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Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => 6000 - Tosa => Topic started by: DrWily on August 20, 2004, 03:12:42 pm
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I got my 6000L a few months back from a nice fellow on these boards. I'm just wondering how many other people have them now that they have been out for a little while.
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I have had my SL-6000L since the midle of June and I love it...Now I am just trying to get OZ running on it so that it is easer to add new things to the kernel like uses of my keyspan usb to serial adapter for tipping into solaris server...
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Had mine since the end of March. Lovin it!!!!!!!!!!!
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Got it. No regrets!
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Have mine since early August. Sharp is not selling the Z in my country (Canada), so ordered it at Amazon and have it shipped to my sister living in USA.
I am really amazed by it. Now shopping for adds-on and impatiently waiting after OZ....
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hi,
had mine since mid may. super stuff. is my third zaurus and while i just love the screen i have two major cribs against it:
a. unlike the earlier models which i could sync wirelessly, i cant get it to work on the 6000 yet.
b. battery life with wifi on is really poor.
cheers,
/bazmi.
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Had mine since the end of May. The screen blows me away every time I turn it on. Especially if I have been using the 5600 for a bit.
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I have had a Z6KL since mid August, it is great! I am planing on putting on one of the OpenSource OS's on it (maybe OpenZaurus.)
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I've my SL6000L from June !!! I hope OpenZaurus /gpe will be full available soon for this Z !!!
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I have a 6000L from Amazon and am waiting for a 6000W from Japan. I'm a developer attracted to the 6000 by the screen and the promise of having a USB host as well as WiFi/Bluetooth on-board. I hope to contribute significant experience with Linux and code; it does look like the 6000-series is getting a bit overlooked in the software arena.
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Had mine few days ago. It's a great machine and I really like it.
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Had mine since April. The SL-6000 is a fun (not so little) machine. I had one guy ask if it was an "older" machine because of its size. Once I told him I was running a Web server and a VNCserver, I got a little more respect.
Thanks to DevImg, I have even done a little compiling on the Z. It isn't fast, but it does work! I am very fond of a wireless signal strength monitoring tool called wavemon. It is just a terminal based program, but it reads signal strenght in DB (which is more precise). Because it runs in a terminal, I can ssh into the Z (from my laptop) run wavemon, and monitor the signal strength that the Z is seeing. Then I just have my son wander around the house, while I do the wlan site survey from the comfort of my easy chair ;-)
It is too bad that Sharp is pulling the SL-6000 out of the US market. But that isn't the end of the world. After all, I live in Canada (where they are _not_ sold) and I still have one!
Craig...
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I have had my ZSL6kL since late May. Its a pretty awsome tool and I don't regret buying it for even a second. Despite Sharps lackluster support.
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Then I just have my son wander around the house, while I do the wlan site survey from the comfort of my easy chair ;-)
Child slave labour!!!
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I am very fond of a wireless signal strength monitoring tool called wavemon. It is just a terminal based program, but it reads signal strenght in DB (which is more precise).
Where might one find Wavemon?
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Got mine beginning august; it came with me to Spain on vacation; too bad they don't have too many hot spots in Barcelona and Madrid. I used it nonetheless to cary my PDFs, directions and crucial vacation data. Since I have the Z, I have less use for my thinkpad T40...Good stuff.
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I've had my 6000L for two months now but I still can't seem to get wifi working; and I've read all the how-tos I can find. I think my problem is that I've never used a wireless device before so the config files are a little strange to me. I tried using kismet but no luck.
The screen is amazing though!
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I've had my 6000L for two months now but I still can't seem to get wifi working; and I've read all the how-tos I can find. I think my problem is that I've never used a wireless device before so the config files are a little strange to me. I tried using kismet but no luck.
Did you try the How to run Kismet on the SL-6000L (http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagename=How%20to%20run%20Kismet%20on%20the%20SL-6000L) How-To?
I have also noted that installing dev-img 1.5 will break libstdc++ link in /usr/lib and cause Kismet not to connect. It is easily relinked though.
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Kismet doesn't connect you, it just listens.
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Kismet doesn't connect you, it just listens.
I was refering to this this adhoc service from the How-to.
7) To prevent the Wireless Interface from timing out (and killing the kismet session) a Ad-Hoc Network Service is created. In the network app create a new service (I call mine “war-walkâ€). “any†for ssid. Ad-hoc type and then setup a bogus static IP address scheme with a class A mask. (IP – 10.1.0.2 Mask - 255.0.0.0 Gateway 10.1.0.1) DNS 10.1.0.1
8) Connect to this service.
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Got mine is august. Can't imagine not having one now.
