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Hamclock on an O2 Joggler by Jonathan, 2E0LXQ

Despite being out of production for nearly a decade, the O2 Joggler is still a useful & capable device that was probably a little to expensive for what it did when it launched in the early 2000s. There's quite an active hacking community around the devices, mainly centred on the Jogglerwiki site; there are plenty of resources there for tinkering with the operating system, and many owners have adapted them as media players.

It occurred to me that the elegant Hamclock app by Elwood Downey, WB0OEW, could probably run well on the device, and with a bit of persuasion, it does. The advantage of using the Joggler is that you instantly have a neat, self-contained unit that combines a smart case & touchscreen in one.

If you would like to make your own Hamclock on a Joggler, please follow the steps below. Warning: I am not a coder, and my way to make this work was to simply find which modules or parts the system needed, and to load them until I had a working system. There may be a much more elegant way to achieve any of this, and if there is, please do tell me & I will edit this page accordingly.

I am going to assume that someone following this page is fairly confident with using apps like Terminal & finding their way around command-line instructions. If you need more help, drop me a line via the OARC Discord group & I will try to do what I can.

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