April 2017 - e3-hacking

Re: [E3-hacking] Just got an e3 - where do I start
by Antony Stone 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

On Wednesday 27 June 2012 at 00:17, Edward Robbins wrote: > Sorry for 3rd email... > > Using a 9V supply the emailer appears to start - email and voice lights > flash, then after some time the power light comes on when I press power, > and camera light comes on when I then press video, but the LCD does not > come on. So I suspect that amstrad were being cheap in choosing such a high > voltage PSU - because they didn't want to include a backlight inverter to > boost the voltage for the LCD backlight. I thus further suspect that I can > still talk to the serial port without the full voltage input... so if I > build a cable, is there a way I can tell which PBL I have from the serial > output? See the first line of http://www.earth.li/%7Enoodles/files/delta.boot (linked from http://www.earth.li/~noodles/hardware-e3.html) Hope this helps, Antony. -- All generalisations are inaccurate. -- I'm not impossible, just highly implausible. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.

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Re: [E3-hacking] e3-hacking Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3
by Paul Toghill 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

I will have a look tomorrow. I am not a genius with Linux. Thanks from Paul. On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <e3-hacking-request(a)earth.li> wrote: > Send e3-hacking mailing list submissions to > e3-hacking(a)earth.li > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/e3-hacking > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > e3-hacking-request(a)earth.li > > You can reach the person managing the list at > e3-hacking-owner(a)earth.li > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of e3-hacking digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: E3 with Linux, login and p/word required please? > (Jonathan McDowell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:40:06 +0100 > From: Jonathan McDowell <noodles(a)earth.li> > To: e3-hacking(a)earth.li > Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] E3 with Linux, login and p/word required > please? > Message-ID: <20170425134006.GC9544(a)earth.li> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 03:02:51PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > > I have found an E3 with a Linux kernel installed. After it has booted > > > up it is asking for an Amsdelta login and password. Does anyone know > > > what the login and password are please? > > > > Can you tell what the bootloader is? Does it give the ability to modify > > the kernel's parameters? You should be able to gain root access with > > `single' or `init=/bin/sh' in the normal, non-Amstrad, manner. > > My distant memory is that the "root" user should have no password set, > at least in the original amsdelta images I produced. > > J. > > -- > Are you out of my mind? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > e3-hacking mailing list > e3-hacking(a)earth.li > https://www.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/e3-hacking > > > ------------------------------ > > End of e3-hacking Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3 > ***************************************** >

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E3 with Linux, login and p/word required please?
by Paul Toghill 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Hello, I have found an E3 with a Linux kernel installed. After it has booted up it is asking for an Amsdel ta login and password. Does anyone know what the login and password are please? The screen has a cartoon penguin or duck in the top left hand corner and then it goes through the booting sequence and then asks for login name and password. Can anybody help with this? Many thanks from Paul.

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