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Powering all devices

On my desk I have lot of things which require power. USB hubs, developer boards, customer devices etc. So far I counted 3×12V (ngw100, at91sam9263ek, edb9301) and 4×5V (usb hubs, beagleboard, bug). I do not count under desk devices because there is more space so extra cables from power supplies are not a problem (voltage [...]

X11 slowness on vortex86sx

Today I played a bit with Vortex86sx based device again. This time I wanted to get X11 working on it.

In short: it “works”. Default driver should be “sis” but it fails with messages which shows that libpciaccess has a problem on that device:

(EE) SIS(0): Unable to map IO aperture. Invalid argument (22) [...]

Good bye Zaurus

Nearly two years ago I wrote about end of Zaurus production. This news ended on many websites around the globe (mostly without quoting source). But it was not end — Sharp was producing Zaurus clamshells from time to time during those two years.

In December 2008 there was another set of news that Sharp ends Zaurus [...]

Zaurus leather case for free

During cleaning house I found two leather cases for c7×0 Zaurus. Both are made by PDAir company and fit c7×0 Zaurus with big or small battery (c1000/c3×00 does not fit). Both are in ideal condition (one was not used).

One of cases has also clip mounting.

I offer them for anyone in EU who will cover post [...]

I no longer have collie

Yes — I do not have “collie” (Zaurus SL-5500) any more. Three days ago I sent box with palmtop (full original set) and few additional cards (Bluetooth and few CF/SD memory cards) to Thomas Kunze.

I hope that this delivery will help him with his work on SD/MMC driver for this device.

Sharp Zaurus and chargers

From time to time I see people asking what to use instead of original charger to charge Zaurus palmtops. Some suggest using Sony PSP chargers, some recommends sync-and-charge USB cables.

I have simpler solution — USB Hub chargers. Recently I bought another powered USB Hub and it’s charger does not fit in any of my left [...]