e3-hacking October 2007

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E3 for sale.
by Andy Collins 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Hi Folks, I've decided I'm just not going to get enough time to really get into the e3 scene so I've decided to sell mine. It's working fine, has PBL 4.9 and I've flashed Linux into it but got no further. It's in its box with the handset and game controller but no manual. The lid came off the PSU while I was unplugging it one day and so it's been epoxied back on now (it won't be coming off again :-) ) Anyone interested? Please contact me off-list. All the best. Andy.

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E3 sold
by George Hau 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Thanks for all your interests. George

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E3 for sale
by George Hau 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Hi, Apologies for abusing this email last. I have an Amstrad E3 for sale. It is in immaculate condition and almost indistinguishable from new. It was bought last year and has PBL V4.9. I bought it thinking that I would set it up as a cheap ssh terminal, but didn't find the time for the project and it basically has been sitting in the box for most of its life. I did try to load Linux directly using a serial cable and showed that it boots ok, but after that I spent no more time on it. The internal flash memory is still in factory condition. The gamepad is still in its packaging. All the accessories and the instruction manual are there, so is the box. It has never been plugged to the telephone socket. I'll throw in a serial cable (a simple one not a level shifter) which connects the E3 to the serial port of a PC. It was made professionally by an electronics technician. It works fine with the E3. I am selling it because I'm moving to Australia and don't want the hassle of taking it with me. I am not sure how much I can get for this, but I will accept 12 pounds or the highest offer. Postage will be an extra 8.70 pounds by First Class recorded. Best is to pay by paypal but I also accept bank transfers or cheque. You are welcome to pick it up in person -- I live in Durham. Thanks for your attention. cheers, George

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Re: [E3-hacking] PBL V5.1
by Cliff Lawson 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Ralph, Well if you want it I'll happily supply you the source of the program I use to sign the images but what I won't supply you are the keys so I'm not sure exactly what you would gain from it. I've already read messages here that have identified the standard algorithms I'm using and there's open source for them all over the internet - it's no secret (but my keys are!) Cliff > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Corderoy [mailto:ralph@inputplus.co.uk] > Sent: 06 October 2007 14:49 > To: Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software > Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] PBL V5.1 > > > > Hi Cliff, > > > > From: Alexander [mailto:hri-news@yandex.ru] > > > As things stand now with PBL V5.1? Do I have a chance to use the > > > device? > > > > Err, no. (trust me on this ;-) > > Oh, but aren't you forgetting our previous off-list conversation? I > pointed out GPL ver. 2 says > > The source code for a work means the preferred form of > the work for > making modifications to it. For an executable work, > complete source > code means all the source code for all modules it > contains, plus any > associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to > control compilation and installation of the executable. > > Leaving aside for the moment the fact that Amstrad never released > matching sources to the binaries, even to those paying GBP25 for a CD, > the bit in the GPL about scripts used to install means what you use to > upload firmware over the EXT serial port in the lab and > factory. And if > that signs the firmware before uploading, it includes that too. > > In reply, your offer was to do the upload for anyone that sends you > their phone and firmware. Personally, I don't think that > complies and I > suspect the FSF and http://gpl-violations.org/faq/sourcecode-faq.html > would agree. > > Cheers, > > > Ralph. > > > _______________________________________________ > e3-hacking mailing list > e3-hacking(a)earth.li > http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/e3-hacking > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended exclusively for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. This message is attributed to the sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Amstrad Plc or its subsidiaries. For further information on Amstrad Plc please visit our website: www.amstrad.com Amstrad Plc. Brentwood House 169 Kings Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EF Registered in England : No. 955321 WEE PRODUCER No. WEE/AF0046SY

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Contents of AT49LV1024 with PBL 4.9
by Alexander 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Please, if you have PBL 4.9, and you have the opportunity to read the contents of AT49LV1024 in programmer, please send me the dump.

