Sharp Zaurus SL-5600

[David Dudek]

The differences between the SL-5500 and the SL-5600 seem to be with the
memory layout, which for some reason, makes a huge difference in building
the ROMs.  Since some of the software depends on what ROM you're using,
what model you have makes some difference.  However, I've generally found
that many of the packages for the SL-5500 seem to install and work fine on
the SL-5600.  However, you're limited to the programs that work with the
regular Sharp ROM.  All the really good stuff works with the OPIE-based
ROMs, like OpenZaurus.

-- 
David Thomas Dudek     http://www.buffalo.edu/~dudek/

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Robert Meyer wrote:

> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:27:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: Sharp Zaurus SL-5600
>
> What are the differences between the 5500 and the 5600?  I was under the
> impression that there were essentially the same architecture but faster, more
> memory and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope...ummm... wrong movie. :-)
>
>
> Will 5500 stuff work on the 5600 or are there big differences that keep it from
> working?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
> --- David Dudek <dudek at buffalo.edu> wrote:
> > Anyone else out there have a Sharp Zaurus SL-5600?  It seems there's a lot
> > of support for the SL-5000 and SL-5500 models, and even the new C7xx
> > models that are only available from Japan at this time.  It seems like the
> > SL-5600 is the red-headed stepchild of the Zauruses (Zaurii?).  I haven't
> > been able to get the beta versions of OpenZaurus or TheKompany ROMs to
> > work on it.  www.myzauus.com doesn't even provide downloads for it.  I'd
> > at least like to install openssh on it, but it never seems to work.  I did
> > manage to get the latest Sharp ROM from http://community.zaurus.com/
> > installed and working though.  I also sucessfully installed the konsole
> > terminal application.
> >
> > --
> > David Thomas Dudek     http://www.buffalo.edu/~dudek/
>
>
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