if you look at the quick datasheet at maxim it ( http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1798 ), you will see the only difference between the 233 and...
Probably, but there are better ways. For linux the c++ to use is gnu. Fortuantely it supports cross compiling, so you can install and run the compiler on...
it is more for convenience than anything... I am taking a c++ class, not the first, but also not too advanced... I just wanted to do it for the ability to...
OK, thanks to a friend of mine with a steady hand and a good soldering iron, I've got a serial port now! Booting from the software flash, I can minicom in...
... I'd love to check it out, but i hardly have enough time to do anything since i've become terribly addicted to Resident Evil 4. Besides, i'm fairly...
I got my zipit in the mail today, and am planning on doing quite a bit to it hardware wise. * I plan on doing the 5 wire hack, and adding a db9 serial port...
... have ... Correct. It is a 2 stage reflashing. The "ZRS" reflashing will open the back door and let you connect to WiFi and an NFS server. If you have...
Well, it's been a week since I last posted about my progress in getting the wm8751l DAC set up via i2c. Progress: Trashed the Zipit provided audiodrv.o and...
Just found a cool piece of hardware from hawking Technology HSB1 Hawking Signal Booster a small bidirectional amplifier for 802.11 b/g. up to 500mw output....
... Hawking ... 500mw ... I bought the bidirectional amplifier. It works moderately well at adding dBi and SNR. This would be a way to increase its signal The...
Hi I finally put my serial level shifter together and tested out my Zipit serial port and it seems to work pretty good. The only strange thing is on certain...
... Happens to me all the time. I think it is because of the kernel COM2 console usage and the login script conflicting. For a more robust connection, use...
Ralph, It's been some time now since I heard from you. It appears that in the current 1.21 firmware your Zipit application is still statically linked to glibc....
I've successfully added an EL backlight to my zipit. It blanks when the screen closes (running the zipit app) and is very readable in low/no light. Pictures...
I recently acquired a zipit and eagerly launched into hacking away at the thing, building upon the foundation already laid down by people in this group and...
... Excellent, welcome to the club. ... BTW: ken/cyfab has already done much of this. ... In general fluff isn't a big problem unless the zImage kernel size ...
I just received my ZipIt yesterday, and plan to dive into development immediately. (To be honest, IM doesn't interest me that much :-) I'm thinking it would...
Today's article mistakenly bills itself as "running linux under GMail". Actually reading the artcle shows that what has actually happened is that people can...
Yeah, I seen that story. That is old, but it's slow, a bad hack, and likely to get your account blocked. Using it with gmail violates their terms of service....
... flash, ... able to ... via ... tar xvzf - )" I thought of doing that, for storing short scripts to save your own custom net settings (right now 'n1', 'n2'...
I was thinking of doing the re-flash mod, and wondering if I can get the zimage and the ramdisk.gz files if those will be on the device and I can just read...
Hello from Gregg C Levine Disclaimer: I know of the widget from this group, the original hacker site for it, and of course the site the widget has for it....
I'm not that familar with NFS, isn't it supposed to be rather insecure? Maybe you could serve the files needed for samba on an NFS share and use samba to...
... get ... and ... http://www.aibohack.com/zipit/zipit_parts_burn3.zip These are the 3 parts (loader.bin, zimage.dat and ramdisk.gz) that are put together for...
While most everyone interested in hacking the zipit is least concerned about maintaining instant messaging capabilities, it can at times be an advantage. I...
Re GPL compliance: From the way http://www.zipitwireless.com/linux.html is written, they claim to not have patched it, someone should ask them to post the ...