Re: Re: Checking for a pulse here

A start indeed.

I have expressed interest in helping out previously as well.. I was
also able to get Haret working, but I had no idea what to do once I got
a command line :\ ... I'm no coder, but I have something like seven
years of experience with the penguin and have compiled custom kernels
under slackware and gentoo (no coding required, thanks to 'make
menuconfig'.. But it does mean that I know which aspects are required
for a working kernel).

It seems like now would be a good time to go to Dell to get detailed
hardware specs, since they're offering Ubuntu pre-installed now on some
of their equipment. One would think that they'd be happy to enhance
their standing with the linux crowd. I'd be happy to write up a nice
letter/email if we knew to whom it should be sent and what exactly I
should be asking for.

It looks like the X50 port is stalled, too..
http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/DellAximX50 .. I seem to recall that
the X50 shares some hardware w/ the X30... It would probably be useful
to touch base with the people working there too.

It's really nice to see some activity here again!
Grant

Danny Staple wrote:
> Okay, well this is a start.
>
> So to take stock, here are resources that I have recalled, beyond this
> list:
>
> http://www.handhelds.org/projects/aximx30.html - Quick Specifications
> page.
> http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/AximX30 - Axim30 Wiki Page - Last
> edited in May 2006. This also has a list of members, people waiting for
> the port. Maybe a candidates/contributors section would be handy.
> http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/AximX30Status - The Status page
> was last updated in November 2006.
>
> Sadly the pictures someone had of the PDA with its guts exposed are no
> longer live. I am more than happy to allow anyone asking to host images,
> video, schematics etc relating to this to pop them on a gallery at
> orionrobots (my robotics/tech site). If we spot any other bits like
> those images that might be handy in identifying and cataloguing the
> hardware, lets collate them somewhere.
>
> The files Giuseppe had posted are also now offline. Again - I will try
> to track these down, and pop them into a dumping ground on OrionRobots.
> There are files at
> http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/AximX30Downloads
>
> I am not sure where the source for whatever drivers/modules have been
> added into that are, or if it is just a particular combination of known
> drivers that have already made it onto the kernel source tree.
>
> The mailing list, at some point or another has had people declare they
> can help out in some way or another. I am a coder, a Linux user, but I
> know little about the kernel or PDA hardware yet. This does not mean I
> cannot make a start.
>
> I have got HaRET on my Axim, and have been able to Telnet in. I will try
> to start seeing if I can mine some more useful info. This is available
> from the Downloads page
> http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/AximX30Downloads
>
> To use it, run the exe on the PDA itself, and then do the "listen for
> network connection" command, then telnet into port 9999 on the PDA. To
> get the PDA's IP address, I had placed HaRET.exe on a local apache site
> for the PDA to download it, so I then tailed the apache access log to
> get the PDA's IP.
>
> Cheers,
> Danny
>
>
> On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 13:24 -0500, Aaron Hoffman wrote:
>> I'm here too, I have very minimal coding abilities, but I know Linux
>> fairly well. I'll do what I can and I would love to see some progress
>> on this project!
>>
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>> 1. Checking for a pulse here (Danny Staple)
>> 2. Re:Checking for a pulse here (Melina)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:20:03 +0100
>> From: Danny Staple <danny_at_orionrobots.co.uk>
>> Subject: [Aximx30-port] Checking for a pulse here
>> To: aximx30 port mailing list < aximx30-port_at_handhelds.org>
>> Message-ID: <1181888403.7563.22.camel_at_localhost>
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>> Okay people,
>> The last few mails to this list appeared to be spam. Is the
>> list really
>> so dead? My Axim is still alive, and still having to run
>> Windows, and I
>> would like to see it running Linux at some point.
>>
>> So what do we need?
>> Are there still any action points or anybody looking at this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:44:58 +0200
>> From: "Melina" <meli_x_at_libero.it>
>> Subject: Re:[Aximx30-port] Checking for a pulse here
>> To: "axim x30 mailing list" <aximx30-port_at_handhelds.org>
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>> I'm here! Waiting for a release...
>> I'm not an hardware expert...but I know linux. So, if I can do
>> anything, I'm here!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mel
>>
>>
>>
>> > Okay people,
>> > The last few mails to this list appeared to be spam. Is the
>> list really
>> > so dead? My Axim is still alive, and still having to run
>> Windows, and I
>> > would like to see it running Linux at some point.
>> >
>> > So what do we need?
>> > Are there still any action points or anybody looking at
>> this?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> >
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