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**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue May 21 22:49:19 2002
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<dwihno> Hail to the almighty LINUS!: D
<Linus> Yo!
<Linus> Where did you order your Archos? And did you order a Recorder?
<dwihno> I ordered it from Dustin
<dwihno> Yeah, a recorder model
<dwihno> I also ordered myself a new "dual optical" mouse from logitech ;D
<Linus> Nice.
<dwihno> yeah :)
<dwihno> I just hope my expectations won't fail me ;)
<Linus> Me too.
<adi|home> weclome back all :)
<dwihno> thanks
<Linus> Hi adi!
<dwihno> I might get it today
<dwihno> (that is, if I'm _EXTREMELY_ lucky) ;)
<PsycoXul> btw the archos firmware does handle being turned off somehow, because custom firmware won't turn off with the power plugged in but archos firmware will
<Linus> Oh. That's something we'll have to look into
<dwihno> PsycoXul: how extensivly have you been testing the new code on the actual hardware?
<PsycoXul> well lets see i threw it on there last night and didn't past ata_init() so uh not very? :p
<Linus> Strange, that thing with the ATA...
<Linus> PsycoXul: have you opened your box?
<PsycoXul> no
<Linus> Ok.
<dwihno> heheh
<dwihno> Well, try to have a positive perspective - you at least got to ata_init() :)
<dwihno> Was it the first test on actual hardware you performed last night?
<PsycoXul> i've played with little pieces of code on the hardware a good amount
<dwihno> cool :)
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<Bagder> hey ho
<dwihno> Hello Bagder! :D
<Linus> Yo Bagder!
<Bagder> oh crap, Linus got here before me!!! :-)
<dwihno> :D
<dwihno> He was here REALLY early!
<dwihno> 07:38 <Linus> Yo!
<dwihno> You can't beat that! :D
<Bagder> hehe
<Bagder> I'm pretty often at work before that actually
<Linus> But then he's so tired he can't even read or speak. :-)
<Bagder> its just a matter of coffee amounts :)
<dwihno> Hehe
<dwihno> The caffeine is your friend! :D
<dwihno> <-- just had his third cup of coffee
<Linus> Bj<42>rns donated player has an old display after all
<Bagder> ah
<Linus> Version 4.13
<Bagder> did you get anything displayed on it?
<Linus> Stone dead.
<Linus> And the 4.13 display is stone dead when I pair it with Bj<42>rns old CPU board.
<dwihno> It's stone'd ;)
<adi|home> btw... zagor stated 'the firmware should never exit'
<adi|home> so we #defined the uisim to use the off button...
<adi|home> but on the player and the recorder.. does the firmware trap the off button or what?
<adi|home> i mean how else do you turn the unit off?
* Bagder has no clue
* adi|home draws a target on Bagder's forehead then poke's him in the bullseye
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<adi|home> speak of the devil...
<Linus> I think the hardware traps the off button
<adi|home> hey.. zag
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<Zagor> eeeello
<adi|home> <adi|home> btw... zagor stated 'the firmware should never exit'
<adi|home> <adi|home> so we #defined the uisim to use the off button...
<adi|home> <adi|home> but on the player and the recorder.. does the firmware trap the off button or what?
<adi|home> <adi|home> i mean how else do you turn the unit off?
<Linus> eieio
<adi|home> like 20 secs ago
<adi|home> and sometimes y
<Zagor> ah
<dwihno> YAY!
<Zagor> well we don't know for sure
<dwihno> My Archos is in Ume<6D> now!
<Zagor> the recorder seems to simply go into powersave mode and not actually turn off 100%
<dwihno> I'm gonna get it today! :D
<dwihno> Oh joy!
<adi|home> really? thats just weird
<adi|home> and the player?
* dwihno starts bouncing around like a a playfull puppu
<dwihno> puppy ;)
<Zagor> i don't know. we need to do some measurements
<Linus> I don't think it's weird that it goes into powersave mode
* adi|home puts newspaper under dwihno
<Linus> That way it can keep the settings in RAM
<adi|home> no.. what i mean is.. sholdn't both units?
