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5x00 General discussions / Kernel 2.6

« on: August 09, 2005, 02:55:10 am »

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~lenz/zaurus/
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that's the one!

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5x00 Hardware / Wifi Cf Cards For Sharp Rom

« on: August 09, 2005, 02:52:54 am »

WCF12 on a 5500 SharpROM 3.10... work perfectly out of the box.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16833124019

34.99 + 1.99 S&H

USD, taht is
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Hello folks. I'm just joined this board after having used (and sold) an SL-5500 back in late '02/early '03 and been part of the www.zaurus.com board back then. I just purchased a refurb SL-5500 and am looking to gear it up.

I am now downloading the Sharp v3.10 ROM update so I can upgrade my stock v2.38 ROM that came with the unit. From what I am reading on this thread I should just be able to plug in my Linksys WCF12 card and it will work out of the box? Are there any configuration gotchas I should look out for?

I hope that the wifi support is better than I previously remembered. Back a couple of years ago I flashed to OpenZaurus since their hardware support was a lot broader. But when I tried to flash to it an hour ago both my green and orange lights flashed and it failed. I have tried various OZ initrd.bin and zImage files but still can't get the thing to take  
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there's nothing you need to look out for, just plug it in, wait a few seconds, and then go through the standard network setup stuff.  it's easy.  2.38 won't recognize it, but 3.10 will.

have fun

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5x00 General discussions / Kernel 2.6

« on: August 05, 2005, 10:29:21 pm »

isn't there a project fork of OZ to put 2.6 and Collie and Poodle?

it's linked off of their page.

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Software / Qtopia 2.1.1

« on: August 04, 2005, 03:01:09 pm »

You can get qtopia 2.1 roms for many zaurus, from
http://www.qtopia.net/modules/users/downloads.php
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oh cool....

grabbing the 2.1.2 image now

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Sharp ROMs / Cacko Kernel For Sl-5500/5000d

« on: August 04, 2005, 01:12:19 pm »

http://www.zaurususergroup.org/

Click on the ELSI link > Browse Software > Roms
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Unfortunately, the links from the page go to the zaurususergroup.org downloads page, which still doesn't work!  Thanks for the assistance, though.
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i get the same problem....

is this mirrored anywhere?

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Software / Qtopia 2.1.1

« on: August 04, 2005, 01:01:13 pm »

Has anyone built Qtopia 2.1.1 for their Zaurus yet?

the source can be had from Trolltech's website....  I'm looking up how to do it now, just out of curiosity.  Not having a lot of luck though

Anyway, just wanted to ask if anyone had a .ipk for it yet... preferably compatible w/ 5500

Chris

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Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates / Www.zaurususergroup.org

« on: August 04, 2005, 12:19:00 pm »

"When you use phpnuke it's really just a matter of time before you get broken into.
Hopefully it's be the last straw towards using a better CMS smile.gif"

Do you have a better secure option please
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Don't use a CMS.

hack up your own PHP news script, its not tough, and post news that way.  Also, check all your security settings.

the PHP news script is step3 of building a new website

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Sharp ROMs / Sharp Rom Download

« on: August 04, 2005, 12:13:38 pm »

now to try and decide between Cacko and Sharp 3.13 for my 5500

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5x00 General discussions / Os Options?

« on: August 04, 2005, 12:10:01 pm »

Uhh, what do you think is in all the iPaqs?
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X-Scale, which, iirc, isn't really an ARM chip, its something else, w/ and ARM compat layer.. so CE would be running on the native X-Scale stuff....

Intel bought an architectural license from ARM, meaning they could develop a processor which executes ARM binary code.  It isn't a compat layer, as it can't execute non-ARM code.

I worked for ARM for seven years you know  

Dan
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heh... did not know that.

Well then, if you really wanted to try, you could probably get CE running on 5500/5600.

Actually.... you'd probably have to have source code access to make some of the hardware work.......

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Linksys Wcf12 802.11b For $33

« on: August 04, 2005, 11:54:48 am »

Seems like a pretty good price.  The shipping prices aren't too bad either.  Mine arrived well packed and works so I thought I might as post something in this section.  (I'm not affiliated with yesmicro.com)

http://www.yesmicro.com/Item.aspx?sku=556445TD
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Is this card light weight, low power usage and does not block the stylus slot?

And is it plug and play?     (I'm a big fan of plug & play...I have better things to do than fooling with trying to configure a wifi card through ipk installs or arcane entries into config files.)
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its very light weight, doesnt block the stylus port at all, and is supported by every ROM out there, by virtue of using a Prism2 chipset.

as for power comsumption, it's not the worst on the market, but then again, its not the best.

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5x00 Hardware / Wifi Cf Cards For Sharp Rom

« on: August 04, 2005, 03:36:46 am »

WCF12 on a 5500 SharpROM 3.10... work perfectly out of the box.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16833124019

34.99 + 1.99 S&H

USD, taht is

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5x00 General discussions / Os Options?

« on: August 04, 2005, 03:32:03 am »

Uhh, what do you think is in all the iPaqs?
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X-Scale, which, iirc, isn't really an ARM chip, its something else, w/ and ARM compat layer.. so CE would be running on the native X-Scale stuff....

I heard someone had one of the BSDs running on a Zaurus. I can't be troubled to look it up right now, but googling would surely bring it up quickly...
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prolly NetBSD.... i dont think there's anything it doesnt run on....

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Linksys Wcf12 802.11b For $33

« on: August 04, 2005, 02:40:02 am »

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16833124019

$34.99
$1.99 shipping

looks like i ordered the last one  (ordered 7/28/05, eta to new ones in stock 8/5/05)

NewEgg is always reliable, great service, great prices

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6000 - Tosa / Zaurus 6000 / USB HOST / IPOD

« on: August 04, 2005, 01:55:52 am »

After seeing this post I tried hooking my 30GB  Series2 iPod up. Just like a thumb drive... I was able to mount sda2 and it worked beautifully. However, the iPod aparently looks for power on the USB port to determine whether to display the do not disconnect message after unmounting the drive I had to suspend the device for the check mark to appear on the iPod...
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as long as it's cleanly unmounted, you should be able to unplug it anyway... i do from my linux-desktop.. and i havn't had any troubles.

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5x00 General discussions / 5500 @ 140$

« on: August 03, 2005, 11:52:34 pm »

paid $148 ($130 + $18 S&H) for mine off eBay 2 days ago