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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Lost Keystrokes

« on: December 05, 2010, 11:59:54 am »

About the mouse registrations, don know about that.
Maybe try a restore and check if it still happens?

I also get strange behavior such as spontaneous right-clicks when using the touch screen. I believe there is a problem with the mouse driver.

It's a shame that something as simple as they keyboard and mouse does not work properly with the stock configuration. I did not expect a computer which ships with ubuntu as it's main OS to have these sorts of problems.

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Which Internet Browser Are You Using?

« on: November 21, 2010, 08:42:08 pm »

Hi,

today looking in japanese pages (with goggole translate), I found that they have port google chromiun to the sharp netwalker ( http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y...sl=ja&tl=en ).

The rep direction is:

deb http://nnc.homeunix.net/netwalker_rep/ ./


Some one have try it? how its go?

Regards

That repository is down, but I found this mirror:
http://nnc.dyndns.biz/netwalker_rep/

I installed chromium and it's much more stable and faster than firefox. No flash though.

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Lost Keystrokes

« on: November 21, 2010, 05:51:26 pm »

My netwalker chronically loses keystrokes.

For example, when I type www.oesf.org 20-30% of the time it comes up ww.oesf.org.

How can I fix this?

P.S. Also most times mouse clicks register multiple times. So when I click to open something it often ends up opening 5-10 times!

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Replacement Ac Adapter / Power Supply

« on: August 25, 2010, 11:15:54 pm »

I got the power line adapter koan suggested cause it was cheap and worth a try.

Fit isn't perfect, but good enough and 12V seems to work fine (9V causes the charging light to flicker between green and red).

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Replacement Ac Adapter / Power Supply

« on: August 22, 2010, 08:51:34 pm »

I would have thought something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Power-Line-0900-77A-...ref=pd_sim_ol_1 would be suitable. Just make sure that you attach the connector in the right orientation and set the voltage.

Hmmm...looks good except:
-the netwalker is rated at 11V hopefully 12V won't cause any problems with long term use.
-difficult to say if the tip will fit. a loose fit will eventually cause the port itself to fail which is much more difficult to fix.

damn apple and their patent on magnetic power ports. damn them to hell.

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Replacement Ac Adapter / Power Supply

« on: August 21, 2010, 10:31:08 am »

The tip of my AC adapter snapped off. Importing an official replacement from japan is unreasonably expensive (cost almost 25% of the entire netwalker).

Can anyone recommend a replacement available in the US or at least tell me if the tip is compatible with some other standard?

I know the tip needs to match and the supply must be 11V with a reasonable amperage, I just don't know where to find such a replacement, especially since it's hard to tell if the tip matches without trying to plug it in.

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / White Keyboard

« on: August 14, 2010, 12:11:14 am »

Does anyone know where I can get a white replacement keyboard?

Anyone have a white netwalker that wants to trade keyboards?

The black is too hard to see in the dark.