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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: C860 On E-bay (uk) - Until 14 June

« on: June 11, 2005, 09:52:16 am »

See
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...item=5205285795

Listed at £320 (fixed price) + P&P.

I can be reached via e-mail: zaurus@OOPSneilboyd.com [REMOVE "OOPS" FROM THE E-MAIL BEFORE SENDING!] or mobile:
070 ---- ----
5000 ----
2693
(but my mobile doesn't accept text messages - sorry)

I am open to realistic offers.  
May also include 512MB CF card for the right price.

Thanks for looking,
Neil



EXCERPT FROM E-BAY:
I’ve had the Zaurus for less than a year.

This is a really fantastic machine. I was kidding myself when I thought I'd use all of its features. Two things that I really will miss, however, are the superb VGA screen and the non-volatile memory.

Having said that, if I don't get the price I'm looking for, I'll keep this and sell my O2 XDA2s instead!!!

 

I will also include:

·        Original box, handbooks, CDs, cables etc.

·        256MB CF card with a virgin backup of the machine, as supplied by shirtpocket.  This is VERY handy for anyone who wishes to experiment with weird and wonderful modifications to the inbuilt apps.

·        Loads of downloads of apps for the Zaurus – including Ko/Pi (the best PIM I’ve ever seen on a PDA)

·        PDAir leather case

·        Spare stylus

·        Various spare sync/charging cables and adapters

i.e. everything you could possibly need to get to grips with this amazing machine.

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Cxx0 General discussions / Problems installing apps on my C860

« on: October 07, 2004, 08:16:12 am »

 
[FANFARE]

I did it - I worked it out!
(Okay, so I relied heavily on lots of input from ZUG - thank you all - but I'm going to cling to a few drops of credit myself)

The "invalid character in filename" issue has now been resolved.  It would seem that it wasn't because I had on old version of IPKG, nor was it a problem in the IPKG STATUS file (but thanks for the pointers - I now feel I know the Zaurus so much better now).

Reverting my Z860 back to a virgin backup state was good practice, but didn't actually achieve anything.

So, what was the magic bullet......?
It would appear that, due to the way I'd saved install files in folders within folders on my XP machine (in preparation for dumpint the top level folder onto the CF card) the full path for the filenames were too long.  Whether it was the number of characters, or if it was the number of folder levels I don't know (and for now I'm so relieved that I don't care).

The bottom line is I now have repton on my machine so I'm a happy bunny.
(Granted I'd be happier if I could get it to work full-screen in landscape mode but that'll probably be next week's plea for help.....


THANK YOU for all of the helpful responses I've received.  I was beginning to worry that I would be out of my depth with the Z, but I'm pleased to see that the beach seems to shelve very gradually - and there appears to be plenty of lifeguards.

What a fantastic experience.  I think I'll go and donate some dosh to the Z cause.

Neil

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Cxx0 General discussions / Problems installing apps on my C860

« on: October 06, 2004, 03:56:49 pm »

Kic,
Oops - RTFM Neil!

Thank you for your help - I have now managed to find my way around QConsole, and ZEditor (I took your advice re ticking the root box).

Its just a pity I'm still getting the same error message re invalid character in filename......

I'll keep experimenting now I've got a bit more confidence that I think I know what I'm doing.  Thanks for all of your advice.

Neil



Lardman,
I'll take your advice and have atrawl around google for VI stuff.  Thanks.

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Cxx0 General discussions / Problems installing apps on my C860

« on: October 05, 2004, 06:33:50 pm »

Kic,
Thank you for taking the time to respond in such detail.

Unfortunately I've fallen at the first hurdle (okay - maybe the second or third...)

I copied zeditor onto CF card, tried to install the file using the Sharp Package Installer and received the same old error:
"The filename of this package includes character this application can't handle.  Please change the filename and retry install".

Back to the drawing board for me, I think.......

Neil

UPDATE>>>
Very strange.  When I copied the zeditor.ipk file to SD it installed okay.  So near, yet so far because I'm now told that I can't save the edited status file.  Is it just me or is this really not very easy???

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Cxx0 General discussions / Problems installing apps on my C860

« on: September 30, 2004, 05:34:06 pm »

Sorry to be so pedestrian, but I am a complete beginner to this Linux malarkey...

I'm having the same problem with an ipkg error message.

Can anyone tell me HOW to edit the /usr/lib/....... file.  
I'm talking big print for VERY slow students here - along the lines of:

1. Switch on your Zaurus SL-C860 (Modified Sharp ROM from ShirtPocket.co.uk)
2. Open application XXXXXXX
3. Type "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
4. Press Enter
5. etc etc

Your help is much appreciated - I'm itching to have a go at Repton (being a BBC Micro owner of old!)

By the way, if its easy enough to do, can you e-mail me your response, please.

Thanks,
Neil
 

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Cxx0 General discussions / Just got my 860 and I'm lost

« on: September 30, 2004, 05:01:11 pm »

Kic
For what its worth, I did the very same thing with (or should that be without?) the battery.

Very very easy mistake to make - obviously 100% Sharp's fault for poor design.  Ahem!

Neil
(Extreme Newbie - still trying to work out why a filename would have characters that the ipk-thing doesn't recognise.  One day I will be able to install Queue_java_1.07 and Repton.........)

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UK / Hi From Bonnie Scotland

« on: September 12, 2004, 06:14:08 pm »

Hullo.
I've just received my c860 from ShirtPocket and hail from the Glorious Kingdom of Fife.

What a magic piece of kit!  The screen.  The keyboard.  The fact its different!

I'm still a Linuxbeginner, but have had every PDA platform known to man.  Okay so the Z lacks some of the polished 3rd party PIM apps such as Iambic Agendus (palm) or PocketInformant (PPC) but I can live with KO/PI (for now, at least!)

And thankfully it sync'd to Outlook first time for me.  TCP/IP workig a treat, apparently.
Which is probably just as well......

Regards,
Neil
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C860 from Shirtpocket - no changes to ROM
512MB Expansys CF Card / 256MB Sandisk SD Card
PDAir leather case - practical, but clumsy
Patiently waiting for a 3G CF card to come out.......[/span]