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The Home Page of Squeak for SL Series Zaurus (ZauChu) and Qtopia/iPAQ

Introduction

This is the home page of Squeak programming system that runs on Qtopia/Linux based PDAs. Such PDAs include a series of product called Zaurus from Sharp, and self-installed Linux for iPAQ

I'd like to call this system "Squeak/Zaurus" officially, but also put a nickname "ZauChu".

Given the past product names from sharp, I would guess that "SL" in SL Zaurus stands for "Sharp-Linux," for what it's worth...

Download and Install

If you're using the models for Japanese market (or got it from Dynamism.com), download squeak_arm-3.4-2-zaurus.ipk and install it via the software package tool.

If you're using the overseas model such as SL-5500, squeak_arm-3.4-2-ipaq.ipk may work, but may not. If you give it a try, please let me know how it goes.

If you're using Qtopia on iPAQ, squeak_arm-3.4-2-ipaq.ipk should work. If not, complain Lars Dormheim.

You will need to get some more files to use Squeak. See the other guys page for more info. Sumi-san's page is great.

SL Series Squeak/Zaurus Function

Middle Button Click (Yellow Button)

On the models with the keyboard, hold the Shift Key and tap the screen to generate Middle Button Click event.

Right Button Click (Blue Button)

On the models with the keyboard, hold the Fn Key and tap the screen to generate Right Button Click event.

Interrupt

Menu key works as an interrupt key.

Command(Alt) Key

Fn key generally works as Alt (or Command) key. However, if the key has assigned a Fn combination, the combination is used instead.

Sound

The interpreter hangs after playing sound in the default setting. You should set soundStopWhenDone preferences to true. (Although, there will be still some oddity remaining.)

Projector Output

The VM supports the projector output CF cardfrom I/O DATA. If the VM detects the card upon start-up, it automatically starts displaying the content to the projector.

Source Code

The source archive is also available here. Follow the instruction in memo file in the memo directory.

Links


Yoshiki Ohshima
Viewpoints Research Institute
1209 Grand Central
Glendale, CA 91201