Re: [tlug] zaurus: wi-fi and keyboard

[Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

On Jan 5, 2006, at 9:07 PM, Micheal E Cooper wrote:

>
>> I totally agree about taking detailed notes but I suspect you  
>> might be
>> better with a light weight laptop with a bigger screen.
>
> You are absolutely right. A superthin laptop would be much better,  
> but I
> have a lot of mouths to feed, so I am on a super-tight budget. The Z
> really put a dent in my allowance, so I will have to use it. Also,  
> I like
> the idea of having all my text journals, as well as my KDE  
> organizer, in
> my pocket all the time. Being able to type full speed will mean  
> that I can
> really use the Z as my home base.

	Just curious about keyboards.  The Zaurus (at least the
760 so I assume it applies to the 7xx line and perhaps the newer models)
USB port or 'excuse' for one as I like to call it is not powered.  On  
top
of which it seems that the USB port cannot act as a host USB controller
(trying to remember this off the top of my head, apologies if this is
inaccurate)  so you can't just plug in any USB keyboard and just
expect it to work.   I had tried using a female-female adapter with the
USB dongle on the Zaurus to see if I could use a normal USB keyboard
but didn't have success with that.  Perhaps there is a way but the
way I tried wasn't successful.


Alain