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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Running Minimo In *true* Fullscreen?

« on: November 10, 2005, 02:32:12 pm »

I've been trying to edit files in /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo for about a week now, and I can't figure out how to make Minimo go into *true* fullscreen mode.

Really all I want to do is get rid of the menubar and status bar when Minimo is in fullscreen.

Has anyone done this?

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For Sale / Wanted / Sold- Sl-c750 And All Of My Accessories!

« on: June 17, 2005, 11:22:02 am »

Well it looks like my auction ended with no bids

I really didn't think I would have such a hard time selling my Zaurus.  It's in great condition, and it has some nice accessories.

The CF LAN, WiFi, and 1GB SD card have been sold, but everything else is still up for grabs.  

So if you're interested in anything please make me an offer.

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For Sale / Wanted / Wanted: Socket/symbol Cf Wifi, And 256mb Sd

« on: June 15, 2005, 03:59:34 pm »

This might be your lucky day!

I have a spare 256MB SD card that I could sell you for $10.

I also have a Socket wifi card on ebay right now here, starting bid is $30, no bids yet.

Shipping to Hawaii?  I'm not sure how much that would be...  Probably less than $10 I would assume, for basic 5 day shipping.

Let me know.

BTW: I've used the wireless card in OZ and pdaxrom.

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For Sale / Wanted / Sold- Sl-c750 And All Of My Accessories!

« on: June 14, 2005, 02:58:57 pm »

I sold mine. Yours should sell on eBay even though I got only one bidder. I was told my price point was too high at $500.00 and that it should have been $400.00. Nevertheless, it was sold for $500.00. Although ebay and Paypal fees totaled $40.00 (what a rip off) I think they will kill their  business model charging so much.

Anyway, good luck!
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$40?!  That's crazy!  Well, hopefully selling thing seperately will bring in enough money to make it worth it.

Glad to see your C860 found a good home

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For Sale / Wanted / Sold- Sl-c750 And All Of My Accessories!

« on: June 14, 2005, 10:12:11 am »

Oh well, it looks like I won't sell it here, so I'm selling the Z and accessories seperately on ebay:

The Zaurus

Socket CF WiFi

Hawking CF LAN

I already sold the Lexar 1GB SD, and I decided not to sell the other 2 cards.

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For Sale / Wanted / Sold- Sl-c750 And All Of My Accessories!

« on: June 08, 2005, 12:01:30 pm »

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The time has come for me to move on...  This is hard for me, but I think it's for the best.  I've decided that my need for a large hard drive and full size keyboard outweigh my love for my Zaurus.  Because of this, I am selling my SL-C750 and all of my accessories, to be replaced by a Fujitsu Lifebook or a Sony Picturebook.

In the above picture you can see the following:

* Zaurus SL-C750
* Original AC adapter, plus an additional AC adapter
* Original box with documentation and CD
* Hawking 10/100 CF LAN
* Socket low power CF WiFi (these are getting hard to find these days)
* SimpleTech 512MB CF
* Lexar 1GB SD
* SimpleTech 256MB SD (click here for a closeup of all 3 cards)
* Car mount (keep reading for more on the car mount)

What you can't see:

* EA-BL08K battery and cover (larger battery that the C760 and C860 use)
* Overlay Brilliant screen protector (I'm a perfectionist, I bought 3 of these before I got it applied correctly, it's almost impossible to tell that it's on there when you're using the Z, no bubbles or dust)
* Original battery, cover, and case
* USB cable (forgot to take a picture of it)

The coolest accessory, if you ask me, is the car mount that I put together.  It lets you have the Z right at your fingertips while driving.  I've been using it as a display for a carputer, and for playing music with XMMS.  You can see the entire project here.

I have priced everything if purchased separately, and it comes to well over $700.  I am asking $550 for everything.  Please either reply to this thread or send me a PM if you are interested.

If nobody is interested, in a few days I will sell everything individually on ebay.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that I will flash with any ROM that the buyer wants.  If the buyer wants pdaXrom I'm more than willing to provide the various scripts that I use (mplayer, doom, etc.).

Here are some more shots of my Z in action:

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[img]http://bemetal.com/images/misc/z_left_closed.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

[img]http://bemetal.com/images/misc/z_right.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

[img]http://bemetal.com/images/misc/z_bottom.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

[img]http://bemetal.com/images/misc/z_firefox.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

[img]http://bemetal.com/images/misc/z_doom.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

[img]http://bemetal.com/images/misc/z_video.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

I have finished selling my Zaurus and accessories, thanks everyone!

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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: Excellent C860 With Many Extras

« on: June 06, 2005, 12:57:08 pm »

This is depressing.  I'm thinking of selling my C750 with all of my accessories for $550, but seeing as you're having such a hard time selling a C860 with even more accessories for that much, I'm a little discouraged.

Has interest in the Cxx0 models dropped so low that they are worth so little?  How depressing...

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General Discussion / Possibly Selling Clamshell Models Soon

« on: April 29, 2005, 05:57:38 pm »

Xumbi,
think it's time for a few hints from a competitor   

Making Zauris available in the US/EU market is not
only importing them and make a good price.
Beyond service/localisation/manual/accessories
and getting millions of documents for customs and
forwarders there are two important points most
people forget:

First: You need a reliable contact for repairs. The
warranty in Japan is 12 months, but we have to
cover 24 months in the EU. It's impossible to send
a unit from EU/US to SHARP Japan and get it back.
You always need a contact person located in Japan.

Second: For commercial importers there're tons
of regulations. Most important is CE for the EU and
FCC for the US market. Expect the expenses for
testing with about $3000 per model. Also for the EU
there's a new recycling regulation coming at the
end of this year.

