[E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

Sun Apr 21 19:40:44 BST 2019

If you just want to put images onto the screen, write a tiny script that
copies files from the USB stick and cats them to /dev/fb0. Converting
images to the right format's a little bit harder but I wouldn't be
surprised if ImageMagick could do it out of the box. That'll run happily in
the ams-delta mini distribution.

Alternatively, you can boot an old Debian from a USB stick using that
kernel --- although you'll need to hunt around to find a userland old
enough; I think Debian woody works. That'll give you a (very slow)
development system running on the E3 itself. Then you can write your own
SDL programs to draw whatever you like, although I should warn you against
extended typing on that keyboard unless you hate your fingers.

On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 12:40, Nick Griffin <span1922 at live.com> wrote:

> I do wish I never flashed E3 Linux on it now,theres no point to it,you
> can’t put anything on it or run anything on it cos its too old and E3 Linux
> didn’t go anywhere, its just a command line version because the E3 is not
> powerful to run proper Linux. I installed E3 Linux release v2 (E3 Linux
> sound better that just Linux or release v2 this way you know what I am
> taking about)from the.earth.li/pub/e3/  what are the rest of the stuff in
> there, can I update it to 2.6.19,its at 2.6.16 that what release v2 is…?
>
> I would like to put a program on it so it shows images on it screen you
> have to make it on it and it don’t even have make on it to make a program
> so make need to be installed first.
> If I can’t put the original firmware back or put a program on it so it
> shows a animated gif then it useless and I will end up putting it in the
> bin. I have about 8 gifs of its old adverts and want to show them on the
> E3s screen, can anyone help me please. I am not used to installing programs
> from source code, I am use to installing it from a repository.
>
> Oh and what happen to this…
> http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/7/support-status-update
> why did the work on E3 Linux stop and only get to 2.6.19…?
>
> and very interested in this bit at the end.. “BTW, my 12-bit framebuffer
> display support has been accepted and included in
> mplayer svn revision 31139 on May 6th. Using it, I can enjoy a prescaled
> 422x316 5fps MSMPEG-4 encoded live video stream playing fluently in
> fullscreen mode on my E3 display.”
>
> Leave a reply in there and tell us what happened to E3 Linux 2.6.34..
>
> Spanner..
>
> http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net
>
> *From:* Nick Griffin <span1922 at live.com>
> *Sent:* ‎Saturday‎, ‎20‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎22‎:‎25
> *To:* Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software
> <e3-hacking at earth.li>
>
> OK sorted it out now, (thanks to Ollie), will I be able to use these
> files to put the Amstrad firmware back on the E3 at all..?
>
> question is here too
> http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/9/config-content-filesystem?page=1&scrollTo=92
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> You don’t need to register to reply or leave a new thread there now.
>
> Spanner..
>
> http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net
>
> *From:* Ralph Corderoy <ralph at inputplus.co.uk>
> *Sent:* ‎Saturday‎, ‎20‎ ‎April‎ ‎2019 ‎18‎:‎39
> *To:* Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software
> <e3-hacking at earth.li>
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> > sudo nand-oob-strip.py e3-nand-backup.0 e3-nand.0: No such file or
> > directory
>
> Two things.  You probably don't need sudo as your ordinary user should
> be able to read e3-nand-backup.0 and write e3-nand.0.  You have to
> specify a path to the nand-oob-strip.py script for the shell to find it.
> Since it's in the current directory, that's just `.', i.e.
>
>     ./nand-oob-strip.py in.0 out.0
>
> If that complains, then it's because ./nand-oob-strip.py lacks the
> `execute' permission for you.  Either add it with chmod(1), or run the
> Python interpreter directly:
>
>     python3 nand-oob-strip.py in.0 out.0
>
> Alternatively, to modify the file in place, so ensure they're not your
> only copies, you can do
>
>     LC_ALL=C perl -i -0777pe 's/(.{512})(.{16})/$1/gs' \
>         e3-nand-backup.{0..5}
>
> which substitutes every 512 bytes followed by 16 bytes with just the
> 512.
>
> --
> Cheers, Ralph.
>
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