I bought an iPAQ 3xxx with Familiar/Opie linux on it.
Can't figure out anything interesting to do with it,
so thought I'd flash it back to an iPAQ.
Indications are that I can download the original
firmware...
But I need to know which it is.
I can't just ask it, cause it ain't that no more.
Opie gives me ram/rom numbers in unfamiliar terms
and they don't add up to known configurations.

I found one picture that leads me to the conclusion
that it's a 3760 because it has a normal lower-case
"i" in the iPAQ logo. The other models seem to have a much
larger stylized "i". I have low confidence that this
is a reliable indicator.

Ideas?
Thanks, mike

Can you look under the battery?


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"mike" <spamme0@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:g3s54d$iou$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>I bought an iPAQ 3xxx with Familiar/Opie linux on it.
> Can't figure out anything interesting to do with it,
> so thought I'd flash it back to an iPAQ.
> Indications are that I can download the original
> firmware...
> But I need to know which it is.
> I can't just ask it, cause it ain't that no more.
> Opie gives me ram/rom numbers in unfamiliar terms
> and they don't add up to known configurations.
>
> I found one picture that leads me to the conclusion
> that it's a 3760 because it has a normal lower-case
> "i" in the iPAQ logo. The other models seem to have a much
> larger stylized "i". I have low confidence that this
> is a reliable indicator.
>
> Ideas?
> Thanks, mike

Some models, yes.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"mike" <spamme0@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Don Schmidt wrote:
>> Can you look under the battery?
>>
>>
> Suppose I could if I disassembled it again.
> It's glued to the inside of the back cover.
> Am I likely to find the model number there?

P.S. Maybe a call to the iPAQ folks would be a good idea before any surgery.


--
Don - Vancouver, USA
"May your shadow be found in happy places." - Native North American


"Don Schmidt" <Don Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote in message
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> Some models, yes.
>
>
> --
> Don
> Vancouver, USA
>
>
> "mike" <spamme0@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:g3uqqi$olg$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Don Schmidt wrote:
>>> Can you look under the battery?
>>>
>>>
>> Suppose I could if I disassembled it again.
>> It's glued to the inside of the back cover.
>> Am I likely to find the model number there?
>
>

It is my guess that the microsoft.public.pocketpc news group is like most
news groups where the participants are the users of the hardware/software
referred to in the n.g. title. We all share experiences and more than
likely very few representatives of any particular company.
When I referred to the "iPAQ folks", I was suggesting a call to HP; I think
they are the company for iPAQ.

Good luck

Don
ASUS MyPal A639 user



"mike" <spamme0@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:g41a6v$pd6$2@registered.motzarella.org...
> Don Schmidt wrote:
>> P.S. Maybe a call to the iPAQ folks would be a good idea before any
>> surgery.
>>
>>
> Kinda thought that's what I was doing here.
> You think I'm gonna get better advice from some guy in India?

It is my guess that the microsoft.public.pocketpc news group is like most
news groups where the participants are the users of the hardware/software
referred to in the n.g. title. We all share experiences and more than
likely very few representatives of any particular company.
When I referred to the "iPAQ folks", I was suggesting a call to HP; I think
they are the company for iPAQ.

Good luck

Don
ASUS MyPal A639 user



"mike" <spamme0@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:g41a6v$pd6$2@registered.motzarella.org...
> Don Schmidt wrote:
>> P.S. Maybe a call to the iPAQ folks would be a good idea before any
>> surgery.
>>
>>
> Kinda thought that's what I was doing here.
> You think I'm gonna get better advice from some guy in India?

On 28 Jun, 00:52, mike <spam...@netscape.net> wrote:
> Don Schmidt wrote:
> > Some models, yes.
>
> I've seen model numbers under removable batteries.
> When you have to take out the screws and unglue the
> flexible/fragile battery from the inside of the back cover,
> ...well...I'm just not that optimistic.

I checked all the iPAQs that I have here (4). All the ones with
removable batteries have a label under the battery - All the ones with
fixed batteries have a label on the back of the device (like this
http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal...SCN1178sm.jpg).

--
WH

On 28 Jun, 00:52, mike <spam...@netscape.net> wrote:
> Don Schmidt wrote:
> > Some models, yes.
>
> I've seen model numbers under removable batteries.
> When you have to take out the screws and unglue the
> flexible/fragile battery from the inside of the back cover,
> ...well...I'm just not that optimistic.

I checked all the iPAQs that I have here (4). All the ones with
removable batteries have a label under the battery - All the ones with
fixed batteries have a label on the back of the device (like this
http://www.pocketnow.com/html/portal...SCN1178sm.jpg).

--
WH

On 28 Jun, 01:54, mike <spam...@netscape.net> wrote:
> The only obvious distinction is that it has a normal
> lower-case "i" in iPAQ instead of the BIG stylized curly "I" of some
> other models.

Another distinguisher is whether it has a "Compaq" or "HP" badge. The
early models were Compaqs, but they changed to HP a little while after
the takeover.

--
WH

On 28 Jun, 01:54, mike <spam...@netscape.net> wrote:
> The only obvious distinction is that it has a normal
> lower-case "i" in iPAQ instead of the BIG stylized curly "I" of some
> other models.

Another distinguisher is whether it has a "Compaq" or "HP" badge. The
early models were Compaqs, but they changed to HP a little while after
the takeover.

--
WH