On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Dave Reed wrote: > Others have posted but I didn't see anybody discuss the connection > issue with the Zaurus. The sync support over the USB cable seemed > flaky last year when I first got one. At the time you had to recompile > the kernel and enable some experimental ethernet over USB modules or > something like that. at the time, yes, there was a patch to the kernel, but more recent kernels have that support built-in (the kernel config process even has a selection for PDA support), so it's much easier these days. i've had my zaurus on the LAN here both via the USB cradle, and using a wireless CF card. i also have a cheap hawking technologies wired net card with which i've attached my Z to a corporate LAN, and had it come up via DHCP. these days, connectivity is not a big problem. what *is* a problem is that sharp seem to be phasing out the 5500 model, and i'm not sure what their long-term plans are. their newer SL-C7x0 models (the clamshell models) are gorgeous (you can see one at http://www.dynamism.com/zaurus7xx/index.shtml but sharp are being funny about not making these things globally available. rday
