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Post by: Foxdie on November 13, 2004, 06:01:10 pm
Just wanna see who is actively monitoring the UK ZUG part of this forum
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Post by: iamasmith on November 13, 2004, 06:52:07 pm
Not actively monitoring but I spotted it from New Posts.

I'm in London.

- Andy
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Post by: tumnus on November 13, 2004, 07:08:18 pm
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Not actively monitoring but I spotted it from New Posts.
Same here.

Still in Coventry....
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Post by: anonuk on November 13, 2004, 09:25:18 pm
Im in london... for the moment....
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Post by: w14 on November 14, 2004, 01:10:42 am
In Berkhamsted.
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Post by: Optogeek on November 14, 2004, 04:36:39 pm
Like above.  Saw this in new posts.

In Edinburgh using c860 to post
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Post by: TimW on November 15, 2004, 05:29:05 am
New posts for me too!

I'm in London.
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Post by: charlie on November 15, 2004, 07:48:36 am
I monitor new posts although as I am supposed to be the moderator I do have a proper look every now and then.

I'm in Cumbria.  The kitty seems to iritate people.

Chas
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Post by: zbones on November 16, 2004, 04:37:24 am
Still here,
I only monitor it through new posts as the traffic is usually very low.

Peter.
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Post by: chapster on December 09, 2004, 09:58:57 am
Humm, bit late here I guess.

I'm in Bristol and had my SL6K for 2 days. Itching to flash with OZ GPE.
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Post by: dahukanna on December 15, 2004, 08:39:09 am
Haven't  been in a while but check this out occasionally. West sussex  and had 860 since Jan 04. Dawn.
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Post by: Foxdie on December 16, 2004, 07:29:41 am
Glad to hear people present
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Post by: marshmn on December 16, 2004, 08:37:26 am
I'm in Watford.

Don't have a Z yet, though probably will buy an 860 in the new year... just a
pity it doesn't have WiFi & bluetooth... just my luck they will bring out a clamshell
model with those as soon as I've bought the 860!

Matt

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matt@mattmarsh.net
http://www.mattmarsh.net/ (http://www.mattmarsh.net/)
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Post by: swing on December 19, 2004, 12:37:16 pm
Oops, missed this post

Mainly monitoring via New posts.

Steve in Herts / Beds area

SL-5500, WiFi Card, 256Mb SD Card and way too many other PDAs...
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Post by: jp40 on December 20, 2004, 10:24:08 am
Monitor list  from Up here in Aberdeen


Zaurus C760 - 1Gb sd, 256Mb CF, Wireless, Bluetooth.....
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Post by: marshmn on February 24, 2005, 11:39:46 am
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I'm in Watford.

Don't have a Z yet, though probably will buy an 860 in the new year... just a
pity it doesn't have WiFi & bluetooth... just my luck they will bring out a clamshell
model with those as soon as I've bought the 860!

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Well I finally took the plunge and ordered an 860 with plethora of accessories today! Yipee!

Now I finally have a right to be on these forums  

Matt
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Post by: lardman on February 24, 2005, 12:04:21 pm
Okay, I'm late ;-)

I'm in Bath.


Si
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Post by: craigtyson on February 24, 2005, 01:02:50 pm
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I monitor new posts although as I am supposed to be the moderator I do have a proper look every now and then.

I'm in Cumbria.  The kitty seems to iritate people.

Chas
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Ha Ha That makes Two Charlies from Cumbria then.....  Though Iv become alergic to sheep and so had to move down to London.  t' think uz is gan n bowt yan a them zarus PDAs an all eh.
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Post by: padishah_emperor on February 24, 2005, 02:20:02 pm
I'm late too, I'm a Yopy user now, and still in York ;-)
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Post by: adax on February 25, 2005, 12:02:28 pm
I'm lurking around the new posts to see what comes up.  
me, i'm in Sheffield.
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Post by: speculatrix on March 01, 2005, 05:13:45 pm
Just ordered my first ever Z despite lusting after one since the 5000 was announced, the Yopy and others, including considered converting an Ipaq. But now I've got an 860 on the way (I hope!).

