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OESF Announcements / Site Outage Oct 25 - 26

« on: October 30, 2005, 11:56:02 pm »

Fortunately we weren't attacked.  Unfortunately Dreamhost disabled my account

Basically we were on a shared server with dreamhost (on the strictly business plan), and our websites were using > 25% utilization of the server and apparently that's just too much. 

They've been notifying (automated messages) me for a while now (203 days), and I had responded to them several times telling them to move me to a dedicated server.  On Monday Oct 24 a support rep emailed me saying that I had 24 hours to respond or the account would be disabled.  Unfortuantely this has been an extremely busy week at work, so I didn't see the email until Tuesday night.  From there it took them about a day and a half to re-enable my account (and all services should be back online).

By sometime next week we should be on a dedicated server plan (New Moon), and I paid for a year so we shouldn't see troubles like this for a little while...

Sorry for the inconvenience!
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Well, damn, sorry to read that. Will the dedicated server cost extra, and should we users perhaps throw a little paypal your way?

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OESF Announcements / Site Outage Oct 25 - 26

« on: October 27, 2005, 11:11:30 pm »

I was unable to get here for about 24 hours ... still can't resolve ZUG home site. Is it the site, my network, or somethng in between?

Eror message in Firefox on Xandros 3.0.1 is:

Site Temporarily Unavailable

 We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the webmaster/ tech support immediately to have them rectify this.

error id: "bad_httpd_conf"

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For Sale / Wanted / Does Piel Frama's Leather Case Fit The 5600?

« on: October 23, 2005, 08:26:34 pm »

For about a year I own a zaurus sl-5600. Until now, I have been carrying around my zaurus without a case in my pocket. Only the screen is protected with a plastic cover. The buttons stay uncovered, so the device is switched on and off and starting applications by accident all day, draining the battery. I recently found that Piel Frama made a leather case for the 5500. That case would prove very useful for my zaurus sl-5600. But I wonder if the case fits the 5600, despite the bigger battery.

Someone tried it yet?
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No idea about Piel Frama, but you could do worse than ThePouch.com for a neoprene case. They handsew cases individually ordered for a quite reasonable price.  I got one, works for my Z5500.
disclaimer -- no connection to ThePouch.com save being  a satisfied customer.

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For Sale / Wanted / Selling Zaurus Battery

« on: October 18, 2005, 12:03:19 pm »

Mine showed up in the mail in Toronto today. So far, it holds a charge in the Z; we'll see how long a charge lasts!
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Further to this, I haven't really had a duration test yet; it seems to last longer than the EA-BL06,but I haven't been out with it for any length of time ...

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For Sale / Wanted / Selling Zaurus Battery

« on: October 15, 2005, 12:33:52 am »

Mine showed up in the mail in Toronto today. So far, it holds a charge in the Z; we'll see how long a charge lasts!

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General Discussion / Ambicom Wl1100c Wireless Install

« on: October 14, 2005, 12:00:32 am »

Has anyone installed a Ambicom WL1100C wireless CF card on ZaurusSL5500 rom3.1 ?
I had the card working on a Ipaq with Familiar-0.82 Linux using Hostap drivers, but I can't get
hostap-modules to install on the Zaurus.
Where would I get the correct drivers for this card?

Thanks
Jim
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It works right away in the 3.13 ROM with the "new" cacko kernel; not necessary to add a driver. At least I've got kismet to run. I have yet to connect to an adhoc 802.11b network, but I can see the access points!

 

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5x00 General discussions / Newbie, Installing Software Off Of Cd

« on: October 05, 2005, 08:49:03 pm »

I fixed it! Thanks for the help guys/girls
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I happened onto this thread too late to help, but: If you're going to go the OZ route, be aware that you'll have to have a network connection, be it a CF wifi card or a CF modem network card - there's no way to sync it to Windoze via usb. I found that out the hard way.

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For Sale / Wanted / Selling Zaurus Battery

« on: October 05, 2005, 08:30:41 pm »

Thanks forf the reassurance!

