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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxrom Team Quiet

« on: February 24, 2005, 06:20:47 pm »

Hi,

Hey, that's great to hear dude - nice to see some OSS guys getting rewarded for their hard work. The recent /. article on E17 provided a case in point - lots of bad blood and simmering resentment there...*rolls eyes*.

Anyway - any word on that 5500 release?  Even a buggy, pre-release copy for us to do bug-testing on would be really really really cool...

cya,
Victor

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Custom Rom

« on: February 22, 2005, 03:24:28 am »

Hi,

Any chance of you posting the images up somewhere for others to try?

I'm trying to either a) find good instructions on building custom roms, or  find a development/cvs-style rom of newer gpe/matchbox...could you pass on any of your hard-earned experience?  

bye,
Victor

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Building A Custom Oz Rom?

« on: February 22, 2005, 01:20:19 am »

Hi,

Could anybody point me out to documents on how to build my own OpenZaurus rom? I'm interested in creating a gpe image with GPE 2.6, Matchbox 0.9.3 etc. I've searched high and low, and can't seem to find any sources on this (except for the OpenEmbedded Wiki, which talks only about compiling applications, not ROMs).

Anyway, congrats to the OE team for some really nice work. My only niggle (and no insult meant to them) is that the documentation seems a little sparse. I've seen the post on the documentation project, and I'm hoping once I get this ROM built, I could write something up (although as you can see, my knowledge of Zaurii is somewhat limited).

Thanks,
Victor

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5x00 General discussions / Opinions On Various Cf Wifi Cards For Zaurus 5500

« on: February 20, 2005, 10:08:10 pm »

Hi,

I've just bought a new Zaurus 5500 off eBay , and now need to get a WiFi card for it. I would like to canvas opinions on various cards - which are well-supported (Sharp ROM vs. OpenZaurus), are good for wardriving, have decent battery life, are reliable, have good pickup, an external jack etc.

Opinions/good places to buy tje following?

Linksys WCF12
GLinksys WCF54G
D-Link 650W
D-Link 660W
Socket/Symbol Spectrum24 (Why so expensive? )
Sandisk Connect
Cisco/Proxim Harmony/Lucent Orinoco??

Also, some people suggested using a PCMIA card, eg the Lucent Gold or Orinoco (same?) with a PCMIA/CF adaptor. Is this an effective setup (sorry, I know it's a very broad question) ? Apparently the battery life will decrease dramatically - what are the experiences with thi? How good is the driver support? Is the performance superior to just a CF card?

In terms of external jacks, are there any good cards with one? I can't seem to find a single cf wifi card with it at all...

There's a vague reference here, but I can't find any further information on the Artem, nor does anybody seem to sell them. In a press release (source[/url), Symbol said that there was a external antenna version of the 24:

About Spectrum24 High Rate Compact Flash
...
The Spectrum24 High Rate CF card comes in two form factors: with an integrated antenna for Type I CF extend slots in PDAs and an external antenna connecter for embedded device designs.

But I can't seem to see this anywhere else - thoughts?

Also, there don't seem to be a lot of 802.11g cards - the linksys G isn't out yet - any others that are supported on the Zaurus? Incidentally, are they actually worth it (eg do a lot of APs support only g and not b?)

Man, I'd hate to buy a card, and find out that 802.11i suddenly comes out... ...

Thanks,
Victor

PS: Out of curiosity, I bought the 5500 for AU$300 (about US$234) - is that a ridiculously high amount?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / pdaXrom and gentoo for Z on 5500?

« on: February 20, 2005, 09:35:03 pm »

Hi,

Oh man...that looks so sweet... Like everybody else, very excited about this. Any word from the developers on a release date? *rubs hands in glee*

Also, Quake on Zaurus 5500? Man, I've gotta get that. The links here and here both seem to be broken - does anybody have a working link/copy?

Will Pdaxrom include quake by default...(obviously, user has to supply data files)...man, that would be so cool...finally, I'd have something to wipe those supercilious smirks off those iPaq users .

bye,
Victor

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For Sale / Wanted / Selling Zaurus Sl-5500 With 256 Mb Cf Card

« on: February 20, 2005, 08:11:36 am »

Hi,

Is your 5500 sold yet?

I'm interested - please email me at victorhooi (at) yahoo (dot) com

thanks,
victor

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For Sale / Wanted / Forsale: Sl5500 And Goodies

« on: February 18, 2005, 07:49:08 am »

Hi,

Still available?

Thanks,
Victor

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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: Zaurus Sl-5500 W/ Accessories!

« on: February 18, 2005, 07:41:05 am »

Hi,

Hmmm, kinda interested - this still for sale?

bye,
Victor