About me
Location: Cambridge
Job: software engineer for telco/ISP
Other hobbies: none, spent all my time reading OESF forums whilst waiting for my Z; also known to enjoy motorbikes.
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Post by: collywobbles on April 05, 2005, 02:25:07 pm
C3000 arrived from Trisoft on Thursday last week. Having great fun. I can't believe how great the quality of Opera is for browsing websites (got wireless working straightaway with a d-link CF card). Can't wait to get my teeth into some coding/development on my little Z. Also looking forward to iamasmith's new Rom, should be good.

Cheers
Collywobbles aka Russell (in Durham)
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Post by: danr on April 06, 2005, 04:14:42 am
I'm living in Bristol and own a 5500 and 860.  I enjoy attempting to compile stuff natively on the 860 for pdaXrom.  Some things actually compile, too.

Dan
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Post by: cwaig on April 07, 2005, 04:32:49 am
Living down in Brighton, got an SL5500 and an SL6000. Lovely for pier2pier.net
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Post by: darac on April 07, 2005, 07:31:38 am
Hi. I didn't know you COULD monitor forums/subforums until this post. Thanks for the tip

I'm still here. Just bought myself a Symbol Wireless Networker CF Wifi card and am seeing just what sorts of things I can do with it.
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Post by: speculatrix on April 09, 2005, 01:10:56 pm
I would have thought there'd be more zaurians in the UK than showed up here... are there really less than a hundred of us?

Seems we're too widely dispersed to have some sort of meet-up/party.

Does anyone go to any of the larger computer shows in London? That'd probably be the best chance to have a big meeting.
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Post by: Rev.Tigger on May 21, 2005, 01:24:18 pm
I am in south Staffs with a collie OZ 3.5.3 and a load of things I have not got working yet :)

Only just found this part of the forum :)
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Post by: adax on May 21, 2005, 04:50:59 pm
welcome, join me in the lurking...  
or even post!

oh, eurovision rocks.
well, it does when you can read the forum while listening to terry wogan.
 
thank god for zaurus and cf-wifi cards.


p.s.
first mention of terry wogan in the forum?
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Post by: oninitdialog on May 21, 2005, 05:49:26 pm
I'm here in Blackpool with a SL5500 and I am just modifying a universal car PDA holder to include a Sharp IO connector so I can use my external RS232 GPS receiver.
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Post by: Rev.Tigger on May 21, 2005, 08:03:06 pm
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oh, eurovision rocks.
well, it does when you can read the forum while listening to terry wogan.
 
thank god for zaurus and cf-wifi cards.


No TV here (bliss) but today I have finally got my wifi working under OZ...  something that I have wasted far too much time on.  

All I needed to do was put s: in fornt of my wep key...

Now for the bluetooth gprs connection
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Post by: speculatrix on May 23, 2005, 04:16:28 am
A Z rocks even more when you go on holiday, your wife frowns as you mutter something about taking a laptop computer! Even better, when you discover on holiday someone nearby is running an open wireless acccess point and you get free internet access*.

* when using any wireless access point, with security or none ('cos everyone can see your traffic whose connected)
- delete all cookies before starting web browser
- ensure only use secure pop3 or secure imap for email
- only use https sites for logging in

Paul
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Post by: Rev.Tigger on July 01, 2005, 07:54:19 am
Oh yes

Now if I can get this bluetooth card working I will be able to hook it up to my phone and reboot my servers from the pub,   which is the object of the exercise


After that I need to get my GPS working...
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Post by: Rev.Tigger on July 20, 2005, 06:49:06 pm
So is there anyone else alive in ZUG UK?
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Post by: speculatrix on July 20, 2005, 07:00:19 pm
Yup. well, me at least, I'm monitoring this forum.

Still wondering when there can be a UK zug meeting... october this year maybe:
http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk/ (http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk/)
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Post by: charlie on July 21, 2005, 07:29:12 am
Still here as well.

Chas
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Post by: eekee on July 25, 2005, 03:42:10 pm
Allo, new user here. I'm another one from down south, West Sussex to be roughly exact, & am currently tinkering with a 5500.
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Post by: lardman on July 26, 2005, 06:12:34 am
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So is there anyone else alive in ZUG UK?

Not sure alive is the right word - still trying to recover from the start of the working week


Si
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Post by: macwiz on August 02, 2005, 08:55:41 am
Me here too

(Oxfordshire)

I didn't know you could monitor particular forums either...
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Post by: Traps on August 09, 2005, 04:38:06 pm
Here in Wiltshire with a sick C3100. OpenBSD install gone bad.
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Post by: schadfield on August 09, 2005, 05:22:57 pm
I am living in Sunny Swindon.

