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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: Sl-c860 With Accessories On Uk Ebay

« on: January 12, 2008, 08:37:05 am »

Hi all,

I'm letting my Zaurus SL-C860 go with accessories... It is in very good condition, see the
ebay listing below for photos. Here is what you get:

• Zaurus SL-C860 with battery
• Leather Case
• Belkin Bluetooth CF Adapter
• Linksys 802.11b WiFi CF Adapter
• Retractable USB Sync & Charge Cable
• 512MB SD Card
• Stylus

I'm in the UK but I will ship anywhere. See the ebay listing below for postal costs.

I've listed it on UK Ebay with a starting price of £29.99 and no reserve. Here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=230212116370

I'm happy to answer any questions either here or privately. Thanks for looking and
happy bidding!
Matt

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Qt/Qtopia / Dialog Sizing

« on: August 04, 2005, 04:45:51 am »

Hi,

In an app I'm creating I have a dialog that pops up. I'd like to have the dialog be maximised to fill the whole screen, but I can't see how I go about doing that?

I've played around with the different "sizePolicy" settings, but none of these seem to make it fill to fit the screen. I thought that perhaps setting the policy to "Expanding/Expanding" would do the trick, but it seems not.

I'm launching the dialog by doing:

Code: [Select]

UploadDialog dialog(this);
dialog.exec();
Can anyone give me an idea how I should be doing this?

Thanks,
Matt

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General Discussion / Setting Baud Rate

« on: July 24, 2005, 01:13:47 pm »

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to set the baud rate when using a serial cable connected to the IO connector on a C860.

I saw in some docs that I should set it by doing: stty -F /dev/ttyS0 4800

However, that doesn't seem to work. On my Z (running Cacko) it seems that stty doesn't understand the -F switch and seems not to be able to make setting changes to /dev/ttyS0

Am I missing something here? Is there some other command I should be using?

Thanks,
Matt

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Accessories / Archos Compact Flash Card Reader

« on: July 05, 2005, 07:02:25 am »

Hi all,

Anyone have any idea whether this will work with a Zaurus:
Archos Compact Flash Card Reader

I'd like to use it to read MemoryStick cards on my Z...

Anyone know if it works, or if there is another similar solution that works?

Thanks,
Matt

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Cxx0 Hardware / Serial Connector Pin-out

« on: May 25, 2005, 09:14:14 am »

Hi all,

I'd like to build a cable to connect my Z to a serial GPS device. I've been looking at the information on this page:
http://www.zaurususergroup.org/modules.php...name=SerialPort

That info is very helpful and includes a table giving relevant pins on the zaurus connector. What I can't figure out is which way round the pins should be counted?

If I'm looking directly at my Z, should I be counting the pin on the left as pin 1? or the pin on the right?

I understand that some models have the connector upside down from others? So I'm talking about a C860 here.

Thanks for the help,
Matt

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Security and Networking / Automatic Port Forwarding

« on: March 10, 2005, 09:43:49 am »

Here is my scenario for checking email:

If I'm at home I use the WiFi connection in the Z to connect to my home IMAP server. Fine, all is good and happy.

Now I go to work. In order to connect my Z at work through to my Z at home I need to first establish an ssh tunnel through to my machine at home, and reconfigure the email app to connect to the local port which goes through the ssh tunnel.

Having to switch between these two configurations is a bit of a pain. I was thinking that it would perhaps make more sense to have a little daemon running on the Z which listens on a port, and the email client connects to that local port. Once it gets a connection, the daemon could then determine which network profile is active and either forward out from that port directly to the IMAP server when I'm at home, and otherwise then create an ssh tunnel, and forward everything via that.

Does such a thing already exist somewhere?

It's not really a big project so I will put something together myself if it doesn't already exist.

Matt

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Software / What New Application Do You Want?

« on: March 09, 2005, 08:15:41 pm »

Hi everyone,

OK, so I've owned my Z for a week or so, and now it's time for me to start thinking about what software to write for it! I thought I'd try and guage the level of interest for a few of the things I've been thinking about creating, so we shall see what response I get!

A bit more info on the above apps....

Unit Conversion App
This would basically be a port of the program that I wrote for the Palm, called Converter which contains many unit types and was rather popular on the Palm.

