C860 -> USB -> 6000 -> net ?

[stbrock]

Those of us with non-6000 Zaurii presently can't have both wireless internet and another CF device such as a microdrive at the same time because WiFi or bluetooth would take the only CF slot. But the proprietary port can connect to a USB host. The BargainPDA review of the 6000 stated that a C860 Zaurus was recognized as a C7xx in the 6000 over the USB connection but didn't investigate further as I recall.  

Assuming I had uses for both and money to burn, could I use a 6000 like a desktop, connect my C860 through USB, and get proxy internet access? Is anyone in a position to test and confirm?

[omega]

I suggest that you could only use the c860 as a storage device and not the tcp/ip link - you would need the sharp driver compiled for the 6000 for this to work. So in that case you would be as well to just use a compact flash / secure digital flash reader.

[stbrock]

Thanks. Let me try to be more precise about something I don't understand in any detail. I believe that support for TCP/IP is built into the USB host drivers on most recent Linux and Win desktops, and that the Zaurus has drivers for its slave USB connection which support TCP/IP communication through the USB host.

Is it known that the drivers for the 6000 USB host, unlike those for Linux desktops, don't have this capability? If not, would supplying it be a matter of recompiling or more like a port or re-write? Given the hardware differences, I'm guessing there's probably lot's more to do than simply recompiling. Oh well. . . .