iTunes which is used to load and manage content on the iPad.

ric


On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> An emulator (virtual machine)  is not allowed under the iPhone OS unless
> it's completely locked in to a single application. Hence HP can market the
> HP15 calculator which has a virtual machine that runs that calculator's
> micro-code but can't be programmed beyond what the calculator provided.
> 
> There was an outfit that ported the Commodore 64 to the iPhone but which 
> (oh
> silly me, they said) gave access to the Basic interpreter and not just a
> single game. It was kicked out. I don't think it's been allowed back
> although I haven't searched the store.
> 
> Same for Java - no virtual machine.
> 
> But now that there is more real estate maybe HP will port over the HP 41 or
> other of it's great scientific calculators. The form factor would be
> perfect!
> 
> Adam
> 
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Windows on an iPad)
Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] Windows on an iPad)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Windows on an iPad)