On Friday 27 Sep 2002 9:06 pm, Wayne Stallwood wrote:

Ah that's because the model number is printed wrong in the Dabs catalogue.

It's really a SL-5500, but still any experiences anyone ?

PS they are available on line from Sharp at http://www.sharp.co.uk Ian

I have a spare copy of install disk 4 from debian 3.0 Woody (final release version). Free to a good home - email me off list. Also willing to burn copies of Woody for the cost of CDs and postage if anyone is interested. I have all 7 CDs if you want the lot. (Also - and completely off-topic - if anyone wants some v. cheap B/W darkroom equipment then also contact me as I'm having a clear out. No enlarger, sorry). Finally, can someone tell me if this message is word-wrapping correctly or are there line breaks? Many thanks Thanks Syd

Damm you, after reading that review I went to Dabs and clicked the "Buy Now" button. :o) I'll post a mini-review when I've had a chance to play with it. Incidently, Retail for this device is £449.95, Sharp have it at £399 plus postage with a free accessory kit, Dabs have it at £363.07 including postage and according to the PDF I downloaded from Sharp you can still claim the Accessory Kit if you send of your proof of purchase. Wayne On Saturday 28 September 2002 11:26, Jamie French wrote:

After getting quite excited that the device actually has Linux embedded I found the following review:

http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2002/0805gearhead.html

and something else you may find handy:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html

Sounds like it may be a better option than a Compaq IPaq, having Linux is a good start :)

-----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Wayne Stallwood Sent: 27 September 2002 21:06 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Alug] Sharp Zaurus SL-500

Ah that's because the model number is printed wrong in the Dabs catalogue.

It's really a SL-5500, but still any experiences anyone ?

On Friday 27 September 2002 19:45, Wayne Stallwood wrote:

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Has anyone played with one of these yet ?, I was looking at the Dabs catalogue and noticed that they are for sale at a reasonable price.

I am tempted as I wanted to replace my trusty old Palm, and was even considering a Pocket PC device.

I like the idea of Linux on a PDA (but I still have some major

reservations

...

about it's suitability) and I can't find any reviews on the Net.

Previous Linux/PDA efforts seem to have had lukewarm reception from reviewers and seeing as Dixon's are unlikely to stock this toy I can't exactly go and try one out.

Cheers

Wayne

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