| this device hardware wise is identical to the 230JC but Software wise it
 | uses WinCE 2.00 and hpcboot give a performed a illegal operation error. is
 | another bootloader I can try?

hpcboot is compiled with "Embeded Visual C++ 3.0". 
WCE100/101/200 binary should be compiled with "Visual C++ 5.0 Windows CE
Embeded tool kit".

sys/arch/hpc/stand/Makefile can generate project file for VC5, but
I've lost VC5 environment..