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beginner IA-1 questions
questions about keyboard, bios, CF

New Messagebeginner IA-1 questions (modified 0 times) Bruce
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I found an IA-1 in the trash -- no keyboard or CF card but otherwise seems OK.
I'd like to load linux on it.

I have a few questions:

(1) Can I use a USB keyboard? Or a standard wireless infrared keyboard?
(2) Can it boot from a USB Pen Drive?
(3) I assume I can put an arbitrary size CF card into it. Is this right?
Will it work with/recognize a 128 or 256 MB CF card?
(4) I opened it up and shorted the bios reset pin, then verified that
it did a memory check on power-up. However since I have no keyboard
I couldn't interrupt it. Does the bios reset pin need to be shorted
again? And is there a setting that in the future allows me to drop
into the BIOS from the keyboard whenever I want to?
(5) Is the internal modem supported under linux? I am thinking of setting it
up for my mother-in-law, who has a dial-up ISP.

Thanks in advance!

Bruce

01-09-2004 23:47:03

New MessageRE:beginner IA-1 questions (modified 0 times) geo_fr
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Hi

1/ YES usb keyboard, the IR keyboard is not a standart one
2/ no usb boot
3/ all CF card recognize
4/ read all intervention on this forum, some IA1 could be reset and some other could not !
5/ it is better to use wireless usb adapter

good luke

--== Geo ==--
01-14-2004 01:36:05

New MessageRE:beginner IA-1 questions (modified 0 times) mckemie
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I wonder if a USB keyboard would work better with Midori than the Compaq IR keyboard? That is, would function keys work?

I used 256mb CF to flash my IA1 to Midori. Also use wired USB nic.

01-15-2004 09:05:14

New MessageRE:beginner IA-1 questions (modified 0 times) geo_fr
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on my midori version (www'es with my modifications), all the function key of the IR keyboard are
correctly mapped to the key upper the keyboard (with differents pictures like shopping, email ...)

I never have been connect an usb keyboard, but it can cause big problems if you try to make
some keyboard combination during boot ...

--== Geo ==--
01-15-2004 23:40:40

New MessageRE:beginner IA-1 questions (modified 0 times) mckemie
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I have m4ia-2.3pre1, it is most recent and a year old now. What do you have? Do you reckon that my keyboard is different? I had assumed that no one had working F keys.
01-16-2004 09:05:22

New MessageRE:beginner IA-1 questions (modified 0 times) geo_fr
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try to use wwWES midori file ...
it include some software, and works correctly

http://www.ia1hacking.com/ia1_viewarticle.php?idx=11
instruction to build or rebuild your image, but I never build succefully an image file with this method

http://www.ia1hacking.com/ia1_download.php?category=linux&file_idx=16
for the WWWE image file

http://www.ia1hacking.com/ia1_download.php?category=linux&file_idx=17
development kit for WWWES

I build mine but I can send it to you because I use a Clipper (an IA-1 with 32Mo flash drive)
I works actually (when I've enough time) to build another image for my second IA (standart white one) to use it as a
radio alarm

--== Geo ==--
01-20-2004 08:04:32

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