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@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement | |||
9 | firmware for the Archos Jukebox 6000, Studio 20 and Recorder MP3 players. | 9 | firmware for the Archos Jukebox 6000, Studio 20 and Recorder MP3 players. |
10 | 10 | ||
11 | Q. I want to write code for my Archos, how do I proceed? | 11 | Q. I want to write code for my Archos, how do I proceed? |
12 | A. Well, you have two options. If you are a member of SourceForge then | 12 | A. Start by reading up on the information about the jukeboxes on our web page. |
13 | you can request to be added to the developers list. If you would like to | 13 | Then go into CVS and look at the code we've written. Then take what you |
14 | remain anonymous, then please feel free to submit patches for consideration | 14 | need and start writing. |
15 | to the project. | ||
16 | 15 | ||
17 | Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch? | 16 | Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch? |
18 | A. Run: "diff -u oldfile newfile" against the file(s) you have changed. Then | 17 | A. Run: "diff -u oldfile newfile" against the file(s) you have changed. Then |
@@ -43,13 +42,14 @@ A. All firmware mods that are presented are still highly experimental. | |||
43 | Try them at your own risk. We offer no garuntee that this software, or the | 42 | Try them at your own risk. We offer no garuntee that this software, or the |
44 | hardware modifications we show, will not damage your player or void your | 43 | hardware modifications we show, will not damage your player or void your |
45 | warentee. | 44 | warentee. |
45 | That said, we have not been able to damage any of our units by modifying | ||
46 | only the firmware. You can accidentally password protect your harddisk, | ||
47 | but there are ways around that. | ||
46 | 48 | ||
47 | Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really | 49 | Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really |
48 | like to avoid voiding my warentee. Is there anything you can suggest? | 50 | like to avoid voiding my warentee. Is there anything you can suggest? |
49 | A. Well Björn Stenberg was kind enough to void his warentee so you don't have | 51 | A. We have a collection of photos of both the player and recorder. Look at |
50 | to. Take a look at his dissection of the player at: | 52 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/internals/ |
51 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mods/disassemble.html | ||
52 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mods/disassemble2.html | ||
53 | 53 | ||
54 | Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? | 54 | Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? |
55 | (A.K.A. whats your purpose for being here?) | 55 | (A.K.A. whats your purpose for being here?) |
@@ -79,3 +79,13 @@ A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future | |||
79 | technically feasible. (But hey we can dream) And something not | 79 | technically feasible. (But hey we can dream) And something not |
80 | being on the list does not mean it isn't a neat idea. Bring it to | 80 | being on the list does not mean it isn't a neat idea. Bring it to |
81 | the list. | 81 | the list. |
82 | |||
83 | Q. I tried one of your firmware files and now I can't access my harddisk! | ||
84 | When I turn on the jukebox, it says: | ||
85 | |||
86 | Part. Error | ||
87 | Pls Chck HD | ||
88 | |||
89 | A. Your harddisk has been password protected. We're not 100% sure why it | ||
90 | happens, but you can unlock it yourself. Look at: | ||
91 | http://rockbox.sourceforge.net/rockbox/lock.html | ||