<adi|home> i mean, why wouldn't the player as well?
<Linus> i dunno
<Linus> Maybe they designed it in a hurry
<adi|home> keep those answers up.. and im giving you a target too...
<adi|home> ;)
<Linus> maybe the LCD display has no powersave mode
<Linus> who knows?
* adi|home nods
<adi|home> okay.. im off to bed then.. long day tomorrow.
<Zagor> night!
<dwihno> sweet dreams
<Linus> COFFEEEEEE!
<dwihno> I'm way ahead of you Linus! :) Got my 4th cup!
<adi|home> and also.. its E.M.S. appreciation week here in the States.. so appreciate me damn it!
* adi|home giggles like a school girl
<Bagder> EMS?
<adi|home> Emergency Medical Services
<Bagder> aha
<adi|home> ppl that work on ambulances
<adi|home> volunteers here mostly
* Bagder appreciates ambulance-adiamas for a while
<adi|home> hehehe
* adi|home puffs up his chest proudly
<adi|home> nite agin
<Linus> Gah!
<Linus> The "new" display works with the "new" CPU board
<Linus> So we night have *three* display types on our hands!
<Bagder> hmrpmf
<Zagor> or at least combining old new cpu with old display wasn't as simple as we thought
<Linus> Or it might be that it has nothing to do with the LCD at all.
<Linus> Just incompatible boards
<Linus> But how????
<Linus> I wonder what's different...
<Zagor> don't worry about that too much, it's not like anyone else is going to attempt it...
<Linus> True. I'm just curious
<Bagder> you should still write down or post your findings, so that we have them saved for the future
<Linus> And we still need to debug a New(tm) Player to find out what's different with the ATA interface
<Zagor> yes
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<Linus> Yo wav!
<wavey> howdy linus
* Bagder crawls off to get coffee
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<dwihno> 1x2
<dwihno> I want my archos NOW!!! :)
<dwihno> What are you people going to eat for lunch today?
<Bagder> I think I'm up for chinese today
<dwihno> yum
<dwihno> noodles is always nice
<dwihno> NASIGORENG!
<Zagor> today is sushi day
<Zagor> btw, guys, I managed to exchange a few words with Tumm yesterday. he exists! ;)
* Bagder faints
<dwihno> Eww! Sushi! That's like, dead fish!
<Linus> Well. It's almost alive!
<dwihno> Fried fish = yum yum
<Zagor> barely dead :)
<Linus> Wonderful!
<Linus> Delicious!
<Bagder> I wish we had a sushi place around here
<dwihno> I wish I never have to see the evilness of the sushi
* dwihno sends some abborre-sushi to Zagor
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<Zagor> PsycoXul: you here?
<PsycoXul> yeah
<Zagor> have you opened your archos?
<PsycoXul> heh
<PsycoXul> no i haven't
<Zagor> ok. we're having a theory that perhaps your harddisk is jumpered as "slave"
<PsycoXul> fun
<Zagor> it's not so bad, we just have to deal with it in ata_init() if that's the case. but it's a bit tricky to find out without opening your archos... :)
<PsycoXul> heh
<PsycoXul> well i need to back it up [actualy mostly reorganize my HD copies to match the structure on the archos just so i can see that it really is backed up], and take it to best buy to get it serviced so they can remove the sticker and i don't have to worry about it
<PsycoXul> i wasn't planning on opening it till after that
<Zagor> well maybe you don't have to. we could try just patching your code a bit and see what happens
<Zagor> stand by :)
<PsycoXul> the power plugin does need to be resoldered or something i think, if i bump it while its plugged in it'll lose the contact
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<PsycoXul> but i can't test anything till tomorrow... gotta juggle HD's in a win98 box next to me to boot it to linux with my sh1 dev stuff and its too late tonight to be getting into that...
