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6000 - Tosa / Sl-6000 Navigation Button Problems

« on: August 18, 2006, 04:46:51 pm »

I went ahead and cleaned the contacts on my Z and my buttons work fine now.  For anyone deciding to do some light dismantling due to similar problems I would recommend the following procedure (electrical engineers feel free to chime in on the best method for cleaning metallic contacts):

1.  Push the sliding portion of your Z open to expose the keyboard.  Look at the back side of the same portion.  You will see 2 main electrical contacts each one split into 4 sections by some dividing plastic.  Try to scrape away any corrosion you might see and see if this fixes your problem (these are the contacts that are engaged when the slider is closed).

2.  If that doesn't work, there are 4 small screws on the SIDE  (gray area) of the sliding portion.  Removing them will allow you to remove the slider (it is held in place by 2 plastic protrusions on each of the 2 platic sliding arms).  You should be able to remove it without much physical deformation -- and no permanent damage

3.  When the slider is free, you will have access to another set of contacts to clean (presumably the ones that are engaged when the slider is open?).  You will also have access to the contacts on the non-slider portion of your Z.  Don't bother trying to remove the back plate from the slider (like I did) as there is nothing to clean...all contacts for the buttons are completely enclosed.

Happy Z'ing.

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6000 - Tosa / Sl-6000 Navigation Button Problems

« on: August 18, 2006, 04:07:21 pm »

I'm concerned about how long I can keep using this unsupported device.  If the keys don't get me, eventually the battery is going to die and then I'll be SOL.
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If my keys eventually become completely dead, I will use it as an excuse to get a clamshell model Zaurus

I can tell you that I bought my Z used over a year ago and haven't seen any marked decrease in battery life.

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6000 - Tosa / Sl-6000 Navigation Button Problems

« on: August 17, 2006, 03:53:16 pm »

The four-way navigation button on the sliding portion of my Zaurus no longer works consistently for any direction except up.  I am assuming that the contacts are getting old/corroded.

Has anyone experienced similar?  And does anyone have any experience in dismantling that section of the device to clean the contacts (if that is in fact the problem)?  Or does anyone have any other troubleshooting tips?

I can live with it for now since the touch screen works, but it is definitely an inconvenience.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Decent Ebook Reader

« on: April 12, 2006, 02:16:16 pm »

Is there a good ebook/text reader that shows what page your on, bookmarks, and allows you to jump to certain page?

regards
Michael
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I have been very happy with OPIE Reader.  It does not show what page you are on (unless I have not seen some specific setting), but does show what percentage through the book/file you are.  Likewise, you can jump to a specific number of Kb through the file, but not to a specific page number.

It DOES allow for bookmarking and the ability to jump between bookmarks.

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Software / Updated Vnc Viewer For Sharp Roms

« on: March 16, 2006, 03:07:23 pm »

Tim,

Just a little feedback.  I installed an earlier version of TeaKettle and had no errors connecting to my WinXP box which is running the TightVNC server.

I tried a setting of Scale = 0 and it seemed to work flawlessly...although talk about a tiny display...

The only thing I noticed (and I didn't really run it through a lot of tests) was that the screen was inverted when running in landscape mode (I was not running teakettle in magnified mode if that makes any difference).  Luckily, when I turned my Zaurus 180 degrees, everything looked right!

Thanks for your many efforts.  Your OPIE Reader is the most used program on my Zaurus...it would be hard to live without it.

Matt

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For Sale / Wanted / Wanted: Sl-6000 Battery And Clear Flip Cover

« on: January 25, 2006, 04:34:50 pm »

ratskin,

I hate my flip cover and it has been sitting unused in a drawer since I bought my Z.  I would be willing to give it away if you pay mailing charges and I don't have to go through the hassle of shipping it overseas (I am a US resident).  Contact me privately if you want to follow up.

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Software / Tarball Hardball

« on: December 31, 2005, 08:35:02 pm »

I can confirm that winrar supports both on my WinXP machine.  Also, if you go to my favorite Win Freeware site http://www.nonags.com, you are sure to find several free compression utilities that can also handle the task.  Good luck.

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General Discussion / Screen Protectors

« on: December 28, 2005, 06:04:18 pm »

Ever since I had my first Sony CLIE and noticed a regular matrix of "rough spots" on the screen that happened to correspond exactly to the screen matrix of a game I was addicted to at the time (required a lot of stylus poking) I have been using screen protectors.

