[LAU] cherrypal netbooks - MIPS Xburst processor?

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 11:54 -0500, Josh Lawrence wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm curious about the Cherrypal Africa netbook:
> 
> http://www.cherrypal.com/products.php
> 
> For $99, it looks like a great kick-around netbook for console-only
> applications.  However, it is running a (forgive me if my terms are a
> bit off) MIPS Xburst processor.  If I wanted to use this is a
> text-only synth module or a midi sequencing device, it would need to
> run jack.  Is this even possible on this architecture?
> 

Why text-only?

Gordon MM0YEQ