Getting one Zaurus for private use from PriceJapan
is total different from getting 100 units through
customs   

It's no wonder that the prices at all professional
vendors are in the same range. If you try to work
legal and official, you will be wondering about the
end price need to cover your expenses.

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan
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Yikes!  Now you've got me terrified...

Well, I never intended on this being a huge operation, maybe a Zaurus or two a month, nothing like what your company has going.  It sounds like there would be limited interest in what I was going to do anyway, so I'm thinking it might not work out.

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General Discussion / Possibly Selling Clamshell Models Soon

« on: April 29, 2005, 11:36:04 am »

2. Would people be interested in configuration services?  Obviously I would be able to convert them to english, but are people interested in other configuration services?  For example, I could flash them to a different rom image (pdaXrom, cacko, open zaurus, etc.).  I could also install software, scripts, or anything else that someone might want, and after I could do a NAND backup to a CF or SD card if provided.
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Personally I would say that having the unit come preconfigured would not be a bonus.  Configuration, flashing, etc is half the fun of these units.  iT gives you a chance to learn something and allows you to make the zaurus fully yours by customizing it yourself.
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I agree with you.  I wouldn't want one to come preconfigured either, but I didn't know if others would be interested.

It all depends on how much the price difference is...Conics offers a 12 Month Warranty, a English Translation, Localised Power Adaptor and a USB host cable thingie.Meaning, they offer support, If only in a small scale.Can you beat that?
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Conics is great, I couldn't compete with the level of support they offer.  I could offer email support, and shipping to and from Japan for service if needed (buyer would have to pay shipping).  Clearly the price would have to be less than conics to be worth it.

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General Discussion / Possibly Selling Clamshell Models Soon

« on: April 29, 2005, 10:54:34 am »

Ok here's the scoop:

A very good friend of mine might be (he's about 99% sure) heading off to work in Japan for a year or two within a month.  I have been talking to him about possibly running a small Zaurus importing operation while he is over there.  This would be primarily for people in the U.S., but I'm open to the idea of shipping to other countries.  I would like to hear feedback from folks here about these questions I have:

1. Is it worth it?  Obviously this would have to be financially beneficial to myself, my friend, and the buyer.  I was checking some prices of Zaurii in Japan compared to conics.net and dynamism.com, and at least for the C1000 and C860, it seems like it would be worth it.  The C3000 still looks very expensive even in Japan.

2. Would people be interested in configuration services?  Obviously I would be able to convert them to english, but are people interested in other configuration services?  For example, I could flash them to a different rom image (pdaXrom, cacko, open zaurus, etc.).  I could also install software, scripts, or anything else that someone might want, and after I could do a NAND backup to a CF or SD card if provided.

3. Would selling on ebay be a good idea?  I notice that ebay doesn't have a lot of clamshell models.  Is this because there isn't a demand for them?

4. Are there legal issues that I should be worried about?

I'm a strong believer in Zaurii, and I would like to help others obtain them, and hopefully make a little extra income in the process.  

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Deals and Great Z Buys / Best Importer Of C3000 In Us?

« on: April 22, 2005, 11:45:38 am »

I have ordered from conics.net a couple times, I think they're great.

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General Discussion / Fusion Of Zaurus And '00 Accord

« on: April 21, 2005, 03:30:04 pm »

Well, this thread is probably as close to a howto as I am capable of producing. The best resource I've found is mp3car.com, although they're not very nice to "newbies".

So do you have a Zaurus that you want to use to connect to your laptop, or do you just have the laptop?

I have a zaurus c700, and i use my laptop as a mp3 player in my car, but i do not like having the laptop open all the time in order to see what i want to play.

I will ask to friend in order to help m doing these.

Great Work.
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Ok I see, then you can definitely do this.  You'll only have 3 problems that I can think of:

1. Getting power to the zaurus and laptop, unless you alreay have adapters.  However, if you're not going on long trips you probably won't need them.
2. Mounting your Zaurus.  If you want to mount it like I did you'll need the EA-BL08 battery and 2 battery covers (one for the mount and one for regular use).  You can also use a mount like [a href=\"http://shirtpocket.co.uk/cat/product_info.php?cPath=22_25_181&products_id=188]this[/url] but it's designed for the Cx60 models, so you'd need the EA-BL08 battery and cover anyway.
3. Getting sound from the laptop.  It sounds like you're already using the laptop in your car, so you probably already figured this out.

I'd be interested to know if you get the same noise that I get when you connect over VNC.

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General Discussion / Fusion Of Zaurus And '00 Accord

« on: April 20, 2005, 04:50:59 pm »

Giantdisc looks very cool.  If I had known about that before I started I might have tried that first.  

The only drawbacks compared to what I did would be that it can't play video, and you can't get online.  But in the interest of safety I won't be doing either of those while driving!  

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General Discussion / Fusion Of Zaurus And '00 Accord

« on: April 20, 2005, 02:43:51 pm »

I was wondering what you do for cooling on that PC in the trunk?
It has to get extremely hot in there...unless you live in Northern Alaska?
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Hey, you're assuming that I'm thinking that far ahead!  I live in New Hampshire, and it just recently got up over 50 degrees!  You're right though, it might be a problem in the summer.  I've seen lots of other projects where people put their computers in the trunk and it works for them, so hopefully it won't be a problem.

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General Discussion / Fusion Of Zaurus And '00 Accord

« on: April 20, 2005, 09:45:26 am »

Wow!  You win!  

I'm still ashamed that the computer is running windoze, but as soon as someone develops a good front end for linux in the car I'll go for it.  What about a linux distribution just for cars??