RE: [jornada] Jornada 'Trips'

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Harvey [mailto:pharvey@codebydesign.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:59 PM
> To: jornada
> Subject: [jornada] Jornada 'Trips'
>
>
> I code, I cycle and I do the obligatory eating and sleeping.
>
> Last year I cycled from San Diego to Corpus Christi with my
> Jornada. It
> was pretty good for keeping my journal and such.
>
> This past Christmas I went to Thailand and was able to code
> thanks to a
> DOS emulator and an old version of Turbo C++. In fact the
> Jornada helped
> make the trip happen because I really had to get some work
> done...

I recall creating silly apps on hp200lx with Borland C.

> and
> lugging a laptop around would have been too much of an
> infringement on
> the vacation mentality. :)
>
> This spring I plan on cycling from San Diego to Vancouver (British
> Columbia) and possibly on to a place called Bella Coola. My plan thus
> far is to do the DOS emulator and Turbo C++ thing but it
> would be great
> to see how feasible the Linux option would be.
>

Once the touchscreen is fixed, I think most people will find it a lot easier
to use. However, it is still very usable right now :) I'm running
familiar-unstable and python works just fine. Rxvt comes up by virtue of the
/etc/init.d/x script so even with the unusable touchscreen, it works well
for command-line shell activities (bash & vi installed). Throw gcc on a
flashcard or udrive and you could quite easily code with it as is (though
with python and pygtk, I have all I need right now).

Yes no power mgmt but leave the disc-battery out and remove the main
lith-ion when done. With
jffs2 everything saves/comes back up nicely.
 
> I will watch to see if the power management and touch screen
> issues get
> cleared up - then try it.
>
> I am not an EE type (read; I do not know hardware to save my life)
> otherwise I would offer to assist.
>
> I can however; offer my Jornada for a month.
>

If/when you are interested in having your unit converted, just e-mail a
request to jca@alum.mit.edu. HP is doing the conversions themselves at this
point (for those who don't feel comfortable with #6 torx wrenches, like me
;)
There is no cost for this (at this time).

> Thanks folks!
>
> Peter
>
> BTW: I run my Jornada with a 256 meg CF Type I (yes; in the
> bottom) and
> I network with a Socket LP-E PC Card.
>

Hope this helps,
Greg

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Received on Thu Feb 14 12:11:32 2002