Minimum Python requirements? (was: Python for PDAs?)

[Robb Shecter]

Hi,

I've got a question along these lines.  I've been thinking about
taking an old laptop and making it into a "Python-PDA".  I figure I'd
put a bare linux load on it, a text editor, python, and nothing else. 
I'd write my own XML-based PDA software that uses the character mode.

Any clue as to how much hard drive space I'd need?  I'd probably want
to install an extra python package or two, like the xml parser.

Also, how much RAM would I need to run a bare Linux (I'm guessing 2.5
MB) plus a running python process (???MB).

Thanks!

(PS: Anybody else thinking about doing something like this?)

- Robb