From bush-hacking@earth.li Thu Mar 14 22:22:27 2002 From: bush-hacking@earth.li (Peter Duffy) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:22:27 +0000 Subject: bit quiet here Message-ID: Quiet here innit? Is no one making any progress on any front with the STB? I appear to have become the proud possessor of a working (if rather cannibalised) StrongArm Risc PC (uses RiscOS 4.02). When I got it, it was missing memory, disks, keyboard and mouse: I've managed to replace the first three, and have bought a mouse on the web - should have it in a few days. Once I get this beast fully operational, I plan to get ArmLinux running on it: once I've achieved this, I hope to start making some progress with getting it on the STB. -- Peter Duffy From bush-hacking@earth.li Mon Mar 25 22:08:56 2002 From: bush-hacking@earth.li (Lindsay Brennwald) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:08:56 -0000 Subject: Bush SCART connections Message-ID: <000801c1d449$aa6ee520$e5de8d82@gbrsotibc1ad> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1D449.A89FCA70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anyone out there got the pinouts for the SCART connector for the Bush = internet box ? Mine came from Tiny sans cables. Buying a full Scart = from Maplin did not produce any result so it must be non-standard. If you have the pinouts then it might be useful for others if it was put = on a web page thanks to anyone who can help Lindsay Brennwald=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1D449.A89FCA70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Anyone out there got the pinouts for = the SCART=20 connector for the Bush internet box ? Mine came = from=20 Tiny sans cables. Buying a full Scart from Maplin did not produce = any=20 result so it must be non-standard.

If you have the pinouts then it might = be useful for=20 others if it was put on a web page

thanks to anyone who can = help

Lindsay = Brennwald

------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1D449.A89FCA70-- From bush-hacking@earth.li Tue Mar 26 06:08:00 2002 From: bush-hacking@earth.li (Dom Wright) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 06:08:00 -0000 Subject: Bush SCART connections References: <000801c1d449$aa6ee520$e5de8d82@gbrsotibc1ad> Message-ID: <002c01c1d48c$99d57e20$402aa8c0@domspc1> From: "Lindsay Brennwald" > Anyone out there got the pinouts for the SCART connector for the Bush internet > box ? Mine came from Tiny sans cables. Buying a full Scart from Maplin did > not produce any result so it must be non-standard. > > If you have the pinouts then it might be useful for others if it was put on a web page > > thanks to anyone who can help I had a look at the cable that came with my IBX100 from Toysrus. It looks like a standard full cable, identical to Maplins "JW37S Univ SCART Lead 1.5m". AFAIK the Bush Box provides RGBY, composite Video and Switching signals. It has worked without problem on two TVs, 1 VCR and an ancient Kaga amber screen monitor that came with one of my Beebs. Perhaps the inputs on you TV aren't quite compatible? I seem to remember some people having problems with their Teletext screens when the Bush was connected. Hope this helps a little. Dom From bush-hacking@earth.li Wed Mar 27 21:10:45 2002 From: bush-hacking@earth.li (bush-hacking@earth.li) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:10:45 EST Subject: Bush SCART connections Message-ID: <29.24cf21a0.29d38f55@aol.com> Dear lyndsay the Bush scart connetor is standard any TV scart lead will do i own one my self Mick Davies cheers From bush-hacking@earth.li Fri Mar 29 16:48:19 2002 From: bush-hacking@earth.li (Theo Markettos) Date: 29 Mar 2002 16:48:19 +0000 Subject: Discless booting Message-ID: [sent from a Bush box - hope the formatting works!] Has anyone succeeded in getting a bush box to dial from the command line? I've got as far as using one of the DiallerB SWIs to attept it, but then in its own log complain that it is missing a dial script. But I can't find a dial script in ResourceFS, and given that it needs to insert ISP information, it might have to be made up on the fly. Has anyone looked at the various modules to see whether this is the case? I've tried, but without a Zip drive and only *Memory/*memoryI it's difficult. If it can be persuaded to dial, I have a cunning plan to boot the box without a disc... 1) Hook into the serial port receiving data from the remote, and pass it through a small microcontroller capable of sending serial data 2) On powerup, get the microcontroller to simulate keypresses for Shift-powerup, and then enter commands from the command line. 3) Get the box to do a dialup (or use PPP on the spare serial port). Using the built-in HTTP/FTP modules, download a list of further commands from a server. 4) This list of further commands downloads extra code - eg a Linux kernel, ADFS to read floppies hung off the parallel port, or an NFS client. While some of these might be a bit slow off a modem, the FDC37C669's serial ports will go up to 460800 bps, which is fairly quick... On other points, I have some sources to a DE600 parallel port ethernet driver. Trouble is, they don't work. If anyone wants them, let me know. If you want to get a copy of the DCI4 spec for network drivers, try asking stewart.brodie@pace.co.uk who has access to them. Regarding wireless LAN, this was originaly planned for the boxes, and I was supposed to be working at Pace last summer on it, but about 2 weeks before I was due to start, Bush cancelled the contract with Pace and a number of people were made redundant. However, Simtec have also said they are working on 802.11 drivers... Theo From bush-hacking@earth.li Sat Mar 30 15:05:18 2002 From: bush-hacking@earth.li (Vincent Sanders) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:05:18 +0000 Subject: bit quiet here In-Reply-To: ; from peter@mhoram.demon.co.uk on Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:22:27PM +0000 References: Message-ID: <20020330150518.C19242@trinity.fluff.org> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:22:27PM +0000, Peter Duffy wrote: > Quiet here innit? Is no one making any progress on any front with the > STB? other things takeing my time, sorry > > I appear to have become the proud possessor of a working (if rather > cannibalised) StrongArm Risc PC (uses RiscOS 4.02). When I got it, it > was missing memory, disks, keyboard and mouse: I've managed to replace > the first three, and have bought a mouse on the web - should have it in > a few days. failing that stuart tyrell developments do a ps2 mouse adaptor thingy which works well for me. > > Once I get this beast fully operational, I plan to get ArmLinux running > on it: once I've achieved this, I hope to start making some progress > with getting it on the STB. err its there and running see http://www.kyllikki.org/hardware/bushstb/altsoftware.html for your risc pc aleph 1 do a full packeged release or you can download the debian cds from net. > > -- > Peter Duffy > > -- Regards Vincent http://www.kyllikki.org/