Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Graeme Evans" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Zelda wasted my year. BTW, Xplorer anyone? Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 16:59:02 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 39 Message-ID: <7p6p4l$i8s16@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <86aeshlbxr.fsf@foo.mel.cybec.com.au> <7ockmr$1ph6@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <86hfmd4sey.fsf@foo.mel.cybec.com.au> <7oee38$1ph17@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: fourny.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 >I thought of that a while ago, specifically with a Win CE machine, in the >hope that they may have some sort of DOS shell, to run siocons, esp. as some >CE machines have proper serial ports (I think) so you plug the normal Yaroze >cable in. I borrowed a win CE machine to try, but the dev kits cost a fortune and you cant get them from your average market trader. They dont have a DOS shell and they are pretty bulky, but do have proper serial ports (albeit with a funny connector), as do pilots. Sitting about somewhere i have a trial adaptor thing made out of two 9-25 way adaptors and a null modem block that got my yaroze and the palmtop talking in a console session with a terminal program, could dir a cd that sort of thing but no downloads. The other thing to bear in mind is that CE machines are really expensive but pilots are dead cheap, especially this new IIIc model with cool transparent shell, if it ever comes out in the UK. >On the Palm Pilot scene, is it easy to program for it? Can you communicate >with the serial port easily? you can get gnu c for free for a pilot and that has a full SDK which includes stuff for hacking the serial port. Take a look at http://www.palm.com/devzone/docs.html also the serial connectors are unofficially documented (as are the playstation ones) so you could make a really slim and pocketable cable (with a 5V to 3.3V converter on it) from a pilot modem cable and a playstation link cable, chopping the ends off each. >Also, I wonder if I could port Siocons to a >Psion version, so I could use my Psion. Oh wait, that would mean >understanding the Siocons source code, d'oh! :) Have a check in your programming manual, I had a peek at one in dixons once and I think that the psion programming language doesnt include anything for driving a serial port. best of luck, tho.