I just spent a day with my 5500 installing the new OZ 3.5.1, and I felt like I had a toy in my hands.
Everything works fine. WiFi connects to my home lan without problem. I can Kismet, surf, email, etc...
I just love it...
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I am very fond of a wireless signal strength monitoring tool called wavemon. It is just a terminal based program, but it reads signal strenght in DB (which is more precise).
Where might one find Wavemon?
I have uploaded Wavemon (you have to supply your own child) to the download area under "Cool Stuff"
Craig...
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Kismet doesn't connect you, it just listens.
I was refering to this this adhoc service from the How-to.
7) To prevent the Wireless Interface from timing out (and killing the kismet session) a Ad-Hoc Network Service is created. In the network app create a new service (I call mine “war-walkâ€). “any†for ssid. Ad-hoc type and then setup a bogus static IP address scheme with a class A mask. (IP – 10.1.0.2 Mask - 255.0.0.0 Gateway 10.1.0.1) DNS 10.1.0.1
8) Connect to this service.
Yes, Kismet just listens, but you have to "bring up" the ethernet interface first! And this is what the How-to refers to. By setting up a adhoc config it will "allow" you to bring up the interface, so then Kismet can listen to the interface.
Don't forget to bring down the adhoc connection once you are done with Kismet.
BTW, you can set the ip addressing info to anything you want (that is legal for IPv4) for the adhoc interface.
I hope this helps, clearifys things,
Craig...
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I ordered mine from Amazon last week. Hope to see it by this Friday (Oct 22).
Pdagal and Iwong:
Are you using the 5x00 version of Dr Z Video Player, or the Cxx0 version? Also, are you using the Sharp's rom that comes installed on the 6K?
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Just ordered it from Amazon. Paid for two-day shipping, got a 256mb SD card with it. They guarantee that it'll be here by Wednesday the 20th.
Should be a great replacement for my rx3115, which I got as a replacement from Best Buy for a broken Ipaq 2215 (IMO, a far superior PDA to the former).
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Just got one.
Ordered it from Amazon on Tue (late) with 2-day delivery and got it on Fri.
Ooohh soooo sexy...
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Ordered one from Amazon last week, should get it October 21th. And to think I had almost decided to buy an iPAQ h4355 hoping to be able to get a Linux distribution on it (Can't live without a keyboard...).
I have never owned a Zaurus , but having used Psion machines for as long as I have been interested in pocket computers, the Zaurus + Linux "universe" has intrigued me from day one as the only viable alternative.
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait.................
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Just got my SL-6000W from Japan, geez just figure out the package comes with NO cradle NO usb cable NO CD, just an ac adapter and main unit, and ALOT more expensive than Amazon's price... but, I still love it!
Sim
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Me.
University of Washington, Seattle... already tired of responding to "why didn't you get an ipaq?"
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Hubcapboy,
if they only knew.......
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I'm still tired of people calling my PDAs (almost all Pocket PC's at this point) Palm Pilots.
...my Zaurus arrives tomorrow, and I'm sure someone'll say "Hey, you got a new Palm Pilot!"...oh, the life of a geek.
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Mine arrived today (few days early). I had to dim the screen, as it is so bight and sharp, it hurt my eyes!! Beautiful display. I have read that Dr.Z Video Player works on the sl-6000, but I have yet to see whether to get the 5x00 version or the xscale version. Which version have you other owners bought?
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I got mine from Amazon and fell immediately in love. TRUE love!
I was so worried about support and future avaiability that I turned around today and bought a spare batt., sleeve, and a backup 6k to put away in the closet in case I break/brick the first one. I am now laptop free for the first time in my life and LUVIN' it!
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Got mine yesterday!
I had been using palm, then pocket pc, an there is just no comparison. I sure had been wasting my time with those toys. This is an awesome portable computer. Thanks guys! I got this baby from reading the reviews and forums.
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Got mine a few days ago. One word to describe it: sweet. I feel right at home with the Linux stuff.
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Finally got mine today!!!
Gorgeous screen (no dead pixels, as far as I can see) and it certainly feels solid. It will be difficult not to stay up all night and play with it....
A word of warning for those trying to set-up a Wi-Fi connection using 128bit WEP: In the "WEP" tab of the wizard (or "Edit", if you do it later), you have to click on "Details" and fill-in with your WEP key all four boxes, "Key1" through "Key4".
It drove me nuts for a good half hour, it just wouldn't connect with the WEP key only in the "Key1" box. Then I remembered an old posting I read a while ago about this. Don't know the reason for it, but sure it works!!!
I'm now surfing like a charm..... Cool dude!!!