<Zagor_> :-(
<PsycoXul> and i'm hopping in the shower now heh
<Zagor_> when you get the chance, try changing SELECT_LBA to 0x50 in ata.c
<PsycoXul> ok
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<PsycoXul> well i'll go take a shower and if its not too late after that then maybe i can
<Bagder> PsycoXul: where are you, geograpicly?
<Zagor> pacbell.net hints US
<dwihno> I GOT MY ARCHOS IN MY HAND!
<Bagder> try the demos! ;-)
<dwihno> hm
<dwihno> how do I connect it? ;)
<Bagder> to what?
<dwihno> To the PC
<dwihno> It just says charging
<dwihno> no "hello USB" thingy
<Zagor> yay, that was fast
<Linus> dwihno: turn it on
<dwihno> Trying
<dwihno> It just says "charging batteries"
<Linus> Hold ON down for a few secs
<Zagor> dwihno: go to groups.yahoo.com and join the archosjukebox6000 group. then read the faq there, it will answer your 20 first questions :-)
<dwihno> Help me out, I don't wanna search no mail list! :(
<Linus> How long did you press ON?
<Zagor> keep it down 5-10 seconds
<dwihno> <09>jj, nu h<>nde det grejer
<dwihno> Windows won't say hello USB
<Zagor> you need to install the driver from the cd
<Zagor> uh, maybe not
<Zagor> i was thinking about the old archos :)
<Zagor> which windows do you have?
* Bagder has glass windows ;-)
<Linus> You do have to install a driver if you have Win98
<Zagor> yeah, I guess we can't expect MSWindows to follow specifications... ;*)
<Bagder> ah they do, just not the SAME specifications ;-)
<dwihno> <-- is ejaculating
<dwihno> <-- is ejaculating
<dwihno> <-- is ejaculating
<dwihno> <-- is ejaculating
<dwihno> <-- is ejaculating
<dwihno> <-- is ejaculating
<dwihno> DAMN
* Zagor puts dwihno in a cool shower
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<dwihno> :)~
<dwihno> Worth every wooden nickle
<Linus> Didn't we tell you? :-)
<Bagder> now, rip it up and make that serial port work for debugging B-P
<Zagor> haha
<Linus> hihi
<Linus> Bagder: why don't you??? :-)
<Bagder> well, no recorder has so far
<Bagder> not even you guys
<Bagder> right?
<dwihno> hahahaha
<dwihno> damn
<dwihno> whoa
<Zagor> right
<dwihno> <-- gets a glass of water...
<dwihno> I'll be damned! DAMN DAMN DAMN! :)
<Linus> Don't spill it!!!
<Bagder> get over your head ;-)
<Bagder> poor it even
<Zagor> pour
* Zagor is the spelling police, too
<Bagder> hey, I can't type
<Bagder> so then I shall not speel correct either ;-)
<dwihno> haha
<dwihno> :)
<dwihno> Win2k said: "Hello USB" and installed it as a mass storage device without any extra drivers
<Zagor> good
<Zagor> where are our win32 developers? it's been awfully quiet lately
<PsycoXul> back
<dwihno> Whoa
<dwihno> whoa whoa whoa
<PsycoXul> yeah i'm in the US, california
<dwihno> Oh my god
<Bagder> Zagor: indeed, the win32 simulator is now lagging behind
<PsycoXul> bah
<PsycoXul> win32 people aren't *real* developers anyways :p
<Bagder> hehe
<Zagor> adiamas spilled the beans in the yahoo forum a couple of days ago and now everyone is very interested. a win32 simulator would be good soon
<Bagder> hey!
<PsycoXul> yeah
<Bagder> we're now 101 subscribers
<Bagder> on the rockbox list
<Zagor> and <1 msg/day :-)
<Bagder> yeah
<dwihno> *copy files*
<Zagor> PsycoXul: can you test now?
<dwihno> The speed is quite alright for being a USB 1.1 computer I'm using
<Bagder> dwihno: hehe that'll keep you busy for a while
<Linus> dwihno: do you have USB2.0 on your computer?
