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Re: Sharp Zaurus SL-6000L released in US

From: Bryan Hurley <>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:31:40 -0400 (EDT)

The Colorgraphics Voyager CF VGA card is supposed to work alright with the
the iPaq running linux..

The older HP VGA PCMCIA card also worked on the iPaq with PCMCIA sleeve
and linux...

might be some options.

-bryan

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Chris Saari wrote:

> Along the lines of the new Zaurus is the Toshiba e800/805 which has been
> out since late last year. If you get the presentation pack it adds a USB
> port and a VGA port. Runs PocketPC instead
> of linux, also has built in 802.11b, CF and SDIO slots, etc.
>
> Of course the Zaurus with the spare battery might be nice, but I really
> need the VGA port. Anyone tried a CF or SDIO to VGA adaptor?
>
>
> On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Vito Miliano wrote:
>
> > wear-hard,
> >
> > This news is a little late, but no-one else said anything, so...
> >
> > The Sharp Zaurus SL-6000L has been released in the US.  I described it
> > in one of my "wearable prototype laid out" posts:
> >
> > http://wearables.blu.org/wear-hard-04/200410402.html
> >
> > It does, indeed, have built-in 802.11b WiFi and is a USB 1.1 host!
> >
> > It's available for $699 from Amazon.  It also has a 4" transflective
> > VGA LCD, a 400MHz XScale CPU, 64MB RAM, 64MB Flash, the sliding
> > chiclet keyboard the 5500 had, an SDIO/SD/MMC slot, a CF slot, IR, the
> > 2.5mm four-conductor headphone/headset jack like the 5500, docking
> > cradle connector, and an expansion connector which I assume is what
> > the backpack that provides you with a second CF slot and an additional
> > battery plugs into.
> >
> > Add a USB hub to drive the USB Frogpad and a USB serial converter for
> > a BOB-3 NTSC serial text device plugged into your M1 or Eyetop, and
> > you've got a pretty solid little unit.  Add GPS in one CF slot, a
> > Microdrive in the second, and hang a USB Bluetooth adapter off that
> > hub, since SDIO and SD devices aren't supported under Linux (you can
> > only use it for SD/MMC flash memory).  Hot hot hot.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vito
> >
> >
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