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Got my 6000L today.
I can only say that the screen is incredible.
With the minimum brightness it has almost the same visibility as my 5500 at full! (subjective evaluation, of course! )
I just tried an Ad-Hoc connection to my notebook and it worked flawlessy!
Cannot wait for this evening when I can test it more deeply!
Adalberto
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A word of warning for those trying to set-up a Wi-Fi connection using 128bit WEP: In the "WEP" tab of the wizard (or "Edit", if you do it later), you have to click on "Details" and fill-in with your WEP key all four boxes, "Key1" through "Key4".
It may work, but it certainly isn't always necessary. I only have Key1 filled in and it works fine both at work and at home. Wonder what the difference is...
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HI,
new to board,
week old newb to my shiney new zaurus 6000L
whos path is from amazon -> american friend -> me in canada.
my linux experience dated back to about 96? maybe sooner, started with slashware, now debian, and redhat when ever the customer asks for it.
I run debian at work, and home.
I run debian on sparc, x86, x86_64 (pure) , and hopefully soon ARM
-Shaw
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Got mine today.
Amazon -> Friend in Florida -> Sweden, Stockholm, me.
Appears to have two dead pixels, afaict.
Completely new to the Zaurus, but not to linux.
Just connected the usb cable to my ordinary (Fedora 3, rc1) box and started telnetd on the Zaurus. Feels weird to telnet in to a PDA
Will try flashing it later tonight.
Any hints on good software repositories?
externe.net seems to have (temporarily I hope) disabled the downloads.
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I got mine a few days ago.. I love it. It's really too cool having somethign in my hand that I can access my service network with and do some real work on. I'm really looking forward to getting into making it a real solution in my work. I've been looking for an "enterprise" type handheld, and I think I found it.
Mustang
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To repeat what everyone else has said, the screen really is incredible.
I got mine a couple of weeks ago.
1 dead pixel
but only in red and not so noticable 99% of the time. I thought it would really irk me, but it"s near a corner and I really don't think about it (but,of course I KNOW it's there)
I called Sharp about it, and like almost all other of these types of screens, there is an "acceptable tolerance" of 3 dead pixels. It would be covered under warranty, but no guarantees that a replacement would be dead pixel free.
My only other complaint is the 2.5mm headphone jack... see the thread inhardware for adapters.
Oh, my other complaint is that Sharp is ditching this far superior product (I think the retail price was just too high for most, including me... but I got one as soon as Amazon dropped the price, recognizing that it was still a good deal even without Sharp, thanks to Linux.)
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Just got my SL 6000L today!! Sweet!! Even though Sharp is discontinuing them here in the US because we are to stupid to use anything but Windoze based PDA's, I love this machine! Hopefully the sheep will wise up and create a market for Linux based PDA's.
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Just got it
It's charging. I have a question about charging the first time : how long ? 4 hours as the manual says ? 24 hours for maximum battery life ? Can I turn it on while charging for the first time ?
I'm so excited
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A word of warning for those trying to set-up a Wi-Fi connection using 128bit WEP: In the "WEP" tab of the wizard (or "Edit", if you do it later), you have to click on "Details" and fill-in with your WEP key all four boxes, "Key1" through "Key4".
It may work, but it certainly isn't always necessary. I only have Key1 filled in and it works fine both at work and at home. Wonder what the difference is...
This ia an issue with wlan-ng from what I can tell...and it does not effect all WEP access points all the time..I have found this is a must is when using ADHOC with WEP and on a few of the Cisco Aironet...I also found that sharp does fill in all 4 lines in the wlancfg-SSID file even if you on put the key in once(at least on mine it does)...since I found sharp doing this on my zaurus I have started doing this on my desknote that used a d-link 122 and found my connections worked alot better...I still have not found any documentation to explan why this is yet, this just experience from making the wlan-ng work on openzaurus...
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Hi! This is my first post here. I bought a 6000 from Amazon for $399 about two weeks ago. I had been considering getting a Tungsten C but my research indicated that many people experienced hardware and software problems with the C, so I held back. When the 6000 fell to a comparable price it was easy to choose it over the C.
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Hi i got mine since three weeks from Amazon $399 .My first PDA! Very happy with it, allthough i can't find much of freeware yet .Specially i am about the case that i can't take advantage of the video full capabilities, due to incompatible software from previous models.But overall quite happy with purchase!
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Just got my Z6000W from Japan
It's charging now... Couldn't resist to turn it on though
Now I have to find a way to switch it to English.
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Had mine a few weeks just loaded Opie on it to check it out. A very Sweet device for the Amazon $399 price especially. I wanted one since the first 5000's came out but the price just wasn't right.
