[geeks] Filling a gap for the Sidekick...

[Nadine Miller]

Dan Duncan wrote:

> I picked up a Sharp Zaurus about a month back.  (SL-5500)
> So far it's great.  Mostly I just play a few games and
> goof with various software.  I've gotten kismet up and running
> just to see how many wifi networks are really out there
> (Answer:  TONS) but I've never connected to any other than my own.
> (Yes, really.)  I tried OpenZaurus for a while, but it didn't
> really give me much benefit and I had trouble getting some
> software to work on it and I really missed Scrabble so I
> flashed it back to Sharp's version.  My intent is to get either a
> bluetooth CF card or the Aircable bluetooth dongle for the IO port
> and piggyback it onto my bluetooth phone's (P800) GPRS
> connection when I'm not in range of my wifi access point.
> I should probably get this working over IR first since
> there's very little difference except for not needing any
> additional hardware.  I've also tested a bluetooth USB adapter
> for syncing the phone with my desktop which will also let me sync
> the Zaurus.  My original reason for getting the Zaurus was to
> cover the gap not covered by my P800, but that turns out to be a very
> small gap indeed.

:-)

The things that grabbed my attention were a) nethack, and b) sshd,
then I thought, c) python/bash/sh/perl and d) bluetooth.

Obviously my priorities are straight.  I sooo longed for nethack
when I had my Palm...(appointments and address book, how boring!
:-)

=Nadine=