Timeline of Herbert
Most of my wearables pages are about the changes and modifications I have made over the years. I noticed that it gives the impression I am constantly changing things. On this page you can see just how long particular rigs were or have been in use.
| Built | Worn1) | key | Name/web link & base board or box | Distro | Weight2) |
| 1986 | 2+y | L/R | NEC Multispeed as a reading machine | Dos | 13/15 |
| 1988 | 6y | C/R | Radio Shack Mod 100 as reading Machine | TS-DOS | 3/6 |
| 1994 | 4y | C/S | Herbert (I) Gateway Handbook 486 DX2/50 | Slackware | 3/5 |
| 1998 | 1y | E/R | Herbert II pent. 166 CardPC on pc104 and Herbert III repackage of Herbert II | Debian | 4/6 |
| 1999 | 6y | E/R | charmit and Herbert IV aka charmerino Jumptec Mops LCD6 pc104 | Nanix3) and Debian | 2/5 |
| 2005 | 0 | E/N | Herbert V geode then Xscale pc104 | Debian | 2/ |
| 2005 | 1y4) | E/Q | Herbert VI Transmeta Crusoe dedicated small board | Debian | 2/4 |
| 2007 | 1y+5) | U/A | Herbert VII Sony UX | Xubuntu | 2/4 |
| 2008 | ? | C/A | Herbert VIII Asus eeepc | eeeXubuntu | 2/5 |
| Key | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Active | Q | Runs but board is a bit quirky | |
| C | Commercial SubNote | R | Retired (still runs) | |
| E | Embedded | S | Several Systems Failed | |
| L | Commercial Laptop | U | UMPC | |
| N | Returned Board | |||
— Greg Priest-Dorman 2008/03/03 23:18
1)
Many of these devices ran for quite a while after (or before) they where used as wearables, time listed is only time they were being used while worn.
2)
Weight rounded up to nearest pound. First figure is the computer by itself, second includes any external batteries and I/0 devices (chorders, headphones, mic, HMD, hardwear speech, gps, sensors)
3)
Nanix was InfoCharm’s/Charmed Technology’s Linux for wearables
4)
In 2006 I had major spinal surgery and did not wear again until Jan. 2007
5)
Still going!