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I have one. Paid $449 from Amazon. Sold the "free" 128MB SD for $15. Nice unit, but not completely happy about its Java support. I just loaded IBM's new JVM (http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?productType=2&jid=8X8B44DD74F44B52869XE5DE63C5D65C&platformId=9&siteId=1&productId=141006§ionId=0&catalog=1&authorId=97880) & its better than the one that shipped with the 6000. I'll keep it because it is pretty cool & has lots of potential.
[Update 31-Dec-04 - Called Amazon three weeks ago & they refunded me $70. With the rebate my 6000L cost me $379. I am very happy.]
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New to the forum and new to the Zaurus, but not Linux. Just received my 6000L from Amazon today and am really excited. Have not had much of a chance to play with it yet, but I will.
I could not decide between the 6KL or a clamshell, so I found a C760 on Ebay and bought a new 6K, both actually arrived today, so I have a lot to do...
Troy
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SL-6000L
SL-C760
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I had been looking for a paper-schdule replacement for several months. I tried out a borrowed Palm and an iPaq, but they were just too crude and limited. I read about the Zaurus 6000L somewhere, found this and a couple other sites and decided to add it to my Chirstmas list. My girlfrient pickd it up off amazon about 3 weeks ago. Love it's resolution, detail, flexibility, and even the standard apps. (But planning on changing ROMs.) I love and use GNU/Linux on my boxes, but am not a developer...I hope to contribute to this community in some other way, though.
My secondary purpose is to avoid wasting time, but not have to carry a laptop around. With the little brother of this keyboard (now marketed as the PDA VIK?):
GrandTec Virtually Indestructible Keyboard (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=300135&CatId=533)
and the iriver USB cable found by hubcapboy (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7922&hl=iriver) (thanks!), I can get quite a bit of work done on the train, waiting around for late colleagues, etc.
Now i just need some cool wallpaper....
MrCool80s
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I have a question about packaging : What's in the box ?
Because I heard that in Japan , you don't have CD nor USB cable ?
And the Manual : Japanese or english ?
Thanks for your answers
Some of us (french users) are very interested in buying 6KL and we want a feed back
Come and see us on www.pdafrance.com : Linux Village (quietly dedicated to Z) if you speak french of course
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I have a question about packaging : What's in the box ?
Because I heard that in Japan , you don't have CD nor USB cable ?
And the Manual : Japanese or english ?
Thanks for your answers
Some of us (french users) are very interested in buying 6KL and we want a feed back
Come and see us on www.pdafrance.com : Linux Village (quietly dedicated to Z) if you speak french of course
I'm french too
I bought my 6000L throught ebay, 378.91€, brand new. That's what I received in the box :
- a zaurus SL-6000L (obviously !)
- the cradle
- a male A <-> mini B usb cable
- CD
- manual in english
- 3 pair of earplug headphones
- plastic screen protector
- a "magnetic shield" (?) to put on the headphones cable
- the power supply
- maybe I forget something but that's all I remember for the moment
Outstanding screen !! I played with it for some time then turned on my 5600 and Oh My God the diffrence really hurts !!
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just got a 6000L from eBay, having been bitten by the jpettins scam at Amazon.
Yet to get the Amazon refund back..., but the 6000 does take the pain away - its so sweet. Though I am still in debating mode as to which is better the 6000L or the 750 clamshell ?
Would love to see a Cacko type ROM for the 6000 though.
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- a "magnetic shield" (?) to put on the headphones cable
If that "magnetic shield" is somewhat cylindrical and about an inch long, then I think it's supposed to go on the power cable (between the Z and the box).
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yep, got an SL6K too.
nice, nice!
Lek
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Ditto
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Bought mine on eBay for about $420 new. It's a bit large, e.g. almost 4x (nearly double the thickness, nearly double the length) the size of my Tungsten T3, so it's not something I'm going to just throw in my coat pocket. But I'm really looking forward to getting things up and running, maybe try my hand at cross-compiling stuff from my Powerbook and/or maybe try to learn some Python.
Ain't new stuff fun!?!
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I have an SL6000L. I have owned an SL5500 and SL5600; of the three, this is my favorite (except for one dropped pixel).
It's too bad Sharp never marketed these correctly in the US.
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This is my ultra portable home webserver. The first stable X rom will make it perfect to interface it with my 4 *nix boxes.
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I too have a 6000L now... (yippee!). I'm using it mostly as a pda to sync with my outlook stuff at work, since I have pdaxrom on my 760 and it's not as easy to sync. I love the built-in wifi...
