Does anyone have a Zaurus SL-3100? I'm thinking of getting one particularly for running some Linux in-car navigation software with verbal instructions. I know this Zaurus has a built-in speaker but would like to know from someone who may have experience of it whether it can produce a respectable volume. Thanks. -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:14:30PM +0000, Barry Samuels wrote:
Does anyone have a Zaurus SL-3100?
I'm thinking of getting one particularly for running some Linux in-car navigation software with verbal instructions. I know this Zaurus has a built-in speaker but would like to know from someone who may have experience of it whether it can produce a respectable volume.
I have an SL-C3000, but I'm not quite sure how loud the speaker is - I'll see if I can have a play later, but it's running 2.6 and I don't think the sound driver has been ported to that yet. In terms of car navigation software is there anything easily available for ARM? Even the commercial stuff I can find is all x86 only. It'd be nice if TomTom released a build for Linux/ARM, given that's what their devices run. :) J. -- jid: noodles@jabber.earth.li 101 things you can't have too much of : 38 - clean underwear.
On 2005.10.14 10:39, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:14:30PM +0000, Barry Samuels wrote:
Does anyone have a Zaurus SL-3100?
I have an SL-C3000, but I'm not quite sure how loud the speaker is - I'll see if I can have a play later, but it's running 2.6 and I don't think the sound driver has been ported to that yet.
That would be nice if you could!
In terms of car navigation software is there anything easily available for ARM? Even the commercial stuff I can find is all x86 only. It'd be nice if TomTom released a build for Linux/ARM, given that's what their devices run. :)
I don't know of any but I'm no authority. I have Navigator, on my Thinkpad, from Directions Ltd, a British company, but I believe that they do only i386. It's the only Linux software I've paid for (£35.00)!!! http://www.directions.ltd.uk Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
On 2005.10.14 10:39, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
I have an SL-C3000, but I'm not quite sure how loud the speaker is - I'll see if I can have a play later, but it's running 2.6 and I don't think the sound driver has been ported to that yet.
In terms of car navigation software is there anything easily available for ARM? Even the commercial stuff I can find is all x86 only. It'd be nice if TomTom released a build for Linux/ARM, given that's what their devices run. :)
I have only just realised, yes I know I'm slow on the uptake, that applications for the Zaurus won't be x86 so the navigation software I currently have won't run on the Zaurus anyway :-(( The processor, I believe, is a Intel XScale PXA270 CPU and I don't know what architecture version would be required for that. -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
On Friday 14 October 2005 15:31, Barry Samuels wrote:
The processor, I believe, is a Intel XScale PXA270 CPU and I don't know what architecture version would be required for that.
Isn't the PXA270 an ARM variant ? Regards, Paul. -- From the Klingon book of C: Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM.
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:39:41PM +0100, Paul wrote:
On Friday 14 October 2005 15:31, Barry Samuels wrote:
The processor, I believe, is a Intel XScale PXA270 CPU and I don't know what architecture version would be required for that. Isn't the PXA270 an ARM variant ?
Yes. Which would be why I asked about ARM navigation software in my initial reply... J. -- Sorry for the inconvenience. | Black Cat Networks Ltd | http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ | UK Web, domain and email hosting
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 10:39 +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
In terms of car navigation software is there anything easily available for ARM? Even the commercial stuff I can find is all x86 only. It'd be nice if TomTom released a build for Linux/ARM, given that's what their devices run. :)
I could possibly arrange for one of the TomTom units to be available at the next kit meet. *hint* The system is held on a removable sd card and I am sure the boot image is something silly that can be toyed with. However the maps are activated via a challenge/response code that is (I think) seeded from the hardware itself, so good luck running the application on another device.
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 11:13:57PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 10:39 +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
In terms of car navigation software is there anything easily available for ARM? Even the commercial stuff I can find is all x86 only. It'd be nice if TomTom released a build for Linux/ARM, given that's what their devices run. :) I could possibly arrange for one of the TomTom units to be available at the next kit meet. *hint* The system is held on a removable sd card and I am sure the boot image is something silly that can be toyed with.
Heh. We had a conversation along these lines on IRC earlier today.
However the maps are activated via a challenge/response code that is (I think) seeded from the hardware itself, so good luck running the application on another device.
I think I'll just concentrate on trying to get more data into OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/). J. -- [ 101 things you can't have too much of : 49 - Bandwidth. ] [ http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ - IPv6 enabled ADSL/dialup/colo ]
Jonathan You may be interested to know that Directions Ltd have told me that they _may_ port their new version of Navigator, due out around Christmas, to ARM for the Zaurus. http://www.directions.ltd.uk Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain On 2005.10.14 23:16, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 10:39 +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote: In terms of car navigation software is there anything easily available for ARM? Even the commercial stuff I can find is all x86 only.
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