I buy them from this site: http://pdascreenprotectors.com/

I see almost no degredation in screen clarity (maybe a little at certain angles in outside lighting) and likewise almost no degredation in stylus accuracy/pressure.

Installation is not easy as the screen protector fits with no adhesives and holds itself in place by being slightly larger than the screen size (i.e. it tucks under the edges of the screen); however, I now live without fear of damaging the favorite part of my Zaurus.

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General Discussion / Sl-6000 Poll

« on: December 22, 2005, 05:31:18 pm »

I must admit to having some clamshell envy...but I love my 6000, and since my most used program is Opie Reader the display is the most important thing to me, and the display is incredible.

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6000 - Tosa / Turbografx-snes-nes On Your Pda

« on: December 21, 2005, 06:54:35 pm »

I installed the following ipk's that I downloaded from your post:

keyhelper_1.2.2-1_arm.ipk
libmad_0.15.0b-zports-0_arm.ipk
libSDL-mixer_1.2.6-zports-0_arm.ipk
libsdl_1.2.5-slzaurus20050410_arm.ipk
snes9x_SDL-2_arm.ipk
zemufe_0.1.1-3ex_arm.ipk
znester_7.1-1_arm.ipk
zpce_0.3.4-1_arm.ipk

I copied keyhelper.xml to /home/zaurus/Documents/custom/

After that installation, znester ran without problems (except for burgertime -- hung znester) with the exception of my screen size/orientation problem.

I never got snes to run.  It would hang, and when I terminated the process I would see a message about not being able to find a process(?)...let me know if you want the exact message.

I only tried 1 of the turbografx roms, and it ran, but it was a little slow, and my main concern was trying to get znester working so I didn't play around with it very much.

I am 6 months new to the linux world so am a little slow when it comes to getting better error message details, but if you tell me what commands to run, I can certainly do so.

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6000 - Tosa / Turbografx-snes-nes On Your Pda

« on: December 21, 2005, 01:01:04 pm »

getting started.....beta testers?
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Cresho, please forgive my ignorance when you write "tell me the packages you are using" in regard to getting znester/snes up an running on the SL6000.  I am not sure exactly what information you are requesting.

When I installed everything to get znester up and running, I used the files you so generously packaged together and posted in the other thread.  I DID end up replacing libSDL with a version the Guylhem compiled specifically for the 6000 (I think it was specific), but it didn't seem to change any of the behavior (same screen issues).

Ignorance aside, I am certainly willing to provide beta testing services using my SL6000 and stock Sharp ROM.

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So Cal / Welcome,

« on: December 20, 2005, 12:19:12 pm »

Howdy All,

I am Matt and live in San Diego.  I am not a periodontist, but work as a programmer for a very small database solutions company that allows me to surf duing work!

I have owned an SL6000 for about 6 months (used from Amazon for about $300) and am hooked.  I mainly use it for PIM and reading.  Previous handhelds were both Sony Clie models.

I still use the stock Sharp rom (I'm a little too scared to switch and don't have a burning need to) and my latest battle has been to get znester up and running.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Genesis Neogeo Snes Turbografx Nes Gameboy Emu

« on: December 19, 2005, 01:49:02 pm »

This forum rocks!

Hail Cresho for the hard work on this package.

I am a happy noob user of an SL6000 model with stock Sharp ROM.  I have been able to get znester working using Cresho's package; however, the display is awkward.  I can either play in landscape/full screen mode with keyboard on the right (the znester.rc file DOES work to make this playable, but it is still awkward), or in portrait 320x240 (I think) with keyboard at the bottom, but not fully utilizing the screen.  When I use the "display with magnified screen" option, the display automaticaly rotates to landscape even though the launcher starts in portrait.  Does anybody know if there is an easy way to prevent this rotation so that I can play games in portrait mode utilizing the full width of the screen (but not the full height)?

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6000 - Tosa / Sl-6000 Installation Cd

« on: December 06, 2005, 12:35:14 pm »

I host a copy of the cd on my site for this very purpose.
http://www.spazpics.com/zaurus/

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6000 - Tosa / Need Installation Cd For 6000

« on: July 14, 2005, 07:38:33 pm »

Two items of note:

1.  I did verify that the upgrade thread/link earlier in this topic worked for the 6000.

2.  Thanks to The Oak for uploading a copy of his cd.  You can download it and the md5 check file from

http://www.spazpics.com/zaurus/

I haven't had a chance to install yet, but verified my downloaded copy against the md5 sum and unzipped successfully.

This forum has proven to be faster than Sharps support site, as I have yet to hear back from them.