[plug] Time to replace palm m130?

[Chris Caston]

On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 16:20, Ashley Jennings wrote:
> 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/
> 
> 

Ashley,

This looks very interesting and I am a little jealous now that you are
getting a PDA (on what appears to be better hardware) running Linux for
only about $40 more than what I paid for mine running PalmOS.

I might get one later but I really needed the Palm today and will
migrate all my data across tonight.

Is there a stylus based Zaurus model?

regards,

Chris


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> 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
> >
>