 

Hi! (to all)

I was a little behind schedule with building the batteries, because I didn't get my NTCs (I need them for building the batteries... :-/ ).
But They are all on their way now. So it could take a week (max!) until you'll all get you batteries!
Sorry!

Regards
  Ludwig
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For Sale / Wanted / Selling Zaurus Battery

« on: October 05, 2005, 01:47:55 pm »

Hi Ludwing!

I have sent 35 Eur by paypal on september 12 (20 days ago), but I'm still waiting for my battery. Also I haven't received any messages from you.
Have you sent a battery to me? How long sould it take to arrive to Spain?
Regards,
Ztep
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Hi, Ludwig,
How long is shipping time to North America? You got my paypal on 9 September.  

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General Discussion / Sd Mounting Problem

« on: October 04, 2005, 12:05:41 am »

I'm having this sort of problem with a Sandisk card also. Guy at work is trying to sell me a 256MG Sandisk SD; he's formatted it on his Mac, on a Windows PC at the hospital, and in a digital camera, but every time I try it in my 5500 I can see the files ... but I can't either read them or erase them. It'd be a passable deal for $C30, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass it up.

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5x00 General discussions / Mp3 Downloads

« on: September 25, 2005, 01:40:39 am »

I use CDex to extract mp3s from my own CDs. http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ Pretty versatile, open source, no hassles. Windows only, unfortunately.

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General Discussion / Who are you and where are you from?

« on: September 22, 2005, 08:40:25 pm »

Hi --

I'm a 59-year-old semiretired hospital porter in Toronto, ON; an ex-Yank, union militant, and NDP supporter. Some people were born to be hanged, I was born to be Canadian.

I bicycle for transportation/recreation, read sf and fantasy, photograph SF fan events around the Greater Toronto Area. I've owned a Franklin eBookman, a treo90, and now a Zaurus SL5500. By far the best handheld yet, at least until I can afford to upgrade to a clamshell Z.

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5x00 Hardware / Converting Z To Use Std Digital Camera Battery

« on: September 17, 2005, 10:51:22 pm »

oops. sorry about the above. fingers too quick on the keyboard.....
Marty ---- I want to do what you did with the FLNP120 ---- is it still working?? My Z 5500 battery no longer holds a charge and like you I am reluctant to pay nearly 50 euros for a replacement. Is it possible to dumb your explanation down a little and provide more detail? I don't like messing around in batteries and, though happy to solder, I don't understand what you mean.
Thanks.
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Lauter is selling 1800mah batts for the Z5500 that is as thick (or thin) as the original batts. Its around 35euro shipped. Pls check with him for latest pricing.
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I ordered one from Lauter last week. Waiting patiently for shipment from Germany to Canada. I'll report how it works when it gets here ...

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Toronto / Anybody Active Here?

« on: August 20, 2005, 02:45:26 pm »

Just thought I'd join in this thread, as I too will be a Zaurus-newbie within days.  I am just awaiting the arrival of my 5600.

Any thoughts on tweaks to apply right off the bat anyone?  I was thinking of trying out the Watapon ROM, or maybe trying out the pre-emptive/cachebug-disabling patch on a Sharp 1.32 ROM.

I can't wait to play around with this beastie!
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Have fun with it. The first thing you'll want to do, however, is make darned sure you've got all your ducks in a row equipment-wise. Make sure you have a working reader-writer for your CF card ... and make sure of course you have a CF card, preferably 32 MB or above. You'll need ém to flash different ROMs to your Z. The first time I flashed, it was to the 3.5.3 ROM ... and then I discovered that it would not connect through the USB cracle, and I'd have to connect via WiFi, and guess who didn't have a wiFi CF card?

Right in one.

Anyway, have fun with it.  

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General Discussion / Critical Apps

« on: August 14, 2005, 04:05:29 pm »

What killer, critical App would make you switch from one ROM to another?
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e-book reader, basic wireless Internet capability so's I can check my email etc. from a Starbucks or whatever, and a useable video player ... Right at the moment I have all of those with the latest Opie-reader and qpdf2,  my wireless card on its way here, and the latest build of the vlc player. I'd really like a 3100 to play with but that's down the road budget-wise.