rafael2k <rafael <at> riseup.net> writes:
> For me my jornada is a workstation too. a subnotebook, as you said.
> One thing I'd like to try is a pcmcia usb controler and connect a mouse,
> keyboard, monitor and external hdd, if possible
> Is always nice to have a lots of options. arm-ubuntu would be great.
>
> anyone tried connecting a serial mouse in jornada?
>
> bye,
> rafael diniz
>
PCMCIA USB would be nice, but every single USB PC card out there is USB 2.0 and
Cardbus. People have searched far and wide for an old PCMCIA USB 1.1 card, and
it would seem that no one ever made such a product.
The closest thing out there is a CF USB 1.1 made for PDAs, then plug that into a
PCMCIA-CF adapter. However, a CF USB card is very, very expensive, not to
mention rare. (It's like searching for a CF I Microdrive, a product which never
came into being because the company behind development just disappeared.)
As far as adding serial peripherals to the Jornada 720, this is a definite yes
on my todo list. I have been amassing all manner of peripherals for use with my
Jornada, simply to further the development of the distro. I have the official
Jornada external keyboard, for one (*that* is a rare find) and I intend to find
a way to plug in a serial touchpad into the serial port. I already have the
parts to build an adapter (a cut up synch cable and a male DB-9) and now all I
need is a good small sized serial touchpad and a bit of time. :)
External hard disks through PCMCIA have been done, see HPCFactor.
Unfortunately, you need the old style SCSI over PCMCIA notebook harddisks, not
the USB external harddisks so common today.
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