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Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => 5x00 Hardware => Topic started by: refriedChicken on February 26, 2004, 05:12:35 pm
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Just order my 5600, camera and sandisk memory/wifi card and it should be here tomorrow.
Am I going to have problems with the wiFi card? Also, will the SDIO cards work with the 5600, I would like to a wiFi card there and use the CF for other items (i.e. Camera, memory).
Also, I would like to connect my GPS via a serial cable to the Zaurus, is this possible?
Thanks in advance for bring me up to speed on my new gadget.
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AFAIK, the SD slot of the 5600 has _no_ IO feature!
I\'ve once heard of a CF Card that supplies a serial port, bit I\'m not sure where I heard that
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Also, will the SDIO cards work with the 5600,
Not now, and probably not ever, due to the SD Card ASSociation\'s \"security through obscuity\" policy.
Also, I would like to connect my GPS via a serial cable to the Zaurus, is this possible?
Yup: I just bought one from Scott at fivestarassoc.com, and it works well with my Sportrak (I\'d say \"great\", but it\'s a bit of a hassle to have about 8 feet of cable. You might want to get the smaller \"adapter\" he sells for a few dollars more, or ask him if he\'ll make you a shorter cable). You may need to tweak the serial port settings on the 5600: some ROMs start a getty or a PPP daemon on the serial port by default, and you need to reboot to get the Z to come up with the serial port free for use by the GPS (there are how-tos on the web for this).
I\'m working on a mounting arrangement to put the Z and the GPS in the truck now, and will report back in a week or so about how well it works with zRoadmap on my trip.
Ran
Ran