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Even though this is my third Z, I didn't realize ORG that you now have all three basic roms (sharp, OZ and pdaxrom). Nice.
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Got my 6KL about a month or so ago from Amazon. I had a 5600 for a month before it accidently fell into a bucket of water...don't ask.
For those waiting on the fence because of Sharp's pullout, my advice is to examine yourself and if you fall into the geek "I gotta be different" category just get one. Up to the time I received my new one I was fighting with my Palm IIIx on almost a daily basis and figured if I could keep the 6KL half as long then it would be a good investment.
My historical rout to the Zaurus was through Amiga, who at one time was going to develop on it, and a sneek peek at one of the earlier versions at a Comdex many years ago.
My biggest problem is that I have very little knowledge of networking and Linux, having concentrated on other computing areas for the past few years. This is a handicap that will have to be overcome. Judging from what little I've read in this forum, this will be the place to start.
I'd love to run Rebol on my Zaurus. Anybody out there succeed in this area?
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Got my SK-6000 a month ago from Amazon. I was just pittying myself why didn't I get 5600 while the price was really low and SL6000 was way too high. In 3 weeks time SL6000 went donw to $500 then to $370 and I immediatelly got mine
My major problem with SL6K is that I can't get a good carrying case and I won't take it with me without some kind of protection. So it sits next to my monitor on my desktop. Any recommendations for a leather/nylon case ? How do you carry your SL6K wth you?
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Hi all,
Got mine two weeks ago and I can't believe how awesome this thing is. It's so much more than the SL-5500 I had before. I'm from Canada so took advantage of a long business trip to have it shipped to the US office.
So far my only peeves are finding a version of Keypebble VNC to download and finding a USB cable for on-the-road syncing.
As far as a case, I'm going to find one of those zippered binder style portfolios. Let's face it, you always need a pad of paper with you. I've seem some from Franklin Covey that now have a "Universal PDA holder". No, you don't need velcro, and it looks like you could extend the keyboard while the PDA is clipped. Will report back.
Regards,
Doug
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Hi all,
I just got my Z a month ago on Amazon for $380. It's my first PDA, I bought it to force me to learn about Linux. I was hesitating between the Z and a new linux scientfic PDA about to be released by a new company, please see http://www.hpcalc.org/qonos.php . Everything is new for me, for example I had some problems installing packages because my folder's name contained a blank. By reading this forum, I am amazed by what it can be done.
I bought some extras : Thinkoutside IR Keyboard, Javo 2.5mm headphones, Microdrive Hitachi 4Gb(there is a $50 mailin rebate available till december 31st ), iRiver usb cable, NiteIze Clip Case.
People here in this forum are very helpful, thanks a lot everybody.
Mery Christmas...
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I bought the SL-6000L for $380 on Amazon in early December, but I only recently picked it up because I had to fly home to the US to do so. A trustworthy friend of mine had recommended the Z to me when I mentioned that I was toying with the idea of buying a PDA -- that is, trying to invent enough reasons to justify it. My criteria were extremely specific and didn't help matters. I was looking for a sub-$400 model with a hideaway thumb keypad, lots of RAM, built-in WiFi, extensability, and with a dedicated community of developers and users. As a Mac user (switched in 2001 and now rabidly pro-Apple), the latter was especially important to me.
After unpacking and working with it for a little over a week, I must confess to being utterly wowed by the hardware but mildly disappointed by the software, above all the lack of a good sync utility. Handcom Word and Sheet are great, and so are QTmail and Opera (I've actually since installed the IBM multimodal version with Opera 7.55); but what I really need (okay, want) is a portable device that will handle all my contacts, e-mail, grocery shopping and book/CD/DVD lists, calendar entries and to-do's, and an MP3/AAC player -- a mini-Mac, in other words, something I can sync and take on holiday so I can listen to digital music and write, say, a book review and submit it from a hotspot on the road.
I went with the Z instead of a Palm primarily because I wanted to learn about Linux firsthand. I can't stomach the gadget-happy trendies who don't understand the technology they're blindly embracing, and I love the idea of open-source development. But I'm not a power user, and, as far and I can tell from what has been debated in these very forums, there appears to be a lot of OS choice -- fragmentation, you might call it -- but not a heck of a lot of useful, stable, feature-rich, updated software that works without serious command-line tweaking. GAIM, for example, hasn't been updated in almost a year, even though the website (http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/) promises a v.5 "soon". This is one app I looked forward to installing, but I spent several frustrating hours trying to find a workaround before giving up. Same with the less-than-stellar (when it does work at all) ZMacSync. Even the trouble between Z models is discouraging, such as when newly released software -- Cacko 1.22 comes to mind -- runs on older or Japan-only Zs but not newer ones like the 6000.
