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For Sale / Wanted / C-1000 + Leather Case + Wifi Card

« on: May 08, 2008, 08:50:26 am »

Thank you everyone for your responses. Sorry that mine have been so limited, I've been out of the country for a while and haven't been paying attention to anything beyond work.

I'm pleased to say that my Zaurus will soon be off to a new home.

I'll be sad to see it go, but it's time to move on.

Now if only Archos would release a device with a sliding keyboard and some light weight apps, I'd be a happy happy bunny!

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For Sale / Wanted / C-1000 + Leather Case + Wifi Card

« on: April 16, 2008, 12:40:38 pm »

Hi,

I have a C-1000, leather case and a WiFi card for it. As I have always used it with an SD and CF card, I've lost the original port covers. I have a compatible UK charger/power supply.

The battery for this has died and no longer holds a charge and I've seen this as a sign that it's time to move on, as I've barely used it in the last six months.

I'd rather not just bin it, as it still works perfectly fine when on mains power, and I don't see any reason to sell it without a working battery.

I wondered if anyone from the Zaurus development community could give it a good home?

I live in London UK, so if you're in the city, I can easily arrange to meet you somewhere central and just hand it to you. Otherwise, if you're willing to pay packaging and postage, I'll send it to you.

Let me know if anyone is interested,

Thanks!

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxii13 And Openoffice

« on: January 05, 2008, 03:39:39 pm »

just curious, isn't there a cut down version of open office now?

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Debian / Debian On A C1000

« on: January 03, 2008, 06:39:27 am »

Good to know, would still like to know what the difference between eabi and oabi is and how that impacts a C1000

Thanks

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General Discussion / Breathing Life Into An Old Z

« on: January 03, 2008, 06:32:17 am »

The EEE PC is cute and cheap, but you still need to put it on your lap to operate and I don't often get that luxury. Plus people ignore what you're doing when you're sat typing away on your Z. People have an annoying way of looking at what you're doing when you're typing on a laptop or near laptop sized item.

Otherwise you make good points.

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Debian / Debian On A C1000

« on: January 02, 2008, 06:01:21 pm »

OK, changed this post as it's clearly possible to install debian on a C1000 now I've read more.

Can someone explain or point me towards an explanation of all the different EABIs/OABIs/Tinys/Pokeys as it's all a bit confusing.

What is best for a device with limits such as the C1000?

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General Discussion / Breathing Life Into An Old Z

« on: January 02, 2008, 05:46:24 pm »

Hey guys,

I have a C1000 with a 1gb SD and a 256mb CF.

I'm desperate to give my Z new life. I love all these new UMPCs and I've even got one (though it's rather large really with a 7" display), but they are big, clunky, limited battery life and XP takes a good age to boot up or come out of hibernation.

I still take my Z places, switch it on (instantly), two taps and I have the app I need open. Plus it's way easier to type a little note or email on a crowded commuter train with your Z in your hands using your thumbs than with my UMPC needing a lap. lol

So what's the best thing to suggest? Stick with Cacko?

Or is there *finally* a similarly stable and responsive alternative?

Killer and essential apps:

Word processor
Spreadsheet
Web browser
PDF viewer

I've tried the pdaXii and all credit due it's very nice, but wasn't quite to my taste.

I think I need something a little more lightweight. Think Z for a mac user.... it just has to work ;-)

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Android / Google Android Installable Image Available!

« on: January 02, 2008, 04:20:27 pm »

Will it work on a C1000?

Any screenshots?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdax On A C1000, Any Suggestions?

« on: November 30, 2007, 03:43:17 am »

I thought it was faster than pdaiiX?

Am curious, if debian is better speed and resume wise, why even bother with pdaX anymore?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdax On A C1000, Any Suggestions?

« on: November 29, 2007, 08:13:56 am »

I went back to my cacko nand image, pdaX looked good, a really good job has been made to tidy it up and tweak it into submission, well done Meanie and all involved, but ultimately both environments that it has have major drawbacks.

Debian sounds interesting, mainly because it's a fully fledged linux distro, surely that would suggest it's far more up to date than pdaX will ever be? no?

I've only got a 1gb SD, would that be enough to give it a whirl?

Is there a gnome-lite of kde-lite that runs on the zaurus? I'd really like to have a decent window manager that behaves properly.

In an ideal world, for me, Apple would make a Mac book mini almost as small as a Z with Leopard running on it. With Leopard on my Mac I'm spoilt and find lesser OS a trial lol. Another reason why I like gnome, similar cleanliness.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdax On A C1000, Any Suggestions?

« on: November 27, 2007, 04:12:45 pm »

Had a little try, are there still issues with the on/off and suspend/resume?

not that I've noticed

doesn't seem to suspend when I close the lid and the on/off still has a huge delay.

And a lot of the time when I press the on button the display pops up for a second and is gone again.

And changing the time crashed it totally.

Sorry these are probably very silly issues. lol

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdax On A C1000, Any Suggestions?

« on: November 27, 2007, 04:04:25 pm »

Had a little try, are there still issues with the on/off and suspend/resume?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdax On A C1000, Any Suggestions?

« on: November 27, 2007, 05:56:28 am »

I've been away from all things pdaX for ages now, all the lack of direction,  progress and bickering got tedious, anyway ancient history.

However, I'm giving my Z one last hurrah while I stump up the money for a clamshell UMPC.

I've a C1000 and these are my wants, needs:

basic pda stuff
Word processor - openoffice would be awesome, but that never seems to be available for the Z outside of Meanie's great add on to Cacko which I currently use.
Spreadsheet - openoffice again would be awesome.
(Anyone know what happened to the lightweight openoffice they were developing once upon a time for pda and low power pcs?)
I'd really like to run apache, mysql and php.
A decent editor to code with.

Now my linux skills are still very basic, my brain isn't one that copes well with faffing.

What would be the best version/set up for me?

Thanks

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Sharp ROMs / Apache, Mysql, Php?

« on: November 26, 2007, 01:09:51 pm »

the v2 installs, but fails to run and won't deinstall
the v1 won't even install

oh well.

no clue.

I really think you should look into pdaxii13- as I said it really is easier to deal with than cacko

I might, just not sure I can be bothered with the tweaking and faffing that all things pdaX seemed to require

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Sharp ROMs / Apache, Mysql, Php?

« on: November 26, 2007, 08:53:06 am »

the v2 installs, but fails to run and won't deinstall
the v1 won't even install

oh well.