This is my second attempt at using an SL5500 as my main PDA. I miss being able to easily hotsync with Solaris (work) and Linux (home) like I could with my Visor Pro.

There are compensations however - like using vpnc to connect to my company's Cisco Concentrator to check email when travelling...
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Post by: speculatrix on August 10, 2005, 02:39:10 am
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There are compensations however - like using vpnc to connect to my company's Cisco Concentrator to check email when travelling...
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Ah, that is very interesting. I came across the vpnc yesterday and I wondered if it would work with my employer's cisco vpn concentrator... I will definitely have a play with that!
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Post by: schadfield on August 10, 2005, 12:57:40 pm
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Ah, that is very interesting. I came across the vpnc yesterday and I wondered if it would work with my employer's cisco vpn concentrator... I will definitely have a play with that!
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I made some notes about setting up vpnc here:

[a href=\"http://www.chadfield.com/zaurus.html]http://www.chadfield.com/zaurus.html[/url]
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Post by: speculatrix on August 17, 2005, 06:10:42 pm
by the way, I have an audiovox GSM/GPRS compact flash card and have had reasonable success connecting to net via virgin. will post the config files if anyone wants them.
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Post by: oztrich on September 06, 2005, 06:29:40 am
Live in Northwich, hail from Sheffield.  Relatively new to the forums, but I'm on my 4th Zaurus - a shiny new 3100, after owning and selling 5500, 6000 & C860.

Still don't know how to use it though....  
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Post by: speculatrix on September 06, 2005, 06:41:39 am
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I'm on my 4th Zaurus - a shiny new 3100, after owning and selling 5500, 6000 & C860.
Still don't know how to use it though....   
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that's no problem, send it to me, I'll learn how to use it for you and bring it back in say 6 months and show you how.
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Post by: oztrich on September 06, 2005, 02:29:23 pm
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I'm on my 4th Zaurus - a shiny new 3100, after owning and selling 5500, 6000 & C860.
Still don't know how to use it though....  
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that's no problem, send it to me, I'll learn how to use it for you and bring it back in say 6 months and show you how.
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That's a really kind offer, I'll think about it and let you know.  
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Post by: chiark on September 08, 2005, 08:36:24 am
Another new to Z UK user here , in Leeds with an SL-5500 and myriad other PDAs from Psion Organiser II upwards  .  Currently have cash sitting in my paypal account, and am looking covetously at a SL-C3100 but have nagging doubts that sharp'll release a new version RSN with larger screen and wifi...
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Post by: lardman on September 08, 2005, 09:01:40 am
I'm looking longingly at the Nokia 770....


Si
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Post by: chiark on September 08, 2005, 11:25:05 am
Looks like a Samsung Nexio... 5" 800x480 screen in a decent form factor.  Hope it gives good battery life - the nexio didn't...
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Post by: speculatrix on September 08, 2005, 11:59:21 am
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looking covetously at a SL-C3100 but have nagging doubts that sharp'll release a new version RSN with larger screen and wifi...
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I bought an 860 having considered a 3000 and a 1000. between placing the order and it arriving, the 3100 was announced.
I did think it didn't matter too much, because 2GB and bigger SD cards were emerging at the time, so the internal 4GB storage wasn't an issue... but now I've heard they don't work..

so now I'm comtemplating upgrading, but holding back until either a bluetooth/wireless version of the 3100 comes out, or "we" crack the problem of putting bluetooth inside the 3x00/1000 case (see their hardware forums).

we're all dreamers, here at OESF, the current device is never quite good enough, is it?
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Post by: chiark on September 08, 2005, 12:17:02 pm
Amen to that - I keep trying everything...

Recently I've been disappointed with an XDA 2s (HTC Blue Angel) and a Nexio XP30, so I still find myself turning back to the Jornada 720 which has been my companion for quite some time now...  It just works, and works well.  I've come to the conclusion that PDA needs a proper keyboard, and not just a thumbboard or the like, otherwise it just isn't usable.  it also needs a decent OS that doesn't try to hide things away from me.