<Linus> ah
<dwihno> Getting files from work -> home will never be a problem again ;)
<Bagder> sure it will, you won't have room for with all those mp3s on it ;-)
<PsycoXul> heh
<dwihno> hehe
<PsycoXul> Zagor: just booted over
<Zagor> PsycoXul: meaning?
<PsycoXul> you know i think most of the problems i have with this thing over USB is due to trying it when the batteries low
<Zagor> yeah that's a bad idea
<PsycoXul> Zagor: meaning i'm copying the test file now
<Zagor> ok
<PsycoXul> well
<PsycoXul> usualy when i plug it in the batteries like half way
<PsycoXul> to USB i mean
<PsycoXul> and then i copy files and after several times in one session it starts having problems
<PsycoXul> using it as a USB HD seems to eat the batteries really quick
<PsycoXul> hmmm
<Zagor> yeah, always keep the power cable connected in usb mode
<PsycoXul> like now the batteries shouldn't be very low but it may have stalled on the copy already
<dwihno> For how many hours do the batteries last?
<dwihno> 10 hours?
<Zagor> roughly, yes
<dwihno> mkay
<PsycoXul> i estimate 5-10 hours depending bitrate, settings, volume, how much you mess with it
<dwihno> mess?
<PsycoXul> if you press buttons a lot
<dwihno> you mean, use it as a USB harddrive?
<PsycoXul> have the backlight on much
<PsycoXul> etc
<PsycoXul> dwihno: yeah
<PsycoXul> er
<PsycoXul> no
<dwihno> amongst other things
<PsycoXul> dwihno: i mean if you set up a 10 hour playlist, start it, stick it in your pouch/pocket and then don't touch it till it goes dead
<PsycoXul> dwihno: it'll last a long longer than if you play some songs, then browse around and play some more, etc
<dwihno> mkay
<dwihno> Will the unit start to fux0r if I change the hard disk label?
<PsycoXul> nah
<PsycoXul> one of the first things i did :p
<dwihno> heh
<dwihno> insanity! is the label now
<dwihno> :)
<dwihno> 20 gigs of music in your pocket is nothing but pure insanity
<PsycoXul> yep
<PsycoXul> its true
<PsycoXul> just wait
<PsycoXul> its like your life suddenly got a soundtrack :p
<dwihno> :)
<dwihno> Oh my fucking G.O.D!
<Zagor> dwihno: 20 gigs? bah, 40 here. and there's 60 gig disks out now.
<dwihno> whoa
<dwihno> Zagor: suck my dick :)
<Zagor> no thanks :)
<PsycoXul> heh
<dwihno> I'll sync it against my collection at home tonight
<PsycoXul> ok
<PsycoXul> Zagor: no change
<Zagor> hmm
<Linus> PsycoXul: you mean the ATA slave test?
<Zagor> yes
<Linus> bah!
<Zagor> hmm, we must do a device select before we start polling status...
<Linus> Dont we do that now?
<Zagor> nopp
<Linus> But the ATA interface must be initialized already?
<Zagor> i'll try and adapt the master/slave check code I have in the isd200 driver...
<Zagor> hmm, you're right
<Zagor> still, it just doesn't work
<dwihno> Whoa
<dwihno> I wanna go hoooome! :)
<dwihno> Listen to music! :)
<dwihno> I love the audio quality
<Zagor> have you been able to hear the buzz yet=
<Zagor> ?
<dwihno> Didn't try
<PsycoXul> i get a buzz while my studio20's charging sometimes... it comes and goes and when it comes i can't get rid of it and when it goes i can't make it do it, but its from the unit itself and not the headphones heh
<Zagor> oh
<Zagor> are you using the stock charger?
<PsycoXul> yes
<Zagor> it could be voltage related
<PsycoXul> its no big deal and i only get it sometimes
<dwihno> I'll try to get the buzz tonight
<dwihno> Damn
<dwihno> The bass is exquisite!
<dwihno> My EXP101 is WAY out!
