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SIMpad forum / Happy To See An Active Comunity

« on: February 13, 2009, 07:17:37 pm »

Hello

It's been a while since I contributed anything, but today for some reason I just visited the forum and saw the simpad community alive.

Wow. This is so nice! I gave my 128 Mb RAM simpad to Koen Koei, in the hope he would develop some stuff so that the platform would not end up dead.

I don't know if it helped, but I'm happy to see so many people doing so many great things with the simpad, even so many years after it has been discontinued.

Wish you all good luck!

Guylhem (now MD PhD)

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Guylhem Rom / Development Halted

« on: March 05, 2007, 06:02:33 pm »

Hello

If you really don't want to donate to OE/angstrom or your favorite cause, you can send me a paypal for whatever you want.

That will be very welcome.

I hope I will be able to start working on such interesting projects (Linux handhelds !) next year.

Now I'm putting the focus on the "normal" life to recoup the delays this accident caused me - thesis and stuff.

Guylhem

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General Discussion / Sharp Iris Prototype + Jtag Reader

« on: February 01, 2007, 06:50:47 am »

Hello

Due to a lack of time with my Zaurus activities (I'm just starting to live normally now), I am selling a Sharp IRIS prototype. Basically, it is a SL5500G (german SL5500 ie with a QWERTZ keyboard) with a GSM module. The GSM module has been tested in France - it is working fine, without simlock.

The device itself is flashed with a demo OS that I didn't have time to remove. There's no apparent easy way to reflash it but JTAG, so I'm including a parallel port JTAG reflasher if you don't have any, along with a linux kernel sourcetree supporting the Iris, and the documentation I have - the hardware manual of the LinkUp L7200, upon which the Iris is based.

The Iris uses standard SL5500/c7xx batteries and a similar 5v charger, which has been replaced.

Could be fun to have for anyone wanting a treo-like zaurus, and with enough knowledge to do the reflashing. It was never mass produced and is quite "rare". It is *not* for end users. If you don't do JTAG, don't get it, unless you want to have a vintage item for your Zaurus souvenir shelf.

It's 200 eur + real shipping costs. More pictures (including internal pictures) can be sent if necessary. Paypal or bank wire only.

Guylhem

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Sharp ROMs / Help! Sandisk Wi-fi + 128mb Card Not Working

« on: December 05, 2006, 06:31:05 pm »

Hello

Looks like using the memory and wifi at the same time are now possible. They require a 2.6 however...

See http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux...ber/004266.html

Guylhem

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Guylhem Rom / Development Halted

« on: December 03, 2006, 12:49:56 pm »

Well then I'll try to help with the C7/8x0 2.6 kernel for OZ :-)

I already send cpu overclocking patches, 7500 keyboard map, and a X application to make fn+p emulate third click/paste,  but I don't know if they have been integrated.

Guylhem

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Cxx0 General discussions / Playing Vga Video On A C750/c760/c860

« on: December 03, 2006, 12:49:20 pm »

Thanks for the pointer - didn't notice it. I will have to test ati-w100 kdrive on oe first, to see how it currently works.

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General Discussion / Questions About The Simpad Sl4

« on: December 03, 2006, 12:45:19 pm »

1) yes (+compact flash with adapter), yes
2) should be yes, never tried
3) you need to set up wifi if you use a wifi pcmcia card
4) slave only - attach the simpad to the computer
5) with the usb or serial or wifi or pccard, with ipkg install or some front end
6) already has some
7) charging

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Hardware Mods / Sl-7500c 128m Flash Upgrade Failed!

« on: December 01, 2006, 07:32:48 am »

According to the datasheets, there are JTAG lines just like on the previous models , but they require a special sharp cable (which schema has already been published here)

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Cxx0 General discussions / Playing Vga Video On A C750/c760/c860

« on: November 30, 2006, 07:51:03 am »

Hello

Thanks to the generous loan of a C750, I could start experimenting with software "enhancements".

After some research on the forums, I found there were many discussion about video playback on the C7/8x0, with most people using 320x240 only. Well, looks like you can do much better than that ! Maslovsky and kfetisov reported vga playback at 248 kbps with mono audio, but that too can be improved.

