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orginal bios ia-1 (modified 1 times) kalakamil Profile | Email Please send me orginal binary bios for ia-1 or ipaq_bios.bin thanks . My email : kala-kamil@o2.pl 09-10-2006 04:31:20

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) hipbip Profile Please, someone can put a link to an orginal binary bios for ia-1 or ipaq_bios.bin (a bittorrent is the best) thanks 09-12-2006 01:47:50

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) kalakamil Profile | Email Any links not works pleas send my this files or work links 09-13-2006 15:58:10

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) hipbip Profile What do you think about to the bios related here: http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=CIA&Post=49&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session= 09-14-2006 02:18:19

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) kalakamil Profile | Email this not full binary bios :( only upgrade bootblock no found :( 09-14-2006 05:48:13

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) hipbip Profile I have download sp13520.exe from link build the floppy and get CARS6S41.03C after ROMPAQ /D CARS6S41.03C CARS6S41.BIN the file CARS6S41.BIN (262,144 byte) I think that is a binary bios this evening I will try to make a difference from the bios download from my IA-1 with uniflash and CARS6S41.BIN for to understand from the differences if they are similar... excuse for my ugly English 09-14-2006 06:15:20

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 3 times) kalakamil Profile | Email Please you backup flash "run uniflash -save backup.bin" MY ia-1 run iopener bios "v541b.bin" - no music no cf boot this binary "CARS6S41.BIN" no run :( 09-14-2006 07:03:19

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) hipbip Profile I have not very understood... How I can help you? What does not work to you? Which tests you have made? bye 09-14-2006 07:22:58

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) kalakamil Profile | Email My chip is empty !!! flashing is external programmer send my full backup bios 09-14-2006 07:30:29

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) hipbip Profile do y have received ? it work ? 09-15-2006 02:43:11

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 1 times) kalakamil Profile | Email No received :( my mail : kala-kamil@o2.pl or kala-kamil@wp.pl or upload this portal : http://rapidshare.de/ 09-15-2006 06:05:12

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) hipbip Profile the link of bios is http://rapidshare.de/files/33204256/CARS6S41.BIN.html 09-15-2006 06:22:42

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 1 times) kalakamil Profile | Email this file orginal rompaq the file is no complet not work :( send you ia-1 backup bios CARS6S41.BIN : no serial no bootbloc ble ble ble ...... 09-15-2006 06:42:57

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) hipbip Profile try this http://rapidshare.de/files/33207817/backup.bin.html 09-15-2006 06:57:15

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) kalakamil Profile | Email succesfull this bios is work wery wery thanks you :) 09-15-2006 07:08:49

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) thoweiss Profile hi there, is the bios from the link above a Bios from a hackable ia1?? If not can anybody send me a bios.bin -file . tho_weiss@web.de I unfortunately toastet my bios.... Thanks a lot, regards Thorsten. 10-10-2006 10:04:44

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) schlotzz Profile hi! I need a bios image of a hackable ia-1. i think, the file can be written to the bios with uniflash on a cf-card, couldn't it? Please send me a copy of the bios file to info@go4u.de Thanks a lot! 10-30-2006 08:40:51

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) Obcd Profile Hi, as far as I experiemented, Uniflash wasn't working on my blue IA-1 unit's. It didn't find the bios flashchip. If I forced it to use the proper one (as described here in other threats), it gave some verify errors, and the bios was unchanged. This only leaves as alternative, unsoldering the bios flash chip and reprogramming it in a external programmer. You can only use the uniflash program if you are able to boot (into DOS) from a CF card. If you already succeeded in that, I wonder what benefit you will have from reflashing the bios, since at that moment, you can reflash the internal sandisk and make the unit boot your own OS from there. You are probably also aware of the fact that reflashing your bios with a wrong image file will set your IA-1 to total unactivity. Again, the only way to resume from there is unsoldering the bios flash chip and reprogramming it in a external programmer. If you think you really should give it a try, I downloaded the version that is supposed to work, and I will pass it to your Email adress within the next 12 hours. regards. 10-31-2006 03:15:15

