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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: October 13, 2008, 06:37:41 pm »

Have you tried to install the package (libz_1.2.3_arm.ipk) that tomotko depends on?

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ckage_id=256145

Well, I did say I was missing something boneheadedly obvious! Thanks, kurochka - it now works perfectly, and I'm checking out your wonderful glossaries right now... This is a really great project - thanks to Frederic and all who've helped make it possible!

Nick.

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: October 11, 2008, 04:14:29 pm »

Has anyone else encountered this? When I try to install any version of toMOTko on either my 3100 or my 3200, I get an Install Error: "This package seems to depends [sic] on other packages. Please install them, too." An icon appears in the Applications after the attempted installation, but it won't launch. Both Zauri have their original Sharp ROM, and other packages install fine. Any ideas? I feel I must be missing something boneheadedly obvious...

Nick.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Tree!explorer_qt Plus

« on: August 09, 2007, 04:03:01 pm »

Worked brilliantly! Thanks so much for this; simple when you know what to do, completely baffling when you don't... If you go through the process, gaijin Handango gives you the option of downloading 1.7.9 at the end anyway, so it's not essential to do it from the Japanese page.

Nick.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / C3200 Cases

« on: April 25, 2007, 10:49:34 am »

I think the main problem with size is the C3200 itself!

I'm curious, you guys don't find the Piel Frama case annoying?  It just seems to me dealing with that extra layer, and the cover for the screen would be annoying.
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I actually love it - you can use it as a (very beautiful) wallet and discreetly fondle your Z every time you take cash out... It does encourage a bit of a Zen approach to the wallet concept, as there's not a lot of spare space: cash, a couple of cards, a few receipts and a photo of the kids is about it, but there's a pleasing Feng Shui feel about relegating all the other detritus to a little card wallet.

What I don't like is that the most recent one I bought had added a silly little leather cushion to the floor of the Z compartment, which now considerably increases the thickness/reduces the wallet capacity, as well as making it very difficult to slide the Z in and out. It looks as if it can be fairly easily unstitched, and of course the result won't show as long as the Z is in the case - but I haven't yet had a go.

Nick.

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Software / Basilisk How-to

« on: April 01, 2007, 01:10:24 pm »

After a year of intending, I've finally got round to putting up a how-to page for Basilisk on the Z. If you're reading this forum, though, you almost certainly won't have a need for it;* it's really aimed at people like myself 18 months ago who might be thinking about getting a Zaurus specifically to run Basilisk on, but are (needlessly) hesitant about what might be involved.

Nick.

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/classics/NJL/baz/

(* But am I really the only one using a CyKey keyboard with a Z?)

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Metal Case For C3x00 Special - Us$16

« on: January 04, 2007, 01:36:08 pm »

http://www.gizmos2go.com/xcart/product.php?productid=7935

has anyone tried one of these cases? looks like a viable alternative to the pdAir case I have which isn't all that wonderful to be honest.

I ordered one, and what arrived was a case for a completely different model, with a 5x00-style form factor (not a clamshell) and far too small for the 3x00. I sent it back for a promised replacement, but this morning I was told I'd just get a refund (excluding the original postage to the UK, which was most of the cost).

I infer that there is in fact no aluminium case for the 3x00, and that the fact they're still advertising one is a further warning signal that nobody should go anywhere near these guys. I suspect that some or all of the other fishy-looking 3x00 accessories with "generic photo" are similarly nothing of the kind. Shame - I'd still really like a metal case for the 3100 (not that I can easily picture how it might work)... At least the Piel Frama leather number is a thing of beauty and joy.

Nick.

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Great Deal On New Z Batteries.

« on: November 12, 2006, 08:30:02 am »

See thread https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21342

I'm currently using similar Cameron Sino battery. Has worked fine for months, after carving some plastic around the contacts.
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I took the plunge and ordered one of these for my 3100, and sure enough it's fine once you carve a little bevel into the plastic edge below the contacts as Mark describes in the thread referred to above. Won't work unless you do.

Cameron Sino aren't an entirely unknown quantity; they do a wide range of replacement batteries, which generally seem to be of adequate but not brilliant quality. I've had one in my Palm T3 for a year and it's been ok, though length of charge has dropped off faster than it did with the original battery and I'll soon have to replace it again.

Nick.

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UK / 2006 Uk Zug Meeting

« on: June 29, 2006, 10:44:13 am »

Yes, I'm up for this too. I've never seen another human Zaurist in my life. (I hope I'm not prejudging you guys by lumping you in with the humans.)

Nick.

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Software / Any Ebook Software That Can Read .pdb For Palm?

« on: April 24, 2006, 10:47:20 am »

ok....tried all of those software but they all failed....
I guess the pdb file I've got are in iSilo format, which is not PalmDoc.
Looks like there is no way to view them in Z at the moment.

 
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Yes, the .pdb suffix is a generic one used for all PalmOS datafiles, whatever their actual format. (Applications use .prc, and confusingly PalmDoc files can actually be either.) iSilo has its own proprietary format, though it can also read Doc and text files. OpieReader claims to be able to read iSilo 3 files, but not the current 4.x format. If your iSilo files were created in iSiloX and you still have the original .ixl file, you might be able to reconstitute them in Plucker for use in OpieReader - but I haven't tried this myself.

Nick.

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UK / Has Anybody Used Http://shop.brando.com.hk?

« on: April 19, 2006, 08:25:27 am »

And their Ultra Clear screen protectors are the best I've used, on various Palms as well as my 3100. Warmly recommended.

Nick.

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Software / Problem Using Basilisk On C3100

« on: April 11, 2006, 03:50:50 pm »

First post, but I've been using Basilisk for a month or so on a 3100, and I was really grateful for these tips. The Fn key workaround is really nice, though I hadn't myself been finding the mouse issue a showstopper - I found I got fairly quickly used to working around it by crude but serviceable tricks like tapping in the menu bar to "clear" clicks. From my fairly limited experience with Basilisk on OSX, mouse event handling is a bit of an Achilles' heel in Basilisk generally, though it's considerably magnified on the Z.

The tip about ROM types was fantastically helpful; it actually seems to be worth playing around with different ROM types even when they don't strictly match. I've been working off a 68LC040 ROM image from a Duo 280, and had been resigned to QUED/M, Inspiration, and Norton Fast Find not working - but now I've tried telling Basilisk it's a 68030 sans FPU, all three work fine. Weird, but very welcome.

My own main problem has been keymapping; Basilisk assumes a standard Mac keyboard layout that leaves some of the Z keys stranded, and it's a pretty surreal experience working through the 3100 keyboard with Key Caps and seeing what Basilisk thinks you're pressing. Meanie's keyhelper mapping was a lot of help, particularly in generating what Basilisk interprets as a usable command key, but I still haven't got an option key, comma, apostrophe, or question mark that will work in Basilisk. Against all this, though, is set the utter coolness of being able to run Word 5.1, Nisus, MORE, and REALbasic (!!), and navigate the complete Zaurus filesystem in PopupFolder (!!!).

Nick.