So are these available in retail anywhere other than Japan?
I've seen them on eBay but costing megabucks on there.

Baldur

On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 03:16:38PM +0000, Jesse Scott wrote:
> Wow! This is excellent news! Keep up the great work! 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to port NetBSD to Sharp zaurus.
> It reached multi-user mode.
> 
> # Source and patch kit for NetBSD/zaurus is following URL.
> # http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/a/20061114-nbsd-zaurus.tar.bz2 
> <http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Eaw9k-nnk/a/20061114-nbsd-zaurus.tar.bz2>
> 
> boot message output is follows.
> 
> -----
> NetBSD/zaurus booting ...
> [ Kernel symbol table missing! ]
> pmap_postinit: Allocated 35 static L1 descriptor tables
> Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 
> 2006
>    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
> 
> NetBSD 4.99.3 (GENERIC) #173: Sat Nov 11 16:17:24 JST 2006
>        nonaka@koharu:/usr/src/sys/arch/zaurus/compile/GENERIC
> total memory = 65536 KB
> avail memory = 59784 KB
> mainbus0 (root)
> cpu0 at mainbus0: PXA27x rev 7 (XScale core)
> cpu0: DC enabled IC enabled WB enabled LABT branch prediction enabled
> cpu0: 32KB/32B 32-way Instruction cache
> cpu0: 32KB/32B 32-way write-back-locking Data cache
> pxaip0 at mainbus0: PXA2x0 Onchip Peripheral Bus
> pxaip0: CPU clock = 415.996 MHz
> pxaip0: kernel is configured for PXA270, cpu type is PXA270
> pxaintc0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40d00000-0x40d0001f: Interrupt Controller
> pxagpio0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40e00000-0x40e0014f: GPIO Controller
> com0 at pxaip0 a: ns16550a, working fifo
> com0: console
> com1 at pxaip0 addr 0x40200000-0x4020001f intr 21: ns16550a, working fifo
> com2 at pxaip0 addr 0x40700000-0x4070001f intr 20: ns16550a, working fifo
> saost0 at pxaip0 addr 0x40a00000-0x40a0001f
> saost0: SA-11x0 OS Timer
> pxapcic0 at pxaip0: 2 slots
> pcmcia0 at pxapcic0
> pcmcia1 at pxapcic0
> scoop0 at pxaip0: PCMCIA/GPIO controller
> scoop1 at pxaip0: PCMCIA/GPIO controller
> clock: hz=100 stathz=64
> wdc0 at pcmcia0 function 0: <HITACHI, microdrive>
> wdc0: i/o mapped mode
> atabus0 at wdc0 channel 0
> wdc1 at pcmcia1 function 0: <, , >
> wdc1: i/o mapped mode
> atabus1 at wdc1 channel 0
> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <HMS360606D5CF00>
> wd0: drive supports 32-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> wd0: 5859 MB, 11905 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 12000556 sectors
> wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4
> wd1 at atabus1 drive 0: <>
> wd1: drive supports 1-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> wd1: 7935 MB, 16122 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 16250976 sectors
> wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4
> root device: wd1
> dump device (default wd1b):
> file system (default generic):
> root on wd1a dumps on wd1b
> mountroot: trying ffs...
> root file system type: ffs
> init path (default /sbin/init):
> init: copying out path `/sbin/init' 11
> Sat Nov 11 07:31:22 UTC 2006
> swapctl: adding /dev/wd1b as swap device at priority 0
> Checking for botched superblock upgrades: done.
> Starting file system checks:
> fsck_ffs: ioctl (DIOCGWEDGEINFO): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> /dev/rwd1a: file system is clean; not checking
> Setting tty flags.
> Setting sysctl variables:
> Starting network.
> Hostname: zaurus
> Configuring network interfaces:.
> route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable
> add net default: gateway gw: Network is unreachable
> Adding interface aliases:
> Building databases...
> Starting syslogd.
> Mounting all filesystems...
> Clearing /tmp.
> Creating a.out runtime link editor directory cache.
> Checking quotas: done.
> Setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1
> Starting virecover.
> Starting local daemons:.
> Updating motd.
> Starting inetd.
> Sat Nov 11 07:31:29 UTC 2006
> 
> NetBSD/zaurus (zaurus) (console)
> 
> login:
> 
>