Ipaq 310 is not a transreflective screen. I found them almost useless in bright
sunlight here in .au.
Dave
> From: david.reit...@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:06:45 +0100
> To: xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] Hardware recommendations, please
>
> On Aug 21, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Evan Ludeman wrote:
>
> > The cheap option is updating the ipaqs to ppc 2003. This is pretty much
> > essential for XCS 6.x. I too found 6.x to be unusable on 2002.
>
>
> Another cheap option is to buy an iPaq 310 PNA, which is available
> second-hand for $70-110 (and higher, of course) from eBay. My second one was
> just $30 without battery.
>
> It's important to get the original charger, and, for on-board power, use an
> OTC USB cable with pins 2,3 pulled to 3,3V (or so).
> The 310 is very hackable; the easiest setup is to boot directly into XCSoar
> off a 1 or 2GB SD card (rename XCSoar to celauncher.exe).
>
> It has a transflective high-resolution screen, is fast enough, comes with a
> built-in GPS, and one can turn the USB connection into a serial port. It
> will _not_ directly talk to low-baud rate devices such as the Volkslogger.
>
> A number of guys in my club have bought this and are happy with it.
>
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