Thanks, Jon_J. Well, the downloads are still broken, but at least I could get the urls to wget the files properly. I will try working with them when I have more time over the weekend.
pgas, I don't know if emacs is available for my ROM, but I guess that is something else worth considering.
I'm also trying to put together a list of hex editing tools for the Zaurus, so if people know of others and what ROMs they work on, please post!
thanks,
sdjf