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Offline Jinho

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Core + iPad
« on: January 25, 2014, 11:47:20 PM »
Im wondering..what would it take to put core on an ipad???
Would you have to know assembly? C? Cpp? "Apple"?
I know it could be done..and it would be alot of work
Some goals i would want to accomplish:
It boots to core with an "on screen keyboad" (touchscreen) about half the screen, and the text screen be able to scroll (for less or nano etc.)
Mostly text based-i do want to have graphics, i download websites and use them for school so i would want to use firefox, so it would need to tcz's for full touchscreen
When you push the square button it goes to $HOME exiting out of all graphics, killing all unnecessary tasks, etc..pretty much a reboot without the reboot

I think thats it..i know it can be done..its just how? Where do i turn?

Offline curaga

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Re: Core + iPad
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2014, 06:07:58 AM »
You cannot. It's a very closed device, and even if you could get your own software on it, there is no kernel support for it (no drivers for sound, screen, etc).

If you want a Core tablet, you could take a look at x86 tablets (fairly easy to get to work) or ARM tablets (more work).
The only barriers that can stop you are the ones you create yourself.

Offline Jinho

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Re: Core + iPad
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2014, 02:35:01 PM »
Kk, so Apple is closed off.
Where would one turn to find an x86 tablet and whats the difference between x86 and ARM???
Would my goals be able to be accomplished? Which would work better?

and thank you for responding^.^

Offline salmankhalid

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Re: Core + iPad
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2014, 12:14:13 PM »
Well Samsung Galaxy Tab is based on ARM processor ... ARM and x86 are names for different processors families developed by different companies ... x86 is intel where as Cortex Series is ARM (ARM is a the name of the company that own's and developed the IP for these processors ). I believe that you can run tinycore on tabs that run android (as android is also based on linux). I don't know of any tabs that use x86 based processors if there is one it might be Atom based ... x86 based tabs might be best for your needs

« Last Edit: January 29, 2014, 12:15:49 PM by salmankhalid »
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Offline Jinho

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Re: Core + iPad
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2014, 12:31:17 PM »
Ok, that really helped.
So where would one turn to learn how to code Tiny into an ARM tab??
Would i have to know assembly? C? Cpp?
And how would it "flow"? I dont want to be in the middle of something and have stall or lag.
Is there a core based android?
Thank you for replying^.^

Offline coreplayer2

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Re: Core + iPad
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2014, 02:38:28 AM »
I wonder if a Dell Venue 7 is a good candidate for a tc makeover?
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dual-core Intel® Atom™
7” HD Graphics - touch screen
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi

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« Last Edit: February 04, 2014, 02:41:19 AM by coreplayer2 »