<Zagor> dwihno: you can probably "force" the buzz by only inserting the headphone plug half-way
<Zagor> still, if you can't hear it why look for it :)
<dwihno> hehe
<dwihno> true, true
<dwihno> You will not find the force, the force will find you!
<dwihno> Reverse that sentence and imagine Yoda saying it ;)
<PsycoXul> find the force you will not, find you it will
<dwihno> :)
<dwihno> :-)
* dwihno sighs
<PsycoXul> but yeah
<PsycoXul> anything else i should try today?
<dwihno> How long time does it take to charge it?
<Zagor> dwihno: a long time. leave it overnight at least
<Zagor> it handles it intelligently, so there's no problem leaving it too long
<dwihno> Ah, sure
<PsycoXul> yeah but don't leave it too too long especialy if you use the stock adapter
<dwihno> How come?
<PsycoXul> cause its an unregulated piece of shit adapter that i guess provides more power than the unit needs to start with, and especialy once its charged, that extra power gets put out as heat
<PsycoXul> some people have damaged their units with that
<PsycoXul> mine's gotten hotten than i'm comfortable with a couple times
<PsycoXul> hotter
<dwihno> ah
<dwihno> does it tell when the charging is finished?
<Zagor> yes
<PsycoXul> yeah
<dwihno> and how many hours does a typical charge take?
<dwihno> the green led goes blank when it's fully charged?
<Zagor> no the display says "Charging complete"
<Zagor> the green led is hardwired to power-on
<PsycoXul> i dunno about recorders, but my player says "charged" instead of "charging..." and you can also hear the HD spin up
<Zagor> the recorder does not spin the hd
<PsycoXul> huh
<Zagor> the "charging complete, let's dissipate excess power via spinning hd" seems to be a new-players-only thing
<dwihno> mkay
<dwihno> Should I upgrade to the newsest firmware?
<Zagor> which version do you have?
<dwihno> lemme check... where do I do that?
<Zagor> menu->firmware
<Bagder> who cares about firmware versions, we need rockbox ;-)
<dwihno> hehe
<dwihno> rockbox is still just a dream
<dwihno> Rockbox - Because dreams will come true!
<dwihno> There's a slogan you can use ;)
<PsycoXul> you know it *seriously* seems like the players firmware was a hacked together bare minimal with a few things thrown in cause they were easy, and i *swear* they anticipated a project to replace it
<PsycoXul> to me anyways :p
<dwihno> you might be right
<Zagor> i doubt they anticipated anyone replacing it. then why would the scramble it? I agree on the "hacked together" part, though
<dwihno> ask the firmware developers
<PsycoXul> i couldn't tell you why they scramble it
<PsycoXul> it doesn't seem to actualy accomplish anything anyways :p
<Zagor> it would appear they explicity wanted something like this to never happen...
<dwihno> 1.26
<dwihno> mar 10 2002
<dwihno> that's the firmware
<Zagor> dwihno: I think there's a 1.27 out. try it if you feel like it.
<Zagor> I'm using 1.24. can't be bother with their mini changes
* Bagder has 1.25b
<PsycoXul> so you guys got anything else for me to test today or can i throw the normal firmware on there and call it a day? heh
<Zagor> PsycoXul: we're done for now, I think. i'll test some stuff on my end first.
<PsycoXul> ok
<Bagder> there's a 1.27c available
<dwihno> Where do you find the firmware?
<dwihno> I'm trying to find, but can't!
<Bagder> http://www.archos.com/us/download_drivers.html
<dwihno> ah
<dwihno> thanks
<Bagder> "archos recorder firmware" on google showed that as first choice
<Bagder> the rockbox link was only on third place ;-)
<dwihno> Yeah! :D
<PsycoXul> ok
<PsycoXul> i descrambled/hexedited/rescrambled the archos firmware and changed 'CHARGE' to 'FUX0RZ' and 'CHARGING' to 'FUX0RING' etc
<Zagor> haha
<PsycoXul> and put it on, booted it, shut it off, plugged it in just to see
<PsycoXul> and it still says CHARGE, CHARGING
<dwihno> :)
<dwihno> hm
<PsycoXul> so apparently firmware upgrades don't effect its charging stuff
<dwihno> stupid :/
<Zagor> ah, no. not unless you first start the firmware then plug in the charger
<PsycoXul> which makes sense to me since it doesn't boot up from the HD to charge
<dwihno> In what way is the firmware scrambled? :) XOR?
