[geeks] OT: FS, Metcal hot-air soldering iron

[Eric Dittman]

> > I have the developer edition.  I'll have to check the recharge hack.  I
> > quit using mine as it went through batteries like there's no tomorrow.
> 
> 
> Do you know which kernel and romdisk you're using? There've been some
> that do that and some that don't. There's a short list of things that
> cause it, the latest and worst of which is a faulty at daemon, which
> wakes the Agenda every hour and drains the batts at the rate of about a
> set a day. It's all fixed now.

I'll have to check.  If they've fixed the problems, great!

> > I'm not on any of the mailing lists, so can you forward me the addresses
> > to subscribe?
> 
> 
> http://lists.agendacomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/
> 
> If you're not on the lists, you've probably missed out on all the
> updates and cool schitt that's come across lately. There's a new kernel
> and romdisk available from http://agendacomputing.de that has support
> for connecting to the 'net through cellphones, either with a cable or
> irDa, lots of networking support and tools, new handwriting reco, a mail
> app, and generally good stuff. I unrolled it and like I said, removed
> things I don't use and added things I do, stuck my ebook inside the
> romdisk instead of userspace, rerolled it and boom! it's a custom
> system, with everything I want. Much happiness.

Is Agenda Germany doing the development now?

> If you'd like to do the same, let me know and I'll write up a quickie on
> the topic. I showed a co-worker how in about a minute and a half this
> morning. Also, for lots and lots of community support, check
> http://agendawiki.com

Thanks.  I'd like a quick write description of what to do.

> > If I need Windows, I'll use my iPaq, but that's really just a
> 
> 
> I sorta meant on the desktop - essentially folks who can't deal with
> building their own Linux box and using it.

Oh, okay.  Yes, I've got no problems building my own Linux box at all.
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