After some tests, I could succesfully achieve 640x352@25 fps, with 500 kbps and stereo 64 kbps audio. You simply have to overclock with CCCR=163 (edit /home/zaurus/Settings/freqchange.conf to add a line above the "Overclocked"/162 entry with "Max overclocking" and 163)

Here's the script I used for encoding, along with the command line for playback. I recommand mplayer-w100_1.0pre5.2-1_arm.ipk.

I put the files on a 1GB CF, so the space constraint is not existant. I will now try to reproduce that on a 2.6 kernel, which I patched to add overclocking support.

Guylhem

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Guylhem Rom / Development Halted

« on: November 29, 2006, 03:55:09 pm »

speculatrix, I'm not sure about that. Sure playing with a new generation 3xxx could be interesting, especially for the video acceleration part, but at the same time I think the donation would be better invested if the unit was send to the OE projet for kernel improvements etc.

Guylhem

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6000 - Tosa / Bluetooth Headphone On Sharp Rom?

« on: November 24, 2006, 12:37:00 pm »

Hello

You will need a fast connection to the bluetooth chip (which can't be done on the 6000 slow uart sharp used) and some specific A2DP software.

I was working on this. I will try to check these issues again soon, but don't hold your breath.

For mono sound however, SCO works. Check on externe.net for a player and vocal synthesis software.

Guylhem

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Guylhem Rom / Development Halted

« on: November 24, 2006, 12:34:05 pm »

Well, we were simply stuck by a car on the right handside where I was sitting. It didn't stop at the crossing. I was informed by the gendarmes that the last accident at that very spot was fatal for the guy in the passenger seat, so yes I guess I was lucky.

I don't know how long it took to to cut the metal around and get me out of the car, but to me that was long, painfull and stressfull. I wish I would have lost consciousness...

The fun part : I have no health insurance (I think I can treat myself) but due to the seriousness, the french social security takes most of the bill (17k Eur for the first 2 weeks in the hospital, includings drugs/surgery/exams etc. the next bill should arrive soon), and the car insurance should cover the difference.

That's what I like about the french system: while you are taxed on your income (variable rate, capped near 50%, everything included), if you have serious medical problems, everything is paid for you, so you won't go bankrupt.

However for small stuff, you pay between 100% and 40% of the bill, which can be covered by private health insurances (mutuelles)

Guylhem

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Guylhem Rom / Development Halted

« on: November 21, 2006, 08:37:50 am »

Hello

Thanks to you all for your kind words.

Effectively, I'm feeling better. I can now fully work with both hands, with minor pain on the right shoulder. I'm still on a wheelchair, but that's just fine for using a laptop :-)

Some of my linux hardware was damaged in the accident (note to self - in the future, you do not always carry all your handhelds with yourself), but I guess that comes second to the human "wetware" :-). As daniel3000 said, it really helps reprioritize things in your life [yet I miss hacking!]

Many thanks to dhns for continuing to support the N30. It's a really nice machine, with a great screen and fully supported by Linux 2.6 (except the sound part) + with dual boot capabilites for WinCe (either one can be installed in flash from USB, and linux can be booted from WinCe).

BTW I have found than while I was out, there were many exiting news. The OpenMoko / FIC Neo1973 looks very attractive - with or without wifi. I'll try to contribute whatever I can to such as exciting project.

Guylhem

PS: here's a picture of the car after the accident. It was a Ford (trust me). I was sitting in the passenger seat, right where the collision stuck. I will try to upload a bigger picture of the destroyed car (looks awesome !).

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Guylhem Rom / Development Halted

« on: November 20, 2006, 01:37:24 pm »

Hello

Just a quick email to let you know I had a car accident in october, and I'm in the hospital until dec/jan with many broken bones. I've had a real net access since last week, and I first tried to sort of everything before passing the information.

As a consequence, development of the ROM has been fully halted. It also damaged the Acer N30 project I was working on.

Sorry about that. I will try to come back on the handheld linux world as soon as possible.

Guylhem

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Hardware Mods / Sl-7500c 128m Flash Upgrade Failed!

« on: October 04, 2006, 05:25:32 am »

Hrw - I didn't see that in the 3xxx service manual.
Reaper - did you try the fn+d+m menu? you should at least be able to reformat it from there, then do a nand restore. you can't brick a zaurus by software- only by hardware hacks or hardware failure of the flash.

Regarding the flash repair, looks like I need a K9F1208UOM YCBO. If anyone has one, Id be interested.

Guylhem