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Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: zaphod on December 17, 2003, 12:55:18 am

The list at the sharp website seems to say that most CF modems will not work with the Zaurus. I\'m looking for a simple (landline) CF modem for my C750. Can anyone recommend a model that is easily available?

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: omin0us on December 17, 2003, 01:00:24 am

Targus CF modem. It has worked on my 5500 in all the Sharp and OZ roms, and works in my c760 as well.

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: Anonymous on December 17, 2003, 09:40:57 am

socket cf modem worked just after unpacking and inserting on my c750.

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: nilch on December 17, 2003, 10:05:59 am

I have been using a Socket Communication landline CF modem on my 5000D.
Works smoothly and no hitches at all.

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: zaphod on December 17, 2003, 11:45:39 am

Which model# are you guys using? I bought a Targus PA560 and when I stick it in my C750 nothing happens.  People say that the Targus PA560U will work, but I couldn\'t find it and I decided to take a chance.

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: Anonymous on December 17, 2003, 12:47:44 pm

I\'ve gotta ambicom modem...works great

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: zaphod on December 17, 2003, 02:08:14 pm

omin0us: Which targus CF modem do you have? Does it say \"Model # PA560?

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: panyo on February 19, 2004, 09:10:11 am

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I\'ve gotta ambicom modem...works great

Guest, which ambicom mobem? I have CF56M-EZ and I cannot get it
to respond to minicom (what serial port should I be talking to? Tried ttyS1, ttyS2)
and the \'on\' light does not come on.

I have been trying to dial in to it and have getty give me a login propmt, but
now I am starting to wonder if my problem is perhaps with the card.
edit
I did not try ttyS3- now that I have, it works on my SL5500.

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: PDAgal on February 22, 2004, 05:03:23 pm

I use the Ambicom CF56M-EZ and it works fine with my C860. I connect via the Network applet (created a new PPP Dial up config, left the init string at the default).

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: raybert on February 22, 2004, 05:07:24 pm

I picked up a Hawking Technology 56K modem on a clearance counter at Microcenter and it worked perfectly right out of the box.

~ray

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: arnoldmm on February 24, 2004, 12:35:35 pm

Found a CF modem at Radio Shack on clearance for $19.99, worked out of the box on my SL-5500.

Card says: 56K Compact Flash Modem Radio Shack 25-928. On the back says MODEL: FB CFVFM-5614RD and below that \"Pretec\"

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: doseas on February 24, 2004, 04:45:54 pm

My TrendNet TFM-CF56 works just fine (after editing the config file) on my SL-5500.  Most CF modems are based on the same chip set, so they should nearly all work with the Z, as long as they are not \"WinModems\".

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: saiten on February 24, 2004, 05:46:24 pm

I got the Ipaq CF modem \"Compaq 56k P/N 148909-B21\" from ebay and it works perfectly (in the UK) out of the box on my C760+5500.

Good luck

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2004, 09:21:47 pm

Quote

Quote

I\'ve gotta ambicom modem...works great

Guest, which ambicom mobem? I have CF56M-EZ and I cannot get it
to respond to minicom (what serial port should I be talking to? Tried ttyS1, ttyS2)
and the \'on\' light does not come on.

I have been trying to dial in to it and have getty give me a login propmt, but
now I am starting to wonder if my problem is perhaps with the card.
edit
I did not try ttyS3- now that I have, it works on my SL5500.

I have that same modem and I can\'t get it to work with my 5600.
Although I think I tried to use ttyS3. I can\'t get minicom to work with it either (this is the first time i\'ve ever played with minicom)

What steps did you take to get it to work?

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: Anonymous on February 27, 2004, 10:41:06 am

The targus modem appears to be a rebadging of this Billionton (Taiwan) modem:

http://www.billionton.com.tw/website/index.html (http://www.billionton.com.tw/website/index.html)

Billionton also make an ethernet CF card that is reported to work well with the Zaurus.

Ami

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: Zuber on February 28, 2004, 03:25:33 am

Not got one myself, but recently lent a C750 to Foxpop for review. They had a couple of CF Modems knocking around that they tried out and worked ok. Pretec and Xircom.

See http://www.foxpop.co.uk/Sharp/zaurus_cover.htm (http://www.foxpop.co.uk/Sharp/zaurus_cover.htm) (You want connectivity page).

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: panyo on March 01, 2004, 02:02:28 am

Quote

Quote

Quote

I\'ve gotta ambicom modem...works great

Guest, which ambicom mobem? I have CF56M-EZ and I cannot get it
to respond to minicom (what serial port should I be talking to? Tried ttyS1, ttyS2)
and the \'on\' light does not come on.

I have been trying to dial in to it and have getty give me a login propmt, but
now I am starting to wonder if my problem is perhaps with the card.
edit
I did not try ttyS3- now that I have, it works on my SL5500.

I have that same modem and I can\'t get it to work with my 5600.
Although I think I tried to use ttyS3. I can\'t get minicom to work with it either (this is the first time i\'ve ever played with minicom)

What steps did you take to get it to work?

In minicom I pressed Control-A Z to get the setup menu. Then I selected o, and then serial port setup from the menu.  I then selected A and typed either /dev/ttyS3 or just ttyS3.

I have it dialing and making connections, but I have not succeeded in doing file transfers.
Trying to use z-modem with a Mac. Might try ppp soon, but havo only done direct computer to computer connections so far, manualy issuing ata and atd.

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: jason123 on April 16, 2004, 08:38:13 pm

Sigh I can\'t figure out how to actually dial on mine ....

Those of you with the Socket modem what rom/model of the Zaurus are you using?

And what steps did you take to get it to work?

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: jason123 on May 12, 2004, 11:44:02 am

\'Figured it out -- wasn\'t much to it -- Socket CF modem works fine under Sharp Rom 3x

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: flagar on May 12, 2004, 12:50:12 pm

The Pretec CompactModem is excellent, works flawlessly just like any external serial modem with Linux.
I have tested it successfully with Zaurii SL-5000D, SL-5500 and SL-6000L and with many different roms, sharp, tkc, hybrid, oz.
I managed to send and receive faxes with it, too :wink:

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: Zuber on May 13, 2004, 06:25:32 am

Been using/selling the Pretec one for a while now and it works a treat with the C7/8xx models and standard roms.

Title: Which CF modem?
Post by: sloan_mclaughlin on May 27, 2004, 08:43:16 am

Who has a Targus PA560 working (if anyone) and what are the init commands?  I ordered a new, sealed PA560U (that\'s what it said on the packaging, anyway), but the modem inside turned out to be a PA560.  Thanks.