The 5500 really has piqued my interest, and I am absolutely astounded that it'll run so much stuff.  It's definitely made me think that one of the more expensive clamshell Zs will do what I want it to do, and keep me interested for a while.

I think I'd prefer a device with a disk in it rather than just flash, as then swap becomes a lot more practical without wearing out flash memory.

My only "other" reservation aside from the wifi/bluetooth issue is whether I can use a device that small.  The jornada is about 18cm wide, with a decent size 640x240 screen and an excellent 70% size keyboard with a few mm of travel on it.  This form factor works really well for me, and I'm a tad worried that the screen and keyboard will be too small to be usable if I pony up the money for a SL-C3100.

I don't suppose there's anyone in Leeds with a clamshell Zaurus on this list, is there?  
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Post by: diesel1 on September 08, 2005, 03:30:09 pm
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I don't suppose there's anyone in Leeds with a clamshell Zaurus on this list, is there? 
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Yes there is....I got the PM from you and yes I would be willing to meet you to show you my c860...........maybe with a new pdaXrom version (holding breath!).

I will respond via PM soon.

Simon.
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Post by: chiark on September 09, 2005, 03:15:43 am
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I don't suppose there's anyone in Leeds with a clamshell Zaurus on this list, is there? 
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Yes there is....I got the PM from you and yes I would be willing to meet you to show you my c860...........maybe with a new pdaXrom version (holding breath!).

I will respond via PM soon.

Simon.
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Cheers Simon, my apologies for picking on you - you were the only result that came back from searching the board for "Leeds" that had a clamshell  .
Good luck with the flashing.  I think I'll be sticking with the Sharp based ROMs, as I need to sync to outlook.
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Post by: lardman on September 09, 2005, 06:18:56 am
OZ + old Intellisync (from 5500 2.xx ROM CD) syncs with Outlook.


Si
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Post by: chiark on September 15, 2005, 11:43:42 am
Oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear.  The clamshell was supposed to be too small, the screen was supposed to be near as damnit illegible and the keyboard was supposed to be useless!

It isn't, is it?  It's spot on, and very usable.

Damn and blast, etc...

Well, balls to waiting, the 5500 is on ebay and will be funding the SL-C3100 when its sold.  I'll probably end up buying from trisoft as they've been exceptionally helpful, and very quick on their response.  Conics have had two queries sent, and have yet to respond despite registering on their system, so I guess it'll be trisoft that gets my business.

Thanks very much to Diesel1 (Simon) for taking the time to come and show me his 860, and enthuse about it.  It's great to find such an active, helpful community.

I think the first meeting of the Northern branch of the UK Zaurus Users Group has just been held, briefly, in the car park of a northern retail park.  Goodness only knows what anyone watching would have thought, especially as it was raining, I had been walking, so the windows misted up pretty quickly.  

There'll be beer involved at the next meet.  Beer, gadgets and Linux...  Only curry could make it a perfect night    .  Who knows, I might be able to bring a SL-C3100!
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Post by: diesel1 on September 16, 2005, 10:23:05 pm
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Thanks very much to Diesel1 (Simon) for taking the time to come and show me his 860, and enthuse about it.  It's great to find such an active, helpful community.

I think the first meeting of the Northern branch of the UK Zaurus Users Group has just been held, briefly, in the car park of a northern retail park.  Goodness only knows what anyone watching would have thought, especially as it was raining, I had been walking, so the windows misted up pretty quickly.   

There'll be beer involved at the next meet.  Beer, gadgets and Linux...  Only curry could make it a perfect night    .  Who knows, I might be able to bring a SL-C3100!
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MMMMMMmmmmmm currrrrrry!

Hi chiark,
It was good to meet you, I could've chatted for hours about all things computer.

We must get another meeting of the UKZUG(Northern) organised.  We could do a different car park each time!
I always have my car adapter to recharge the Zs if there are any marathon sessions.

Hopefully we will get better weather next time. (Nice brolly by the way)  

Simon.
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Post by: chiark on September 19, 2005, 03:42:14 am
That brolley is advertising the company that I work for... I ought to be on commission when I carry it

Well, I've cracked already: seeing as this is the northern branch, I took the cheap option and have bought a 760.  The thoughts are that this will tide me over until the replacement for the 3100 is announced, although being realistic I suspect that this'll keep me interested for a long while yet