<Zagor> no it's a bit more than that
<PsycoXul> heh
<Zagor> they used the old "swap bus pins" trick, only in software instead of hardware
<dwihno> (?)
<dwihno> swap bus pins?
<PsycoXul> ok so i turned it on and plugged it in and then turned it off and it still says CHARGE heh
<PsycoXul> they seem to have a lot of unused stuff in their firmware upgrades
<Zagor> don't turn it off
<Zagor> when you turn it off it reverts to rom
<PsycoXul> well when its on it just displays the normal interface and the battery indicator just moves
<Zagor> dwihno: yeah, if you swap the bus pins to the ROM, the contents of the ROM becomes scrambled without you actually having to unscramble it
<dwihno> Femton pirater <20> en flaska m<> rooooom! :D
<PsycoXul> so i'll never see those messages heh
<Zagor> PsycoXul: ah, silly me
<dwihno> Zagor: mkay
<dwihno> Zagor: in quiet parts of the songs, I hear a faint buzz noise...
<dwihno> I can live with it though
<PsycoXul> i was mainly just wondering how "fixed battery charged issue" ended up on the feature list of a firmware upgrade... so now we know just cause they say they added it doesn't necessarily mean it'll have any effect for an upgrade :p
<Zagor> i guess you're right
<Zagor> PsycoXul: umm, feel like testing some more? ;)
* Zagor ducks
<dwihno> What's with that digital serial thing? Are they trying to disable something?
<PsycoXul> heh
<Zagor> dwihno: what do you mean?
<PsycoXul> sure, except i just booted that box back to win98 so i can't compile anything for it heh
<Zagor> PsycoXul: if i select slave, I get the same 00 status response as you get
<Zagor> so we should probably we checking master/slave the first thing we do
<dwihno> Zagor: Well, I read something about some serial thing and DMCA... And the link said something about making digital copies... I thought they might be trying to disable digital copying...
<PsycoXul> ok
<PsycoXul> hey its kindof funny
<PsycoXul> i've got this song called 'descramble'
<PsycoXul> its the DeCSS source code, sang
<Zagor> dwihno: ah, yes. like everyone selling stuff in the US they must obey silly rules. but there are ways around the SCMS. (it's in the FAQ ;)
<Zagor> dwihno: but it's only over the SPDIF interface anyway. and nobody uses that
<PsycoXul> with the chorus "the dmca steps me... i don't like the dmca, it makes this song illegal"
<Zagor> PsycoXul: lol
<dwihno> :)
<PsycoXul> er "steps on me"
<PsycoXul> its bad recording, bad quality, bad performance but its kinda catchy :p
<Zagor> i like the lyrics...
* Bagder thinks songs by "decoded feedback" kind of fits on mp3
<PsycoXul> how can you not love a song that starts off with
<PsycoXul> "this function is void.. it takes to args"
<dwihno> Zagor: Nothing about SCMS in the FAQ :/
<PsycoXul> :p
<Bagder> hehehe
<PsycoXul> s/to/two/
<dwihno> :-)
<PsycoXul> DMCA steps on me... i don't like the dmca it makes this song illegal, oooh... dmca, it steps on me and makes this song illegal, makes this song illegal
<dwihno> PsycoXul: You need coffee.
<PsycoXul> eye dew gnot.
* dwihno hands PsycoXul a steaming hot cup d<> coffee
* PsycoXul hands it back, thanks anyways heh
<PsycoXul> coffee's nasty stuff man :p
<PsycoXul> and it pisses me off that innocent pot smokers are going to jail while everyone from gradeschoolers to their parents are hooked on caffiene :p
<dwihno> hehe
<Linus> Gotta go. Bye folks!
