Thanks for the info to all who responded.....I guess there is a Zaurus in my near future. Cleve
At 09:24 AM 8/1/2003, you wrote: >Has anyone found a way of hooking up a serial connection with a Zaurus >without the cradle? >My laptop is heavy, as laptops go, and I would like to use a pda with a >built-in querty keyboard to plug into the console ports on my Cisco >routers and switches to do on the fly configurations. If I can run a >simple terminal program on the Zaurus (I'm certain that I can) AND >establish a serial connection with the Zaurus handheld sans the cradle ( >I'm not certain about this) then I will be purchasing one of these sweet >devices in the very near future. Looked up the 5600 on several websites >and found info on nearly everything EXCEPT this detail. I was hoping that >someone in our group may already have one of these devices and possibly >has already used it in the manner or may have a lot of insight into the matter. >any takers? >Cleve > > > > >At 09:05 AM 8/1/2003, you wrote: >>I never said I wanted to buy the PhatBox. I just wanted to share the fact >>that VW is selling them, and that Linux is making headway in the embedded >>space and WinCE (appropriate name) is not. ;) >> >>Concerning Zaurus as a media player: it works great! It has a combo >>headphone/microphone jack so you have to be careful when you buy a >>headphone. Storage is expensive though when considering CF cards, but daily >>uploads help with that. >> >>What I really like to do is get Festival running on it then I could listen >>to stored text on my daily commute. >> >>John Hebert >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: will hill >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: 7/31/03 10:24 PM >>Subject: Re: [brlug-general] BRLUG Labs Report: VW now selling Linux based >>digital car audio s ystem >> >>But you already have a nice music tool, your Zaurus. Just load up a big >>CF and that other card with oggs from your music server and tie in a >>headphone jack to the aux line, if it has one. Your uploading and play >>can both be done by a randomizer or play list and you can do your >>uploading by wifi. You have already hacked your Zaurus and it has a >>good display. Think of how much CF you could buy for the price of a >>phat box and imagine the pain of DRM, which the M$ client is sure to >>force on you. >> >>On 2003.07.31 20:44 John Hebert wrote: >> >>[good phat box description] >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
