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Software / Port Of An Open Source Bejeweled Clone

« on: October 25, 2005, 01:55:20 am »

I've finally gotten around to making a port (if you can call a simple recompile a port, anyway) of a Bejeweled clone I made a few months ago called Gem Heist.  I got fed up with the Palm OS and trying to get SDL and GCC to cooperate with it, so I figured I'd take a stab at a Zaurus version.

Anyway, I'd appreciate it if somebody could download this file, extract it somewhere and see what happens if you run the 'gemheistarm' executable.  You'll need libSDL installed.  I don't have any kind of ARM Linux device to test this on at the moment, so this is entirely untested.  Everything seems to compile fine, though, so I think it should stand a chance of working.  If it fails for some reason, please post the error it gives, if any.

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Security and Networking / Bt2000e On The Desktop?

« on: April 01, 2005, 07:38:54 pm »

I know this is a bit off topic, but this is the best place I could think to ask.

I'm trying to get my Ambicom BT2000E bluetooth CF card to work on my Linux laptop through a CF->PCMCIA adapter.  I've found one driver, but it doesn't seem to like the 2.6 kernel (it generates all kinds of errors on compile).  It seems rather odd to me that the Zaurus supports this card out of the box while I can't find any mention of it working on the 2.6 kernel.

This card works fine under Windows after installing the drivers from Ambicom.

If anybody could point me to a driver that works with the 2.6 kernel, I'd be very happy.  I thought the only major thing keeping the 2.6 kernel from being used in OZ was the SD driver, so it seems like there should be a 2.6 driver for my card somewhere.

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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: C700 + Extras

« on: March 01, 2005, 06:11:35 pm »

I noticed that I don't use my C700 much anymore since I got my laptop, so I've swapped it out with a more basic PDA (Sony Clie TG50).

I'm selling a C700, a 512 MB SD card, a 512 MB CF card, a WiFi CF card and a bluetooth CF card.  I had to open up the bluetooth card and fix something, so I wouldn't suggest buying that unless you're prepared for it to be less than reliable.

The Zaurus is in good shape.  Everything works perfectly and the screen doesn't have any scratches that I can see.  There are some scuffs on the outside of the case, but nothing major.  I have the charger, CDs, box and whatever cables came with it.  I don't have the original stylus, but I do have a T|3 stylus that is nicer than the original in many ways.  I'll take some pictures if anybody wants to take a closer look.

The WiFi card is a Pretec CompactWLAN, the SD Card is a Kingston, the CF memory card is a Sandisk and the bluetooth card is an Ambicom BT2000-CF.  Again, the bluetooth card had to be opened up and repaired.  It's been epoxied back up and seems to be working well, but I make no guarantees.

I'm looking for $300 for the C700 and $30 for each card (except the BT card, send me an offer if you're actually interested) or maybe $375 for all of it.  Send me an offer if you think any of that is too high.

Since I just got a Sony PDA, I'd also accept a 256 or 512 MB memory stick in exchange for any of the cards.

If you're interested, you can either reply to this post, PM me or email me at admin@stevensaysno.com.

Edit:  I forgot to mention that I wouldn't be ready to ship this until the TG50 arrives.  I just won the auction today, so it might be some time next week.

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Software / Script For Generating Scritps And Icons For Snes9x

« on: December 29, 2004, 07:30:04 pm »

I wrote a script to generate the scripts and icons needed to run SNES ROMs from the GUI, so I figured I'd upload it to my web server.  I don't know much about bash scripting (I've done lots of C++, but only a few fairly basic scripts), so it's a bit of a kluge.  Seems  to do the job, though.

You'll need a separate tab for the icons since it deletes the contents of the directory before it creates the icons.  If you've already added a custom tab, you'll have to edit the script to use the right directory (Qtopia seems to use UserTab# regardless of what you named the tab.  The script uses UserTab1 by default).

For arguments it takes the directory with the ROMs you want to make icons for and an optional '-ns' that disables sound in the scripts it generates.  The '-ns' has to be the first argument if it's there and the directory can only be the first or second argument.  It doesn't check to see if the files are actually SNES ROMs, so it'll make icons for every file and directory (but not recursively) inside the directory you pass it.

genshs.sh [-ns] romDir

Here's the link.  Let me know if I screwed something up.

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Sharp ROMs / SNES Problems on Cacko

« on: November 07, 2004, 04:36:43 pm »

I'm having trouble getting snes9x to work on my C700 running Cacko 1.20 or 1.21.  I flashed an old NAND backup of 1.18 that worked perfectly.  I'm using the same version of snes9x and SDL with all of these.

Every time I try to run a ROM it freezes the Zaurus solid.  I've tried making a script that launches from a .desktop file, but I get the same result.  I've also tried flashing the sukoshi kernel on 1.21 since that's what my old 1.18 backup is running, but it doesn't make a difference.

Anybody have any suggestions?

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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: SL-5500

« on: November 04, 2004, 07:32:45 pm »

I'm selling my 5500, cradle, charger, T|3 stylus and case.  The Zaurus has some cosmetic damage to the paint and a small mark that looks like a smudge on the inside of the screen, but it's still perfectly functional.  I'll send pictures on request (I'd post them here, but they're hosted on a very fast server with a fairly low bandwidth limit).

PM me with an offer if you're interested.

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Software / SMBMount Over the Internet?

« on: April 04, 2004, 04:56:46 pm »

I\'d like to be able to mount my home PCs hard drive from anywhere there\'s an internet connection.  It seems like setting up a VPN would do it, but I haven\'t been able to find much info on that here.  I think I have everything set up for a VPN, but the connect to VPN button on the zaurus does nothing.  Does anybody either have another suggestion or could somebody help me out with the VPN?

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Cxx0 General discussions / Is the C760 worth upgrading to from a C700?

« on: March 11, 2004, 01:18:58 pm »

About the only problem I have my C700 is speed.  More internal memory is always a plus, but I\'ve got enough for what I want right now.  Most of the slow downs are from web browsing, so I assume that should be much improved with 2x the RAM.  It seems like the C760 should have enough RAM that the bottleneck gets shifted to the CPU, but I\'d like some comments on that from C760 users before I upgrade.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Strange Digitizer Problem

« on: December 24, 2003, 02:28:24 pm »

Every time I plug in my DCF-660W the digitizer gets screwed up.  The cursor decides to move about a centimeter or less in a random direction whenever I tap the screen.  It corrects itself after I remove the card.  I never had this problem with the last version I had installed.

Any ideas?

Edit: After messing around with it some more, it looks like it\'s not the WiFi card that does it, but almost any CPU usage causes some inaccuracy.

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Sharp ROMs / tkcROM problem on a C700

« on: December 13, 2003, 01:13:14 pm »

I\'m trying to install the tkcROM on my c700, but it just gives me an error after I flash. I\'m not really sure what it does, but I\'m thinking the problem is that I don\'t have the right updater.sh. I can\'t find one that says it\'s for the tkcROM and the c700. The main DL page lists updater.sh files for the c750 and c760, but no c700. Could somebody point me to the right updater.sh or help me figure out what\'s wrong if that\'s not the problem?

This is the error I get:
sh: can\'t access tty: job control turned off

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Software / Need a copy of ipkg-new

« on: December 09, 2003, 01:25:11 pm »

All sources of ipkg-new that I\'ve found are either down or seem to require ipkg-new to install.  :roll:

If somebody will email it to kbranch38 (at) hotmail (dot) com I\'ll host it.  ... that is if I can remember my login for my hosting.