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) schlotzz Profile Hi obcd, thanks for your answer. I'm aware of the fact, that flashing the bios with the wrong image is a serious problem. That's the reason why I've looked for the proper image. I got it from BadFlash.com. They were so kind to send it via eMail... And yes, you're right: Uniflash doesn't work for me, too. I booted from an CF-Card, DOS formatted with the HP-Tool mentioned here in this board. I was able to reflash the internal 32MB SanDisk on my blue 1A. The problem I got was, that every time the clipper's powersupply was plugged out and in, it lost its settings. First I thought that was a reset from the bios noticing that the setup was incorrect and setting the values to factory default. So I was able to boot from the CF only once. Later I was wondering, why I haven't checked the bios-battery earlier... it was empty Okay, so I removed the 3V Lithium battery, and attached a battery mount with 2x AAA batteries. And it works fine! Actually I'm working on a slimmer version of DamnSmallLinux. It has got about 40MB at present. Maybe I can slim it to 32MB, so I can write it to the internal SanDisk instead of booting from CF. I thougt a lot about using Midori, but I've serious problems building the image on my openSuSE 10.1 Do you know any other mini-distro's to start from? 11-07-2006 03:22:36

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) Obcd Profile Hello one more time. Did you compare the bios you got from badflash with the one I sent to you? According to this thread, mine should be a working one 2. Maybe there are differences, but both are working on the IA-1? (One being more recent than the other.) If you study the via 82C686 chipset, you can see that there exist a register with a bios flash protection bit. Some PC biosses have a setup option that makes it possible to protect the bios against reflashing. Maybe, the same functionality is enabled in the IA-1. Some people claim that they reflashed the unit. I still wonder if their unit is different? I will maybe some day try to toggle that bios flash protection bit to see if uniflash recognises the flashchip afterwards. Since I am able to change some bios settings by means of reprogramming the cmos NVRAM, this has no big priority for me. I am currently experimenting with installing Wince on the unit. It's purpose would be to act as a standalone MP3 + internet radio player. Since it is almost noiseless, and it consumes less than 20W (approx 16), it looks like a perfect unit for such a job. It recognises most USB memory stick's and USB HD unit's, and it can do some networking with a USB - WIFI stick. The image still fit's in the internal 32MB sandisk. It can browse the internet as well, however, if I add functionality like Java and vbscript, PDF viewer and all other stuff a decent browser needs, the image quickly grows in size. I think I will try to find a nice Imageviewer, so that I can make it show pictures on it's screen during music playback. I am not sure yet if it will have enough CPU power to handle both job's simultanously. I am not very familiar with building Linux distro's (mostly due to a lack of time.) The IA-1 has limited hardware spec's, so, in my opinion, trying to run a full featured desktop OS will always be somewhat dissipointing. I am aware you can upgrade the CPU, but, this can put the power supply into problems. You can connect a microdrive to the CF connector (if you change the supply voltage of that to 5V).. Wathever you do, you will still end up with a low spec computer... (32MB of memory - the amount of video ram) Don't understand me wrong, it is a very nice and compa(q)ct design, and it is fun playing with. Maybe, others reading this newsgroup downsized DSL already so far that it fit's in the 32MB sandisk. It looks like a nice OS for it. have fun. 11-07-2006 05:53:22

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) temp90210 Profile | Email Hi schlotzz! This time I need a bios image of a hackable ia-1. Please send me a copy of the bios file You got from BadFlash to temp90210@wp.pl BTW good tip about battery check... Thanks a lot! 11-07-2006 21:31:37

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) schlotzz Profile Hi folks, I've sent the IA-1 BIOS image I received from BadFlash.com to your eMail address, temp90210. obcd, it's a pity, but I still haven't received any image from you. If you want to, I could send you the image file, too. WinCE might be a great OS for our loveable toy, but actually I haven't got any version of WinCE arround. And yes, the IA-1 will stay a non-productive tool. I want to use it as an webradio-player and chatterminal for icq etc.. I also tried writing the NVRAM with tools, but caused by the emtpy bios battery, the settings were lost. If there are more users wanting the bios image, give me a mail, and I'll put it onto my webspace. keep playing with you IA-1, schlotzz 11-10-2006 03:44:48

