Re: Re: [jornada] Jornada 7xx Flashboard

Oh, darn the luck. Back to the drawingboard....

-Mark Gollahon

<otto.waltari@kolumbus.fi> wrote ..
> Firstly, to avoid any confusion, I've to say that my unit is a 728.
> Afaik, all the measures are the same, but the component layout might
> differ a bit from the 720.
>
> I tried to suit a cf card below the keyboard, but unfortunately it is
> about one millimeter too thick, so something has to be done to the cf
> form factor.
>
> Anyhow, I took a couple of pictures that might interest some of you,
> eventually Mark Gollahon:
>
> http://vectron.homelinux.net/stuff/Jornada728/pic00002.jpg
> http://vectron.homelinux.net/stuff/Jornada728/pic00003.jpg
>
> Btw, add my name to the list of the interested ones.
>
> Cheers Otto Waltari
>
>
> > All:
> >
> > Ok, looks like there is at least four of us interested in this:
> >
> > Gregory Nutt
> > Sebastian Hesselbarth
> > Eduard Pertíñez i Juncosa
> > Myself
> >
> > I'll start working out details of how to put this together. Until I
> get my Jornada, if someone could do this and tell me the results (DO NOT
> POWER ON THE MACHINE WHILE DOING THIS AND YOU WILL LOOSE EVERYTHING IN
> MEMORY!):
> >
> > 1. Take the keyboard off
> > 2. Remove the daughtercard
> > 3. Place a CF card inside the body of the Jornada where the daughercard
> was
> > 4. See if the keyboard fits snugly like if you were replacing it.
> >
> > After doing this, if you could tell me if the CF card has enough to
> "rattle around" inside a bit or if the whole contraption puts pressure
> on the keyboard from underneath, I would appreciate it. This will give
> me some idea as to how I can lay out the components on the board.
> >
> > Or, everyone can just wait until I get mine and I can do this ;)
> >
> > -Mark Gollahon
> >
> >
Received on Fri Sep 3 13:28:27 2004