Don't get me wrong. I have no regrets at all and no intention of parting with my 6000L anytime soon, but if I'm to be completely honest, I haven't collapsed on the floor due to unbridled hysterical elation over my Z. Maybe I was too much of a geek romantic to imagine such a thing was possible at all.
The lingering optimist in me does, however, see good things on the horizon with Qtopia 2.1 and (later still) 4, and maybe the forthcoming Palm Linux-based distro if it runs on the Z. Based on personal experience, I came to the Mac during the uncomfortable transition from OS 9 to OS X, back when X apps were in scarce supply and Mac/Win compatibility was still a niggling issue, and now I'm collapsed-on-the-floor-elated that I did.
If I'm missing anything here, please correct me. The Z, its history, its support base and the terminology are still very new, so I may easily have things mixed up or overlooked something obvious. But this, for better or worse, has been my first impression of the 6000.
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I bought one on ebay (thought I bought one on amazon too.. but there is abig thread on that). I pretty well prefer openzaurus. with occasional flights to sharprom just to see what there is to see...
adf
James Nak.. nice to hear the amiga mentioned in this context!!!! uae exists for the zaurus..though I don't know anyone running it on a 6k. wasn't there also a amiga-on-jave thing going?
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Tonight, tonight, it's coming tonight. Hot damn, tonight!
I'm really looking forward to my new toy....er....productivity tool. I will love it, and feed it, and name it Ruprecht.
Seriously though, I'm hoping this will be more useful to me than my previous two clies or palm devices, or windows ce devices. I am optimistic though. I don't run any windows systems (haven't for the past 4 years) and have been able to accomplish everything with linux. I'm certain that I will have a good experience with the Z
I bought this sl-6000l on ebay, new in box. With shipping, $460. If it shows up today, I'll be heading to Frys tonight to pick up a big SD card and maybe a CF ethernet.....and a couple of DVD's......and maybe some headphones.......I love Frys
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I picked mine up at the end of October when they where going on fire sale at Amazon for $380. So far, I've just been enjoying surfing from bed
I am about to start trying some of the ROMs - the X/QT on Debian sounds enticing, but I'll probably start with OZ to see what it's like.
I was a long time Newton owner (and developer), and the Z does not disappoint -- it's much smaller in size and the screen is great. I'm not sure a Cx60 would have been useful for me (i.e. keyboard), as mostly I'm just surfing and checking mail via imap.
I'm thrilled with the cf and sd options though - and really like the ability to view my Canon Powershot photos on the big 4" 6000 screen
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I have had mine for about 2 weeks. Love it!
I never thought I would ever own a PDA, but this one
seemed to have everything I need.
I am looking forward to trying different linux versions on this device.
Everything seems to work fine, except that I can't seem to get
the 56k modem CF card to work! This seems a bit strange since
it is probably the simplest device there. Hopefully, someone in
this group can help me out.
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My major problem with SL6K is that I can't get a good carrying case and I won't take it with me without some kind of protection. So it sits next to my monitor on my desktop. Any recommendations for a leather/nylon case ? How do you carry your SL6K wth you?
I carry my 6k in a soft zippered nylon case that came with an HP 48G. It fits pretty nice. Room for a couple of cards and a little bit of extra room on the end (the 48G is slightly longer and thicker than the 6k). I wouldn't feel comfortable dropping it in this case, but even a perfect fitting leather case wouldn't relieve me of dropping anxiety.
John
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Howdy, new Zaurus SL-6000L owner here. Saw one available on eBay, used, for $399 and jumped on it.
I'd been looking at PDAs for a long time. I got a crappy Casio PDA a long time ago, and it was so horribly slow I never really got into using it. After reading the reviews of the 6000 for a while, I was very excited about the possibilities.
- VGA screen
- USB host
- Unix
- Java
I've been using different flavors of *nix for going on 15 years now, so I feel comfortable in my ability to put together a compile environment with help from the community, so I can cross-compile apps for it.
I wanted something I could carry around the house with me, for basic messaging and alerts. (I work from home; basic server monitoring over a web page is all I really need in that department.) And something that would be useful when travelling for business. I visit Germany a few times a year; English -> German translation would be a bonus, as well as maps and wireless internet connectivity at internet cafes and such, without having to carry a laptop. Also, the USB host capability intrigues me, and I'd like to use the Zaurus in the car on road trips and such in combination with a GPS. (I have a USB Earthmate, I'm hoping to be able to use it, although I WILL get another if I have to.)
I have a Blackberry I can use for work related emails, so that's not terribly important.
