Fun with the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 (and an unexpected OpenBSD link)

The Zaurus SL-5500 was an early, tiny, Linux pocket computer-cum-PDA. I had one. Two, in fact. They got stolen from my house. :-( It had a CF card slot, so you could even remove your storage card and insert a CF Wifi card instead, and have mobile Internet in your pocket, 20 years ago! But if you did, you got a free extra with a wifi adaptor &ndash; a battery life of about 15-20 minutes. It was…