Geocaching Tool
For those fellow Geocachers out there, this would allow you to import cache info, upload to your serial/bluetooth/etc GPS, or use the GPS directly to search for the cache, and upload logs etc

SSH Tunnel Manager
Would allow you to use a GUI to create ssh tunnels to remote networks.

Other
Please let me know what apps you're wanting and I'll consider it if it interests me enough!

Thanks!
Matt

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Software / Ssh Tunnel Gui

« on: March 09, 2005, 07:01:47 am »

In order to connect to my home machines from work (for VNC or to collect email etc), I connect an SSH tunnel on my Zaurus to home. Currently I have to run a script and if I need to change anything I need to edit that etc.

It would be nicer if there was a GUI way of doing this, does one exist?

If such a thing doesn't exist, would anyone else find one useful if I created such a thing?

Thanks,
Matt

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Sharp ROMs / Cf Card Insertion Behavior

« on: March 09, 2005, 04:46:53 am »

Hi guys,

If I insert my WiFi card, the Z detects it and puts the little "dish" icon on the task bar which I can then tap and connect to the network.

If, however, I insert my bluetooth card, it again gets detected, but it doesn't put the icon on the task bar and instead I have to navigate to the network settings and launch my PAN or GPRS bluetooth connection from there.

Is there some reason for this difference in functionality? Is there any way to make it so that when the bluetooth card is inserted it gets the icon on the task bar?

Thanks,
Matt

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Security and Networking / Losing Route To Zaurus

« on: March 07, 2005, 04:50:44 pm »

This might be a more general WiFi issue rather than something specific to the Zaurus, but this is the first time I've run into it.

I connect the Zaurus to my WiFi network and I use the network on it just fine. If I switch to my desktop and ping the Zaurus it succeeds just fine. I then leave the Zaurus alone for a while, still switched on etc but not using the network. After maybe something like 5 mins or so I try to ping the Zaurus again but this time it fails saying that there is no route to host. The Zaurus still says it is connected to the network and the webpage of my access point still lists the Zaurus as being associated with it. I then use the network from the Zaurus, eg. browse a webpage, and after that the Zaurus is pingable again.

Any ideas what causes this behaviour?

Thanks,
Matt

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ELSI General Discussion / Elsi Cacko Feed

« on: March 07, 2005, 04:37:45 pm »

Hi,

Am I supposed to be able to pick up files from the ELSI automatically using "Install packages via networks" in "Add/Remove Software" on the Cacko ROM?

I've tried adding http://www.elsix.org/feeds/cacko to the list of Package Servers, but I just get a blank list?

I'm not sure if this should be working or if I'm doing something wrong...

Thanks,
Matt

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General Discussion / Shirtpocket Troubles?

« on: March 01, 2005, 05:45:10 am »

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has had any good/bad experiences with ShirtPocket.co.uk over the last few months?

I know that their website states that they are in the process of moving etc, and that might be the cause of some problems for them, but still I found a couple of worrying posts on the internet:

http://www.totalpda.co.uk/forum/showthread...p=7889#post7889

See the last couple of posts in this one:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.s...75855425053363/

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/micros...90bea10f02051d/

I also noticed that the account they use on this board (Zuber) also doesn't seem to have been active since mid-January, and hasn't posted anything since last December...

So anyone had any recent contact with them?

Thanks,
Matt

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Software / Currency Conversion

« on: February 23, 2005, 02:30:15 pm »

Hi,

Could anyone recommend an app for converting currency amounts?

I checked the ELSI, but didn't find anything in there...

Thanks,
Matt

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UK / Import Duty

« on: February 22, 2005, 11:49:10 am »

Hi all,

I wondered if anyone has ordered a C860 (or similar) direct from Japan, and if so what import duties they got charged?

I'm intending ordering a C860 from pricejapan.com

Thanks,
Matt

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Accessories / Charging Options

« on: February 22, 2005, 08:34:20 am »

Hi,

I'm going to be importing a C860 through pricejapan.com to the UK. Clearly I'm going to need some way to charge it...

Does the C860 just use a 'normal' circular power plug for charging, so that I could use any, appropriate, DC power supply that I can buy? Or does it have some special connector?

I notice that some places sell a USB 'Sync & Charge' cable... so if I get one of those it will just charge from a USB port? Is there any disadvantage with that? (eg. does it take longer to charge this way?) I presume that the Zaurus comes with a USB sync cable, does that not charge it too?

Thanks in advance for any help,
Matt