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Accessories / How To Use Cf-vga Voyager On Zaurus?

« on: September 30, 2007, 09:11:48 pm »

I plan to port SuperProbe for CF slot. If it does not detect the chip, I'll probably give it up.

Please keep us up to date on this.  Reasonable VGA output is the only thing holding me back from buying the Z.  I don't need video rates (although that'd be great), but mirroring the screen, as opposed to having to use presentation software, would be WONDERFUL.

scott

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New products and alternatives / I Think I Found A Z Replacement- Clamshell

« on: July 06, 2007, 02:21:53 pm »

Losing the touchscreen is a big minus, although it's only a "rendering" so the hinge might be different.  Wifi & VGA out are great, but the keyboard looks flat, though.  I wonder how easy it is to type on (even more important if no touchscreen).  

Price point will also be important.  If it's <$1,000 and has a touchscreen, though, it'll be hard to pass up regardless of the flat keyboard.

scott

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Is 3200 More Usable Than This Collie?

« on: July 05, 2007, 10:07:37 am »

Thanks to all for the information.  The 3200 is sounding very attractive right now.  I wish (as I'm sure you all do) that Sharp was making some positive noises about continuing the line.

As of 10/2006, at least, there was a claim (Pazu_Z forum post) that the Kairen USB 2.0 VGA Adapter worked "flawlessly".  It didn't specify, however, if that meant the 18fps that Kairen claims.  It also wasn't clear if this only worked using the presentation software or could actually mirror the screen.  The driver's seemed to be a kernel module, though, which sounds promising (for compiling for pdaxrom, at least).  It might work with other, generic USB-VGA dongles.

Thanks again for all your help.

scott

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Is 3200 More Usable Than This Collie?

« on: July 04, 2007, 05:12:52 pm »

Thanks for the quick replies!  

if you plan to spend 800 bucks on a Z + accesories then maybe you should check out the kohjinsha series:
http://conics.net/catalog/product_info.php...626b9a41547a16b

I did check this out, but I like the Z's pocket-size (large pocket) and lower weight.  

I've used my Zaurus a lot for presentations, it can be done directly with pdfs but I prefer to convert the pdfs to jpegs and use the Sharp presentation program which is a bit more versatile. However, all this is with the Sharp ROM and I don't know how easy it would be to do these things in pdaxrom. In fact, things like presentation and networking are the main reasons I stick with the Sharp rom.

I'd like to heaf more about this.  Were you using a CF-VGA card (and if so, which) or USB?  How did you use it w/pdfs:  directly mirroring the screen (which I didn't know you could do)?  One reason to use pdfs is I can put in links to shell scripts that run animations, although I'm pretty sure the Z won't support a frame rate to make this worthwhile.  I also wonder whether these work in pdaxrom.

It's easier to find a new Sl-6000w than one of these CF to VGA with working drivers.

I'm kind of afraid of this.  I posted to the forum about the usb-vga dongles that seemed promising, but haven't gotten any replies.  I have no strong preference about usb vs. CF.  Any idea if the USB-VGA dongles work?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Is 3200 More Usable Than This Collie?

« on: July 04, 2007, 10:32:30 am »

I've been thinking hard about getting a 3200 (only $400 at PriceJapan!) when I read this:

I had a vision, once, that I could use my Z for all manner of tasks from being an MP3 player to reading pdf files to composing emails...Well, ever since upgrading from OZ 3.2 (I have a collie), the Z has been nothing but trouble with stupid problems like not being able to suspend properly, through extremely rough sound quality with mp2 files to general instability. For sure, the hardware is capable of useful things but the software sucks badly - nothing is ever stable.

This basically what I was hoping to get out of the Z, although I'd add VOIP, presentations (pdfs with a CF to VGA card, I can dream!), maybe porting SCID (chess database) with a good chess program (gnuchess or even crafty).  Oh, and I've written some .php scripts to maneuver around my literature database, so I wouldn't mind running a web server so I could use those...

So:  is the earlier post due to limitations of the collie?  Am I delusional in thinking that I can get the 3200 to do what I want?  How stable is pdaxrom (I would want an X server).  I've been running various forms of linux since 1994 (ok, that really dates me) but haven't done too much sysadmin stuff other than recompiling the kernel & installing patches to get laptop functions like sound &  modem working.  Installing other people's code:  easy.  Re-writing my own drivers, eh probably not.

Thanks for any help.  It's a significant enough investment (probably close to $800 w/accessories), plus returns are hard, that I want to have some idea of what I'm getting into.

Scott

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Usb Vga

« on: June 21, 2007, 01:53:41 pm »

Has there been any progress in the last 8 months on this front?  Specifically, has anyone had success mirroring the screen to an external monitor?  I typically make my presentations in LaTex and put them in a .pdf file, using href to link to shell scripts to run movies or show simulations.  I use acroread in full-screen mode to show the .pdf file, although there's no reason not to use qpdf2.  Now, I gather that the refresh rate is too slow for animations or movies, and that's fine for now.  But the screen-mirror option is paramount, since I don't want to change how I make presentations.

Also, has anyone tried the new IO DATA usb-to-vga adaptor?

Scott