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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: August 23, 2004, 12:56:06 pm »

Some random suggestions.

findutils - so that find is more equivalent to what you get on the desktop.
vim - better vi editor.
gwCalc - or some other improved calculator.
vnc - with auto-started fbvncserver to make using the zaurus in a desktop window easy.
ssh/openssl
Default to TCP/IP over usb.  Allows vnc, ssh, etc. to function "out of the box".

A database or better address book.
A simple scripting tool.  Python would be my preference.

Another dream of mine is a webserver, e.g. Apache that provides useful access to information stored on the PDA.  E.g. you could point a desktop web browser to http://192.168.129.201/pim/ and see the calendar, addresses, to-do's, etc. without synchronizing.  It would be even better if you could edit through the web interface.  Of course if I wasn't so lazy I'd work on this myself.

Hope this helps.  Thanks again.

Cheers,
Steve

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: August 22, 2004, 11:37:53 pm »

Just wanted to say thanks for producing a tastefully-done ROM for the 5600.  The faster kernel, root user, omitted games, included opie-reader and advanced file manager, are perfect compromises for my needs.  Hopefully others are benefitting as much as myself.  I appreciate the effort and the contribution.

Thanks!!

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Software / vba on 5500?

« on: February 29, 2004, 10:57:03 pm »

Can\'t help much with the signal problem.  What I can say is that vba 1.7 does run on an SL5600.  The bad news is that it seems pretty much unplayably slow.  I\'ve disabled sound (I think) and set it to auto frame skip.

Have you tried many different games?  Many may not work at all.  Some should.  But again the speed may make it a non-starter.

Good luck.
Steve