Here's to a long and healthy friendship with my 6000, and the folks in these forums!
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I've been the proud and mostly happy owner of a 6000L for five days now. After using a dos-based HP palmtop for more then ten years, I thought it was time for an upgrade. The 6K is actually slightly smaller and lighter than the HP, so I do not find it too large to carry in a shirt pocket. I wrap a couple of large rubber bands around it to prevent it sliding out of the pocket.
As a Linux neophyte, I feel like I'm trying to leap onto a spinning carousel. I hope I'll learn my way around the system in time; for now, the 6K is very usable at a superficial level.
Thanks to all who contribute helpful information to these forums!
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Another happy owner here, impressed one
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I am an 'old' Zaurus user (had a C860 ,and now have a c3k) and was amazed when I saw that amazon was selling the 6kL with 46% of reduction.
The problem was : I live in France and that delivery was only in US. thanks to a friend of mine (living in NYC) I was able to buy one on the beginning of december.
I received it 4 days ago, so now you can consider me as a happy new 6000L user.
How lucky i am
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Received mine on Christmas eve of 2005; how memorable, huh ? )
Paid with lots of moolah to get it imported all the way from Missouri to Singapore (excluding import tax). Was it worth all this hassles, logistics, etc.,. ?????
You BET! Every single cent of it (including the bloody tax)! I'm already doing wonders with it (besides j2me development on-the-fly), I'm using it for my moonlighting adventures in infosec.
Had all my Tungsten-toting colleagues envious when I showed them how to interface from a simple 512MB usb thumbdrive to my 40GB external 2.5" drive, all via the courtesy of the mini-USB port of the Z6K.
Am I happy? VERY satisfied. Since obtaining it, I've been accessorizing my Z6K.
What I'm lacking still is the expansion sleeve (really ex for someone who doesn't get paid in USD)!
Long live the Z6K (altho it has been discontinued by Sharp Corp.)!
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I got mine from my wife as a Christmas present to replace to aging SL5500 she bought me a few years ago (there's a woman who knows what a man really wants ).
Imported from the US to the UK (getpartsonline.com - not quite as cheap as Amazon were, but willing to ship to the UK and still looks cheap 'coz of the $ being worth roughly the same as a packet of peanuts at the moment).
Been on a bit of a shopping spree since, and picked up some nifty (and very cheap) USB accessories - keyboard, mouse, wired ethernet adaptor. Superb - the USB stuff is sooo much cheaper than compact flash stuff, and so much easier to get working.
The techie guys in my office were pretty impressed by it (just to show off, I had it mount an full-size 120G IDE hard drive full of MPEG's).
Beautiful screen, superbly done WIFI. My only moan would be that I've not managed to get my CF bluetooth card working properly yet. Must get round to downloading the source to the Bluetooth network plugin and fixing whatever the problem is with making it work correctly...
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hello, another french 6000 user (proud and happy) coming from z750 world, qtopia and linux embedded were missing me too much, i didn't have the strenght to take a pocket pc between 2 Zs ! i prefered to stay without pda for 3 long months instead.
you can't imagine how hard it is to get a 6k there in france.
i didn't post that much because i'm a complete newbie in linux so i prefer to read the forum bible b4 telling or asking too many silly questions that a quik search function resolves most of the time.
my principle use of the 6k is for personnal use , and i'm also using it to console into my company's routers via a simple serial cable.
i enjoy to read you all everyday.
please don't forget to save the database of this forum as it will be a biiiiiiiiig loose for all the Zaurus user community.
and thanks also to SHARP, for making so crazy tools/toys.
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I have had mine since December and still dont know how to use it! But I do love it! And, is it just me or are the reps at Sharp useless. When I asked if there were any retailers in my area I was told to try "Target".
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Just sent a PayPal payment for a 6000L from ebay. $500! You folks who picked it up earlier for $3XX are very lucky! As it is I got mine for cheaper cause the name of the device had a typo.
Now I hope the seller is not a deadbeat.
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He wasn't!
What a great machine!
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Got my 6000L On Thursday. Bought it from a guy in the US via ebay. Only downside was getting stung for VAT on the import which always annoys me as if Iwere buying in the UK I would not have to pay VAT on second hand goods.
Nice bit of kit. Can't wait for the next OZ to appear. Have finally got the Sharp ROM back on it and can flash 'tween the two at will. Sharp ROM is quite well put together, the wireless setup wizard is easy to use for example, however it lacks the broad software base of OZ so it won't stay once the keyboard issues and the power/suspend issues are history.
