[plug] Time to replace palm m130?

[Ashley Jennings]

Hello Chris,

Yesterday, I bought a new Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 of ebay for AU$220
total including postage.

here is the ebay zaurus listing
http://search.ebay.com.au/zaurus_W0QQflocZ1QQfromZR8QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsaslcZ2QQsbrsrtZl

the seller was outletmp3 and has put up about 8 at once each month for
the past two months, although none are listed by them now.

I chose the zaurus because by doing a Pocketworkstation install,
provides a full Debian GNU/Linux OS with access to the complete apt
cache(last i heard 14000 packages).
http://wiki.debian.org/PocketWorkstation

Zaurus details here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaurus

With the SDRAM and Compact Flash ports I am looking to enable wireless
through an addon card to provide connectivity.

The Zaurus has an active Free Software community and the SL-5500 is
the most common model and from current info it seems has the least
configuration or compatibility problems with software or
configuration.

I'm looking for wireless cards which work "out the box" with the 5500.
Can anyone recommend one they are happy with?


GNUooviness in the pocket :-)

Ashley
http://gumnut.sf.net/






On 25/10/05, Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an olde m130 palm pilot here that has served me well over the
> years but this morning I got up and accidentally knocked it off my
> (messy) chest of draw when juggling it with my phone trying to see what
> time it was.
>
> It has survived many many falls and previously I have had to superglue
> the face cover flap back on. This time not only did the cover flap come
> off but the top right of the casing cracked open and the on/off button
> is now extremely difficult to operate.
>
> Time to just backup all the data and buy a new one perhaps?
>
> I hear Palm are now moving to WinCE but do they still sell Palms running
> PalmOS or do I need to go and buy this from Palmsource?
>
> Should I consider something that I can run Linux on?
>
> At the moment I just use the address book, calendar, task list, freehand
> notes for taking down customer details when on a phone call.
>
> I may like to be able to use it for internet access and x11 sessions
> over SSH but that would just be a nicety.
>
> thanks,
>
> Chris
>