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Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: Anonymous on March 30, 2004, 07:17:31 am

Hi.

Do you think there is a way to connect a usb hard drive to a Zaurus ?

I think it may be possible, but if not, could you explain me why ?

Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: grey_moon on March 30, 2004, 07:21:41 am

something like this?

http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/produc...ages/cfu1u.html (http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/cfu1u.html)

dunno about drivers thro

Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: tumnus on March 30, 2004, 08:28:18 am

You either need to get the new SL-6000 with a built in USB host controller or get a USB host controller CF card like grey_moon pointed out for all other models. Either way, it\'s expensive.

Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: grey_moon on March 30, 2004, 08:31:40 am

but a 6000 would make me (and others i guess) drool with jealousy

Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: maslovsky on March 30, 2004, 08:35:30 am

Yes, this device works with Zaurus

Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: alan on April 01, 2004, 02:24:19 am

What about plugging it to the existing port (the one used for sync) ?

Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: grey_moon on April 01, 2004, 03:36:58 am

err thats not a usb port

Title: Usb hard drive for Zaurus?
Post by: pakman on April 01, 2004, 04:17:11 am

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...or get a USB host controller CF card like grey_moon pointed out for all other models. Either way, it\'s expensive.

Here\'s (http://www.interpocket.co.uk/) one that even mentions the Zaurus  

But, I think that these CF USB host adapters are all USB 1.1, which would make for a frustrating experience with external mass storage. Does the 6000 support USB 2.0? (I have read that the 6000 supports USB On-The-Go, but I am not sure if this implies 2.0 or not.) If so, this would be the way to go if the current CF hard drives really aren\'t big enough, or you want to connect the Z to a CD or DVD drive (assuming that the kernel modules and drivers are available, but that shouldn\'t be too hard for someone to arrange if Sharp don\'t bundle them).

P.