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) Obcd Profile Hi schlotzz, I did sent you the image. It is strange it never arrived. It's only 256Kb long, so I don't see a problem in there. Maybe your provider blocks Emails with file attachments ending with the .bin extension (very unlikely) or my boss blocked the outgoing Email with his so called "spam filter". It was my opinion that a spam filter's purpose was to block incoming mails. I guess on my work it works the other way around as well. I tried to send it again today from my work, and I will try to send it from my home location as well. I know you don't need it anymore, but I would appreciate it if you could compare it with the image you got from badflash. If they are the same, than I don't have to ask you for your bios image, and I am pretty sure I have a working bios for the IA-1. A few threats ago on this BBS, I mentioned a link to badongo where I put the tools I am using. There is a reset tool that makes the IA-1 reboot. So, even with a flat battery, you can play with the NVRAM settings, since you can reboot without having to pull the plug. The IA-1 generates a nice spark when you plug it out. My 220V outlet is black already from the resets I gave before I made that software tool. If you want to test the CE on your IA-1, just let me know. I can't make it public for the obious reason that it's a microsoft product. Altough, basically, all the tools you need to develop it are freely downloadable from their website. regards. 11-10-2006 14:13:17

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) schlotzz Profile Hi obcd, I have received both of your eMails. The image I've got differs from your one. I sent you mine. Yes, I agree, it's very unlikely, that .bin files are blocked, even if there's an outgoing "spam" filter... I've seen the tools including the reset programm, but I think there are two other good possibilities: 1. Use a multi-outlet power strip with an integrated switch. You don't have to plug your IA-1 in and out all time. Just hit the switch... 2. The more suitable one: Just hold down the power key on your original IA-1 keyboard for about 5sec. It looks like a hard-reset, doesn't it? How long does your CE take to boot from scratch? Actually my linux takes about 50sec, but I think I can improve that... greetz, schlotzz P.S.: I made a bootscreen and a desktop wallpaper for my IA-1. Maybe somebody is interested in. The artwork is not done by me, I just combined some pictures... Desktop Wallpaper Bootsplashscreen 11-11-2006 06:58:48

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) Obcd Profile Hi, I received your mail, but there was no bios image attachment. Just a ATT00036.dat file of 210 bytes I didn't knew the trick with the power button. It indeed looks like a reset as well. My IA-1 shows it's compaq logo for about 10 seconds. This is the bios boot phase. After that, I get a text line from the ranish bootmanager for about 3 seconds. I gave the internal sandisk 2 partitions. The second one is a small 4MB partition that can also boot into dos. If the major partition of 28MB refuses to boot, I can always boot the other one to repair the first partition. After that, the CE is transferred to RAM memory. After approx 22sec, the graphic user interface of CE comes visible and the OS is ready to use. It usually takes another 5 - 10 seconds before the wifi network link becomes available. It can take up to 1 minute before the external USB hdisk is mounted. So, it is not all sunshine. I can't find a CE driver for the buildin modem, and the suspend doesn't work either. Some of the drivers come from the via website, and maybe they won't support the suspend / resume features. I didn't had time to find this out yet. I found a nice music player for CE, sources included on the internet. Some internet radio stations use WMA instead of MP3. For the moment, only the buildin windows media player can decode and play these. I have to agree your DSL is booting very fast as well. Is it possible to give a list of what basic functionality will be in? regards. 11-11-2006 13:09:39

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) schlotzz Profile Hi obcd, Sorry, that the eMail didn't include the image file. I sent it once again; this time in a zip archive. Your CE is running very fast. I hope my DSL is going to be as fast as your OS... Ehm, I haven't thought about the full functionality, but actually these things are included (mostly from the original DSL): - jwm WindowsManager with DesktopIcons (haven't found out if this is a DSL mod or what) - XMMS Mediaplayer - VNCviewer - Beaver TextEditor with syntaxhighlighting - a lot of standard Linux commandline tools, most of them will be removed to decrease size Things I have changed: - removed firefox; that's a pity, but it doesn't run on 32MB RAM... dillo left instead - removed fluxbox, one WindowManager is enough - removed most of the DSL scripts and tools - changed the startup script, this makes the IA-1 boot up much faster, due to hardcoded drivermodules etc. Future versions will include: - support for the 3 leds on the front panel - support for the additional keys on the keyboard - support for my wlan usb stick (hopefully ) - instant messenger gaim or licq or so on 11-12-2006 07:37:08