<dwihno> You haven't made a 'scroll faster' patch yet? :)
<Bagder> bye Linus
<PsycoXul> nobody's doing patches :p
<PsycoXul> besides maybe archos heh
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<dwihno> hehe
<dwihno> I'll do my own patch ;D
<PsycoXul> sure
<PsycoXul> while you're at it, whip up some DSP code for PCM and ogg support
<PsycoXul> so i saw this new portable thing out
<PsycoXul> with 10G
<PsycoXul> can play mp3/wav but thats only a feature
<PsycoXul> works as usb master and slave, has ethernet and pc card
<Zagor> so what "thing" is it?
<Bagder> gotta run, see ya
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<Zagor> bye
<Zagor> gah, too late :)
<PsycoXul> http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/57a3.shtml
<PsycoXul> that thing
<dwihno> it's rather sexy
<dwihno> but it's not an archos
<dwihno> archos is godsent!
<Zagor> ah, a harddisk with a display. how cute :)
<dwihno> rockbox is the archangel, sent to thame the archos!
<PsycoXul> its size is kindof odd
<PsycoXul> 7"x3.2"x1"
<Zagor> the price is, ehm, high
<PsycoXul> yeah
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<Zagor> hey, alan!
<alkorr> hello people
<PsycoXul> its LCD sounds like its charcell too... says 20 chars x 4 lines
<alkorr> you are fast :)
<Zagor> like lightning :)
<alkorr> speaking about your project :)
<PsycoXul> but its got some interesting features
<PsycoXul> such as ability to use alkaline, ni-mh, or a li-ion battery pack
<alkorr> Psyco, what are you speaking about ?
<PsycoXul> can act as a usb master, has 10mb ethernet, pcmcia, and composite video out for viewing still images
<PsycoXul> heh
<PsycoXul> alkorr: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/57a3.shtml
<PsycoXul> terapin mine
<PsycoXul> its rather long at 7" though, "20 char x 4 line" lcd doesn't sound impressive, nor does 6 buttons, and costing so much for only 10G
<alkorr> looks very interesting if it was not its price
<Zagor> ga-zing-ga. file browser running on my 6k.
<PsycoXul> what'd be more interesting is if they sold them cheap without HD's
<Zagor> yeah, it's kind of a mix between an archos and a handheld. not being especially good for either
<PsycoXul> but being that its geared towards being a data storage device, they probably wouldn't do that heh
<alkorr> well I prefer a graphical lcd
<Zagor> unghh... sourceforge's CVS server seems to have bonked
<alkorr> ???
<PsycoXul> yeah
<alkorr> bonked ? what does mean ?
<Zagor> it doesn't respond right now
<Zagor> bonked = died, sort of
<alkorr> ok
<Zagor> apparently it didn't like my latest patch :)
<PsycoXul> i feel like i got shortchanged on this little 11x2 charcell thing, i've seen $10 games at walmart with better displays heh
<Zagor> hehe
<alkorr> arf
<Zagor> ah, it's up again
<PsycoXul> but at least it does display stuff
<PsycoXul> there's so many players on the market that don't even have standard mp3 player features
<Zagor> PsycoXul: is yours a studio 10 or 20?
<PsycoXul> studio20
<PsycoXul> http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
<Zagor> ok
<Zagor> hey, it can almost fit the rockbox logo! ;)
<PsycoXul> hey thats kinda interesting... if you hooked an IR port into the serial port on your archos with custom firmware and then used that
<PsycoXul> get a joystick and mini keyboard and extra display
<PsycoXul> heh
<Zagor> yep. there's lots of cool stuff to be done on the archos
<alkorr> hum... interesting...
<dwihno> :)
* dwihno takes everybody down to earth again
<dwihno> :)
<alkorr> you dreamreaper :)
<Zagor> who'll be first with a keyboard->archos adapter? :)
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<DreamReaper> Mohahaha!