Neil
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As of this morning I am finally a 6000L owner! Bought the second one that has ever been for sale on ebay UK. It's gigantic!!! More so than I expected or would have liked, but I think it looks bigger in comparison to my 5500 because of the robust design. I guess i'll just have to get used to it (and I was going to buy an expansion sleeve lol). The screen is sooooo good- I can hardly use my 5500 any more!
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I have buy SL6000L near Cristmas, from ebay , I live in Italy. I buy for arund 350 euros with shipping and taxes.
I'm a linux lover and this is the main reason why I buy zaurus.
I'm waiting pdaxrom for SL6000... and the right video acelleration for play mpeg...
Bye
Roberto
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Been on a bit of a shopping spree since, and picked up some nifty (and very cheap) USB accessories - keyboard, mouse, wired ethernet adaptor. Superb - the USB stuff is sooo much cheaper than compact flash stuff, and so much easier to get working.
The techie guys in my office were pretty impressed by it (just to show off, I had it mount an full-size 120G IDE hard drive full of MPEG's).
WOW! Just took a look at the USB ethernet adapters and they are like dirt! I can pick one up for 3 pounds! I have been watching the rather rare cf ethernet adapters on ebay and they keep going for 15-30 pounds. And the usb ones are smaller and less likely to get broken. Now all I need is a usb host cable... oh dear.
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WOW! Just took a look at the USB ethernet adapters and they are like dirt! I can pick one up for 3 pounds! I have been watching the rather rare cf ethernet adapters on ebay and they keep going for 15-30 pounds. And the usb ones are smaller and less likely to get broken. Now all I need is a usb host cable... oh dear.
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Where are you looking at these £3 USB ethernet adapters? I'd like to take a look at them myself.
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Hi.
My sl6000 came to me in december 2004. I was one of the lucky ones to buy at Ebay when the prices where extremely low (don't even dare to name the price). At the moment I use the Sharp rom. Not because I like it but becasue it uses all the features of the machine. Since I'm not experienced in programming, the OZ roms are not within my reach. I do experiment with the 3.5.3, but there are too many problems with it for me to abandon the sharp rom. The problem with the sharp rom is that it tries to automate too many things (e.g. collect all audio files in one list, maling it impossible to distinguish between different tracks).
In addition to the qpe filemanager and terminal, I've installed qpegps which I use with a Fortuna Xtrack CF GPS receiver. Works perfect. Sometimes the Xtrack is not recognised. I take it out the zaurus, change the switch and put it back in and restart gpsd, it works again (something like a reset action by changing the switch).
Furthermore I've installed TextMaker, which is way better than Hancom Word (but it is not free).
I'm still looking for a nice case. Unfortunately Piel Frama (spain) does not produce cases for the 6000 (yet). The ones for the older models are lovely. I am trying to get in contact with them to find out if there is a chance that they start making cases for the 6k as well.
What do I use my Z for? I travel a lot with public transport. The Z is brilliant to make notes, answer e-mails, listen my mp3's, read documents, make minutes of meetings. Also I use it to track hiking trips and I'm going to use it for tracking ice-skaing trips I'm going to make next winter (wit qpegps).
The best of the Z6k: linux, screen, speed, keyboard, wifi, robustness, expansion slots
Missing: a nice belt case
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I bought a Zaurus last November and have been using it occasionally. Now it's the summer so hopefully I will have more time to play with it. Wish me luck.
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problems with it for me to abandon the sharp rom. The problem with the sharp rom is that it tries to automate too many things (e.g. collect all audio files in one list, maling it impossible to distinguish between different tracks).
Try the kino2 + mplayer combination. When 0.4.3 comes out, it should be great with the playlists and stuff. I'm currently using it with mplayer-bvdd_1.1.5-1_arm.ipk. What I like about it is that it'll play m4a's as well as mp3's.
There's also the newer musicplayer-C3000_2.0.0_arm.ipk that might interest you, as it's like the old media player, but with more eye candy. Of course there's also some other players ...
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Hi.
I got mine just 10 days ago ,am from Spain and here only few people have it cause you must get it from USA and theres a lot of 5500 or 5600 but with the SL6000l model theres only 4 people registered ,is the first PDA i have but thats because i have benn waiting for this model many months and now i got it ,of course it stills have the original rom from Sharp but i am surfing the www fine after i discovered that i culdnt do it cause the firewall didnt let me conect but now i am just wondering about what rom to install or how can i upgrade the one i have ialready installed.
Zaurus Sl6000L -Kingmax 1G-Opie 1.2.12
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just a quick question for all the diffrent 6000 owners. do all the various 6000x models have the same dog name tosa or are there other names too?
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All tosa.
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All tosa.
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thanks for the info. that will make things easy for me