The Amstrad E3 is a cheap (£14.99 at the time of writing) videophone, which runs Linux.

More info:

 * [[E3_Getting_Started]] - how to get started running a recent Linux on your E3
 * [[E3_IO_Ports]]
 * [[E3_Buying_one]] - where to buy and how much they'll cost
 * [[E3_Hardware]]
 * [[E3_Status]] - where we are with our efforts
 * [[E3_Keymaps]] - how we intend to map all the keys on the E3
 * [[E3_Sound]] - work on getting sound fully supported
 * [[E3_Miscellanea]] - other information related to E3
 * [[E3_General_Information]] - information more generally related to our project

External links:

 * http://www.earth.li/~noodles/hardware-e3.html
 * http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/e3-hacking
 * http://inputplus.co.uk/ralph/emailer/
 * http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/omap5910.html
 * http://www.pavier.co.uk/e3_index.html

Simple Serial Cable:

In case other people are as useless as I am at building serial cables - here is the pin out I'm using to connect my E3 to a 9-Pin D serial port on my PC.

 * Pin2 -> Tip
 * Pin3 -> Ring
 * Pin5 -> Sleeve

Or you can use a level shifter, a universal (i.e. E2/E3) design is available here http://www.cambridgewargames.org.uk/members/andy/emailer/

Or, if you're handy with a soldering iron [[Serial_cable_for_the_paranoid]] provides some over-voltage protection for the E3.