<DreamReaper> The Archos will NEVER be more than a music box! :D
<DreamReaper> *evil laughter*
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<Zagor> you forgot tetris :)
<alkorr> a PC keyboard should not be a problem
<dwihno> haha
<dwihno> Tetris is a toy for kids :)
<PsycoXul> Zagor: i keep thinking of a bi-directional IR via serial port
<alkorr> if your archos has the external serial line
<Zagor> PsycoXul: yeah, unfortunately bidir requires hw mod
<PsycoXul> yeah i know
<PsycoXul> i do plan on making hw mods eventualy
<dwihno> hm
<dwihno> bettery charged
<dwihno> So it's full now, eh?
<alkorr> please, consider my idea
<PsycoXul> which idea is that
<alkorr> there is the Linus' serial tool that we can connect between an archos and PC
<PsycoXul> yeah
<alkorr> if we have a PS/2<->serial adaptor
<alkorr> it should be virtually possible to connect a PC keyboard
<PsycoXul> heh
<alkorr> no ?
<alkorr> a PC keyboard sends 1200 baud, no parity, 8 bit, 1 start, 1 stop
<alkorr> am i wrong ?
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<alkorr> so jukebox should be able to receive scancodes and handles it
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<PsycoXul> i've got 3 ps/2-serial adapters, but all 3 are made to plug into a serial port
<PsycoXul> and linus' serial adapter i'm guessing is also made to plug into a serial port
<alkorr> jukebox has no PC serial plug
<Zagor> ah, hi again :)
<alkorr> you need to have an intermediate
<PsycoXul> i know
<PsycoXul> thats what linus' adapter does right?
<PsycoXul> heh
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<alkorr> yeah
<alkorr> ah okay youre speaking about adapter
<PsycoXul> yeah the rs232 converter
<Zagor> then you just need the serial->archos adapter from the web page
<Zagor> PsycoXul: yup
<PsycoXul> which kind of rs232 port does that have? the kind like is on the computer on the kind like plugs into the computer? heh
<Zagor> it's db9 -> 3.5mm plug
<PsycoXul> i seem to recall somebody at some point saying they'd put pictures up of the thing
<Zagor> dumdidum, that was never me was it? :*)
<PsycoXul> Zagor: yes but i mean does it plug into the host port or do you plug a serial cable between the host port and the converter port or what?
<PsycoXul> Zagor: can you plug a serial device into it
<PsycoXul> or is it itself a serial device to be plugged in
<Zagor> it plugs into the PC and into the archos
<PsycoXul> i mean on the pc side
<PsycoXul> does it have the 9 pins or the 9 holes? heh
<alkorr> a stand serial wire
<alkorr> standard
<alkorr> wire between PC and adapter is female
<alkorr> unless Linus inverted it
<PsycoXul> so the rs232 converter's PC-style port is just like what you have on the back of your PC? heh
<alkorr> well if not the good one, just buy a male-female adapter :)
<PsycoXul> thats all i was wondering heh
<alkorr> on the pc, it is a male
<alkorr> my adapter has also a male adapter
<alkorr> huh it is like PC one
<PsycoXul> so if you had a serial keyboard you could plug it right into the rs232 converter?
<alkorr> let me find another keyboard here...
<PsycoXul> i've got 3 ps2->serial adapters heh
<alkorr> you should because i bought a 1 ps2->serial too
<alkorr> and it fits with my serial adapter for jukebox
<PsycoXul> ok
<PsycoXul> so it should be easy to hook a lot of stuff up to this sucker
* PsycoXul pictures a little 1-pixel mouse cursor drawn in a dynamically-updated custom char on his player :p
<PsycoXul> ok so for this thing
<PsycoXul> i see on national.com the LP2980IM5
<PsycoXul> they have -2.5 through -5.0
<PsycoXul> (i.e. LP2980IM5-2.5, ..., LP2980IM5-5.0)
<Zagor> i have to go. see you guys!
<PsycoXul> is that the output voltage or something?
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<PsycoXul> do i want the -3.3 then?
<PsycoXul> heh
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