Asus MyPal A620
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2007/01/21 : 2.6.19-hh8 kernel is available. Sources are not hosted on official Handhelds CVS. Opie and GPE images are available in the download section.
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2006/11/04 : added some basic information on the bootloader, and its sources on the download page.
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2006/10/09 : a major source of slowdown has been identified. This bug causes a small lag every seconds which prevents using things like characters recognition. This bug is now corrected, and kernel is available on download page.
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2006/10/06 : my cramfs-like filesystem is now fully working, which allows me to plublish larger distribution with more features. I'll try to release a 0.8.4 version of the Familiar with initial Opie and GPE support...
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2006/10/05 : JTAG page has been created.
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2006/10/04 : the really first success with flash support ! Now, I own the very first Asus A620 PDA fully flashed with Linux !
This release is extremely experimental. TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISKS ! Do not try if you don't have any full backup of your WinCE system !
If you own a backup of your WinCE system (a file called AD620N.nb0), you can safely try this new release. It's realy simple : I provide you a ![[WWW]](/moin/handhelds/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
AD620N.nb0 file that you put on a fresh formated compact flash. Put the CF into your A620, then push record button and the reset button at the same time. You should found the Flash Update program. This release is seen like a WinCE update for the program, so, there was no need to develop a new bootloader 
When you want to go back to WinCE, put you AD620N.nb0 WinCE backup file on the CF, and do the same.
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2006/09/21 : there was a long time since my last message, but now, as I have defended my PhD, I have some free time ! The first information is that the writing support of the DoC chip via JTAG is done !
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2006/06/15 : thank to Daniel S., I got an A620 with a broken screen that will help me with the flash programming ! I already patch the
jtag programm in order to read the content of flash. Now, I can experiment writing... project is re-restarted :-)
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2006/03/08 : Call for donation : as I don't want to trash my A620, and in order to work on flash write access, I'm looking for a A620 or A620BT device, with a broken screen, or something else that let it boot correctly, but make it useless for everyday use. If you own such a device, whose destiny is...uh.... the dustbin, please contact me at vbenony at nordnet dot fr for a donation or very low cost buy ! Thank you !
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2006/02/08 : IR is working. Replace your kernel with the one on download page
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2006/02/07 : microphone is now working. Get new kernel image on download page
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2006/01/30 : Opie has been recompiled, with a support for A620. Please find the new kernel and Opie based distribution on download page
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2006/01/22 : as expected, APM suspend/resume works ! download the
last kernel build !
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2006/01/20 : wiki pages moved from MyPalxxx style to MyPal620xxx
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2006/01/20 : suspend works. resume works too, but for a few seconds, and then crash... maybe you can expect a functional version in a few days
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2006/01/18 : I'm looking for developpers : see those pages !
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2006/01/17 : 2.6.12-hh2 KERNEL IMAGE IS AVAILABLE IN DOWNLOADS SECTION !!!
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2006/01/16 : project restarted
Introduction
Target: Asus MyPal A620/A620BT (and maybe a600, a710 and OEMs like Typhoon MyGuide 5500)
MyPal links
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MyPal620GPIOs is mainted for GP(I)O listings
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MyPal620SerialCable can be built for A620 (Also contains extension port pinout)
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MyPal620Talk about Asus port evolution
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Join the
asus port mailing list
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The
Ultimate forum on a600/a620, mainly info on system images
More info
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Allocated A620/A600 machine type for Linux.
MACH_TYPE_A620 = 488
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Add USB Device ID to (normal) Kernel (ipaq module) - Andreas, DONE (patch is in 2.6.8-rc2)
This page is listed at Tuxmobil and Linux on Laptops.
