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| Both the 130 and 200 can and will use usb thumb drives.. You need a driver from Japan. It is USBCLIK and it is hard to find on the net. I have owned the Pencentra 130 for around 5 years. I prefer the 130s OS. If you can solder SMT chips you can upgrade the 200s flash memory to atleast 32 mb. |
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| The USB Clik! driver is old news here, but thanx for the reminder.  |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 153 |
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| Quote CE_User - 2008-07-15 6:42 PM
Both the 130 and 200 can and will use usb thumb drives.. You need a driver from Japan. It is USBCLIK and it is hard to find on the net.
I found that using cl_m3112.cab works with my Pencentra 200 running CE 2.11. If you want a copy of it I can send it via email or eventually you will be able download it off my website I'm working on.
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H/PC Oracle Posts: | 16,175 |
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| usbclik downloads? it's all available in the HCL. hpcfactor.com/hcl |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 153 |
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| Quote cmonex - 2008-07-16 3:22 PM
usbclik downloads? it's all available in the HCL. hpcfactor.com/hcl
Yes but not in CAB format. What is available I couldn't get to work  . |
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| Does anyone know where I could find, say, a service manual of some sort?
Fujitsu refuses to give me a manual (even on an almost 10-year-old device ) and wants me to send it in on an hourly service charge.
All I want to do is replace the backup battery if possible 
And is rebuilding the main pack at all possible? I need more life out of the pack and don't have money to spend on old packs that are in the same shape as mine. |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 153 |
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| The user guide is available here: H/PC:Update
Doesn't look like there's anything about replacing the backup battery though. I have the same problem with my back up battery and I think it runs down my main battery  . If I ever get to replacing it I let you know how to do it, that is if I can do it . |
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| To replace the backup battery. Back up your data because your user data will be wiped. Undo 8 screws (3 are beneath the main battery). It comes apart pretty easy, you see an aluminum plate and the front screen side. Separate the inverter, LCD and digitizer cables. Set screen aside there are 3 screws holding the plate on undo. Lift the plate up, it is on the bottom left an orange or green battery pack 3.6 volt sealed Ni-Mh 70mAh. I have used the tabbed or eyelet C-MOS batteries and heat shrink tubing to replace the backup on the 200. |
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| Here's an interesting proposition for you large-brained, techie-types...
Would anyone be interested in "Pimping my PenCentra?" Surely, there's got to be someone able to change out the ROM chip to the better CE version (which, from glancing through various forum entries, seems to be H/PC 2000 - most contributors seem to agree on this, I think). Here's a short list of stuff I might like to have done, for, hopefully, a reasonable cost:::
--- ROM chip change-out to better version of CE
--- Memory max-out
--- Backup battery evaluation/possible replacement
--- Overclocking, insofar as it does not harm (i.e., overheat) the device
--- A decent DOS emulator loaded (perhaps on a CF read via PCMCIA adapter card)
--- Buttloads of other compatible software loaded (again, on the CF - I have a PCMCIA adapter card already)
--- Whatever else a potential H/PC-pimp might think would be useful for the sweet li'l device...
I am far more of a software person, and have had very bad experiences attempting to modify delicate hardware with my clumsy fingers. If anyone can help me with these desired changes, please email me with details of what exactly you can do [and be sure to include a price quote] at:
phoenixx100@hotmail.com
Thanks
Edited by phoenixx100 2008-07-23 9:50 PM
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 196 |
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| I have a folder with about 30 things I want to try on my PenCentra. I'll let you know which ones work. |
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| To Nate the Great ---
Excellent, I'll be waiting... Hope this isn't against forum rules (I haven't read them extensively), but here's my phone number:
Terry
(773) 792-7465 [cell]
(480) 945-8736 [home]
I am very sincere, regarding paying (within reason) for work, and will communicate carefully with whomever can help me with this project. I really believe that the PenCentra is an excellent, simple yet versatile machine that never really saw its potential in the general consumer market, because of it being marketed primarily to businesses such the healthcare industry (among others). A lot more can be done with these machines, to be sure. Look at what we used to do with the old 33 and 66 Mhz PCs (!). Video, voicemail answering systems, complicated database manipulation, and so on... The machines are sturdy and durable, and what's more - easily modded. Or so I have been led to believe. Where are all the real hackers?! Hee.
Thanks!
Edited by phoenixx100 2008-07-24 12:15 PM
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| CE Geek wrote:
> Lots of USB keyboards will work out of the box with the PenCentra.
I am a bit shy about posting a reply to this thread inasumuch as I intend
to post an URL in a different forum regarding this issue and don't wish to be
accussed of rule breaking, however, here is my solution to obtaining a
wearable keyboard that I use with my Pencentra 130:
http://www.cybertheque.org/homebrew/wearable-kbd
I would love to discuss this with anyone interested; please redirect all
discussion to news:comp.sys.handhelds
Regards,
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| Quote phoenixx100 - 2008-07-23 9:40 PM
Here's an interesting proposition for you large-brained, techie-types...
Would anyone be interested in "Pimping my PenCentra?"
<snip>
Without hardware documentation, updating WinCE would require a substantial
reverse engineering effort; a more practical approach (and one that I follow
on other platforms as well ) is to get to know the capabilities of the system and
maximize them. For example, I use my Pencentra 130 as a remote desktop
client to a Windows terminal server, over an SSL encrypted tunnel; in fact
all of the Internet apps on the HPC work over the tunnel. I have a multitde
of ported Unix apps on it including perl5 and have a successful streaming
audio client (Internet radio - mono only of course due to sound hardware ) and
intend to port a SIP UA (would work only in PTT mode again due to half-duplex
audio hardware ). It is a great platform for experimenting, and if you have
the inclination to R.E. it might make sense to work on porting QNX or *BSD
to it as well.
Regards,
Michael
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| Quote phoenixx100 - 2008-07-24 3:40 AM
--- ROM chip change-out to better version of CE
--- Memory max-out
was there a rom upgrade for that device? my question is the same about the memory upgrade.
if yes, then you'll have to look on ebay and hope to find them.
if not, then it's about impossible to make them unless your reasonable price is a few thousand dollars at least |
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| Quote cybertheque - 2008-07-30 8:37 AM
Quote phoenixx100 - 2008-07-23 9:40 PM
Here's an interesting proposition for you large-brained, techie-types...
Would anyone be interested in "Pimping my PenCentra?"
<snip>
Without hardware documentation, updating WinCE would require a substantial
reverse engineering effort; a more practical approach (and one that I follow
on other platforms as well ) is to get to know the capabilities of the system and
maximize them. For example, I use my Pencentra 130 as a remote desktop
client to a Windows terminal server, over an SSL encrypted tunnel; in fact
all of the Internet apps on the HPC work over the tunnel. I have a multitde
of ported Unix apps on it including perl5 and have a successful streaming
audio client (Internet radio - mono only of course due to sound hardware ) and
intend to port a SIP UA (would work only in PTT mode again due to half-duplex
audio hardware ). It is a great platform for experimenting, and if you have
the inclination to R.E. it might make sense to work on porting QNX or *BSD
to it as well.
Regards,
Michael
Not to mention that many programs intended for CE 3.0 devices will also work in CE 2.11 devices. (Sometimes a tweak or two is required, though. ) |
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