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Re: [E3-hacking] PBL V5.1
by Cliff Lawson 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Err, no. (trust me on this ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander [mailto:hri-news@yandex.ru] > > As things stand now with PBL V5.1? > Do I have a chance to use the device? This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended exclusively for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. This message is attributed to the sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Amstrad Plc or its subsidiaries. For further information on Amstrad Plc please visit our website: www.amstrad.com Amstrad Plc. Brentwood House 169 Kings Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EF Registered in England : No. 955321 WEE PRODUCER No. WEE/AF0046SY

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Power supply parameters.
by Alexander 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Hello! I bought on eBay EMailer Amstrad E3, but it was without power supply. Please email me the parameters of the power supply - output voltage, current, the polarity of the connector.

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Re: [E3-hacking] PBL V5.1
by Otaku 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Well.. That sounds like a challenge .. :) O. Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:31:38 +0100 From: Cliff Lawson <clawson(a)amstrad.com> Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] PBL V5.1 To: 'Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software' <e3-hacking(a)earth.li> Message-ID: <F530DAF51B0BC7429FB9D27C5FA2480B0199C8AF(a)mail1.amstrad.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Err, no. (trust me on this ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alexander [mailto:hri-news@yandex.ru] > > > > As things stand now with PBL V5.1? > > Do I have a chance to use the device? >

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PBL V5.1
by Alexander 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Hello! With its E3, I made a cable connected to his computer, and after the phone to see: _________________________________________________________ Amstrad Delta - PBL V5.1 Build:1314 PBL 32MB NAND 0MB.-->MEMv01.00.002,CopyLim=00224000h,CodeEnd=01400000h-->PBL......1MB.......2MB.* Uncompressing Linux........................................................ done, booting the kernel... .... Using /lib/modules/2.4.18_mvl30-ams-delta/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18_mvl30-ams-delta/kernel/drivers/media/video/omap/v4l2-omap.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18_mvl30-ams-delta/kernel/drivers/usb/printer.o Using dfd.o Warning: loading dfd will taint the kernel: no license See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules insmod: init_module: dfd: Device or resource busy Using ams-delta-sys.o Warning: loading ams-delta-sys will taint the kernel: no license See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules Using smartcard.o Warning: loading smartcard will taint the kernel: no license See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules Using hdwdock.o Warning: loading hdwdock will taint the kernel: no license See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules Using dsplinkk.o Warning: loading dsplinkk will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - DSP/BIOS(TM) LINK See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules Using shmemModule.o Warning: loading shmemModule will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - (c) Texas Instruments See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules Using /lib/modules/2.4.18_mvl30-ams-delta/kernel/drivers/char/omap_wdt.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18_mvl30-ams-delta/kernel/net/unix/unix.o Warning: loading unix will taint the kernel: no license See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules insmod: A module named unix already exists == WATCHMAN STARTING ===== Watchdog default timeout = 19 Watchdog timeout set to = 18 Watchdog Ticking Away! create_server_socket() - Creating AF_UNIX socket CHILD: Forked - child _________________________________________________________ So, I tried to load the kernel using pbltool: _________________________________________________________ # ./modified_pbltool Prodding... Handshaking... Done handshaking Talking to PBL v5.1 Build 1314 PBL v5.1> setbaud 115200 Got command setbaud sendpacket: 0 PBL v5.1> meminfo Got command meminfo PBL v5.1> write 0x11d00000 uImage Got command write 1576868 bytes transfered so far (1539 KB) 1576868 bytes transfered with 0 retrys PBL v5.1> write 0x11800000 install-initrd.ext2.gz Got command write 1229724 bytes transfered so far (1200 KB) 1229724 bytes transfered with 0 retrys PBL v5.1> write 0x11f00000 u-boot-install.bin Got command write 94412 bytes transfered so far (92 KB) 94412 bytes transfered with 0 retrys PBL v5.1> exec 0x11f00000 Got command exec sendpacket: 0 Starting dodgyterm term... Serial terminal starting (CTRL+C to quit) _________________________________________________________ But apart from these reports, I have not seen anything. As things stand now with PBL V5.1? Do I have a chance to use the device?

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