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) mozza Profile Hi I am interested in the CE image. Ar you able to share it? regards Wayne 12-20-2006 16:00:44

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) Obcd Profile Hi, I don't mind sharing the image. I just don't want to throw it on the internet, as I could come into trouble doing so. Also, I still need to do some cleanup to further reduce it's footprint. I haven't adapted the led driver yet, and there is no support to put the unit in suspend, so that you can restart it with a simple push on the power button. I also still use the dos bootloader instead of the fancy bios one. (that one shows a splash screen and progress indicator during bootup) Could you leave me some sort of email adres to contact you? regards. 12-22-2006 03:34:23

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) Pantagruel Profile Hello schlotzz, obcd and the others, I have just bought one IA-1 "blue" Compaq with Belgian keyboard and BeIA. Nice little machine: the modem worked right away and I could connect to internet. I was however more interested by a Lan connection and this doesn't appear to be possible as this particular BeIA version seems to work only with an internal Lan adapter which is not present on my unit. I then read more or less through all the mails in these pages and downloaded all the Linux images I could find (well, actually there aren't many left on the Web: I could find Midori_3, M4ia2.3 and workstation.img). After the usual troubles with uploading the images to the internal Sandisk, I could eventually start the IA-1 under Linux. But all these images are meant to be used with US-keyboard, the cursor appears as a big flickering black square and an USB mouse (to replace the ridiculous rubber knob), although recognized by Linux would not work. With these drawbacks all the pleasure to use the IA-1 is gone! I eventually read that I could change the keyboard and the cursor issue by modifying the XF86Config: great idea, but this file is definitely readonly in Midori Linux. I tried to rebuild a new image (using the Midori kit under Ubuntu) but the resulting new image stops during the boot sequence with a "kernel panic" anouncement. I tried to use DSL as well but had no luck either: it boots fine, recognizes my LAN and stops while building the GUI desktop (I suppose the built in 32 Mb RAM aren't enough for the graphic). I just read that some of you have succeeded into using DSL with the IA-1, that's great; but how do you do that? I'm not using Linux very long and I'm afraid my knowledge isn't sufficient to create my own tailored DSL. Would it be possible to send me an image of a working DSL for IA-1? As I just want to use the IA-1 as a permanent internet console, I don't really mind which OS should be used: I just want to surf and read news. I have a WinCE CD somewhere in the attic - it was with a small pocket computer I lost on a beach during last holidays Is it possible to use it for the IA-1 and how? Sorry for the long message and the many questions, but I think their answers could not only help me but many others (if I refer to all the unanswered threads with similar questions). Many thanks in advance and sorry again for my poor English. 02-21-2007 06:56:59

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) moud Profile Hi, I bought one of this "VDAB" ia-1, too. I "hacked" the BIOS and I want to flash it. Could somebody please send me the file? Regards, moud PS. email: e5e5e5e5w@yahoo.de 02-25-2007 07:55:58

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 2 times) ozys Profile | Email welcome all I ran here because I have great ask. I was the owner of the computer clipper IA-1 but broken (bad revised) BIOS my ask is: do not mention it to me Contributed bin BIOS file clipper Compaq IA-1, at the following address: ozys@poczta.fm I tried to raise it if it's someone who has such a foo;), I know that I have to program it in an external programmer but I hope that PC stand up). Sorry for my English thank you in advance and greet ozys ozys@poczta.fm 10-02-2008 14:47:00

RE:orginal bios ia-1 (modified 0 times) ozys Profile | Email I need help if one of you is in possession of the file. bin BIOS to compaq clipper please send e-mail at ozys@poczta.fm thank you very much (someone update the bios in the clipper and not updated until the end, now flashing green LED and is not up, I would like to run it) thank you very much ozys 10-30-2008 03:46:07

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