trouble obtaining a compact flash Ethernet adapter for Zaurus

Hello.

I'm having trouble finding a compact flash wired Ethernet
adapter for
my Zaurus. I can't seem to find any retailers that have
stock of any
of the models listed on the OpenBSD/zaurus page. I have even
searched
eBay, but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions for
where to
look to find one of the supported cards, or does anyone have
one spare
they would be willing to sell to me? Thank you very much in
advance
for your help.

- Matt

Yeah, it's called Amazon.com

Zaurus accessories are specialty items - I'd never expect to
find them
at any retail store. There's over a dozen online stores that
sell
these types of products.  Just Google what you need.

On 10/24/07, Matt Stafford <arcanekillergmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm having trouble finding a compact flash wired
Ethernet adapter for
> my Zaurus. I can't seem to find any retailers that have
stock of any
> of the models listed on the OpenBSD/zaurus page. I have
even searched
> eBay, but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions
for where to
> look to find one of the supported cards, or does anyone
have one spare
> they would be willing to sell to me? Thank you very
much in advance
> for your help.
>
> - Matt
>
>


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Conics.net has a good selection.

http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/sl-acc.html

On 10/24/07, Matt Stafford <arcanekillergmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I'm having trouble finding a compact flash wired
Ethernet adapter for
> my Zaurus. I can't seem to find any retailers that have
stock of any
> of the models listed on the OpenBSD/zaurus page. I have
even searched
> eBay, but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions
for where to
> look to find one of the supported cards, or does anyone
have one spare
> they would be willing to sell to me? Thank you very
much in advance
> for your help.
>
> - Matt

On 10/24/07, Stephen <sgoralgmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, it's called Amazon.com
>
> Zaurus accessories are specialty items - I'd never
expect to find them
> at any retail store. There's over a dozen online stores
that sell
> these types of products.  Just Google what you need.
>
There are no listings at Amazon for any of the *wired*
Ethernet CF
cards supported by OpenBSD/zaurus that I saw. As I stated,
every store
(I meant online retailers... not like Best Buy and whatnot
;) I've
checked that even lists any of the supported cards is out of
stock in
them. The *wireless* (802.11) CF cards supported by
OpenBSD/zaurus are
commonly available, but this does not seem to be the case
with the
wired Ethernet cards.

On 10/24/07, Alex Popov <alexseidlitz.ca> wrote:
> Conics.net has a good selection.
> 
http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/sl-acc.html
>
Thanks for the tip. Their price for a used 10 Mb/s Buffalo
card (the
only wired Ethernet card they list) seems pretty high,
though. :(

On 10/24/07, Stuart Henderson <stuspacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2007/10/24 20:21, Matt Stafford wrote:
> > There are no listings at Amazon for any of the
*wired* Ethernet CF
> > cards supported by OpenBSD/zaurus that I saw. As I
stated, every store
> > (I meant online retailers... not like Best Buy and
whatnot ;) I've
> > checked that even lists any of the supported cards
is out of stock in
> > them. The *wireless* (802.11) CF cards supported
by OpenBSD/zaurus are
> > commonly available, but this does not seem to be
the case with the
> > wired Ethernet cards.
>
> Ebay has one right now that will probably work, just
search for
> "cf ethernet". It's made by socket.
>
Thanks, I searched and found a low power version that's only
10 Mb/s,
and two 10/100 versions, one rugged and one non-rugged, by
Socket. Do
you think the 10/100 non-rugged version would work? It looks
like it's
listed in ne(4), but it's not listed on the OpenBSD/zaurus
page, and
Socket's web site says the rugged version isn't NE2000
compatible
(although I guess maybe they're pointing that out because
the
non-rugged version was compatible). I see the low power
version is
listed in ne(4) but not on the OpenBSD/zaurus page too. Do
you think
maybe the Socket devices were just accidentally left off
the
OpenBSD/zaurus hardware list?

On 2007/10/24 22:03, Matt Stafford wrote:
> On 10/24/07, Stuart Henderson <stuspacehopper.org> wrote:
> > On 2007/10/24 20:21, Matt Stafford wrote:
> > > There are no listings at Amazon for any of
the *wired* Ethernet CF
> > > cards supported by OpenBSD/zaurus that I saw.
As I stated, every store
> > > (I meant online retailers... not like Best
Buy and whatnot ;) I've
> > > checked that even lists any of the supported
cards is out of stock in
> > > them. The *wireless* (802.11) CF cards
supported by OpenBSD/zaurus are
> > > commonly available, but this does not seem to
be the case with the
> > > wired Ethernet cards.
> >
> > Ebay has one right now that will probably work,
just search for
> > "cf ethernet". It's made by socket.
> >
> Thanks, I searched and found a low power version that's
only 10 Mb/s,
> and two 10/100 versions, one rugged and one non-rugged,
by Socket. Do
> you think the 10/100 non-rugged version would work?

Quite likely. Probably the rugged one too (it looks like
it's
ASIX AX88790 which was added in 4.1).

I'd just buy one and try it, if it's no good then either
sell it
again, or offer it to a driver developer.

You won't get anywhere near 100Mb/s on 16-bit PCMCIA (which
is
basically what the CF is), 10Mb should be ok (make sure it's
full
duplex though) unless it's a requirement to be able to
connect
to 100Mb-only switch ports.