Here's another sort of cool use I've found for my Zipit. Grab the remotePCM output plugin for xmms. http://research.m1stereo.tv/verem/remotePCM/#installation ...
Or, you could have a shoutcast/icecast server running on your media machine and listen to the stream with freebase. Then you would be able to use a frontend...
I have been lurking here for a while but have never posted, but I had an interesting idea today about storage. Since this is basically an "internet client",...
... Daniel, It's an interesting idea, but GMailFS depends on libgmail, which is written entirely in Python. So we'd need to fit a Python interpreter onto the...
... had an ... client", would it ... This has been covered a bit before and, while it does have portability in its favor - previous discussions on the topic...
Hi, Does anyone know what the framebuffer capabilities are for the Zipit? Can you just put down grey shaded pixels one at a time? Would it be possible to do...
... Zipitpet and Cynfab created a kernel framebuffer driver, so you can search for any generic Linux framebuffer programs (for i386, ppc, etc.) and they are...
... Zipit? ... be ... The video buffer is in memory, and you can access it directly. To get the address of the buffer and size you can use the "/dev/fb0" ...
So it looks like I write directly to some mem-mapped video memory. I guess I'll have fun making functions to draw on it. While circles, boxes, and lines...
Hi everyone, After noticing all the framebuffer talk, I figured I'd give it a shot myself. Here's sample code for writing to the ZipIt's screen. (I've tested...
I just got my zipit.. I have a couple of questions please take the time to anwser them =) is it easy to change the firmware to linux? is it worth it? what can...
... It is pretty easy. You can probably do it in a couple of hours. You'll probably load the "BURN3" firmware first. Then you can decide if you want to take...
... The guys at SuperWaba were going to port SDL to 4 bit displays for their own use. Not sure if they ever did it, but it's worth looking into. However, a ...
... Easy if you can get to an NFS share (which you must be able to do burn OpenZipit) See this thread: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zipitwireless/message/574 ...
... how to render text... anyone have any ideas? FWIW: I have an old version that draws directly to the video memory (works with or without the Linux...
I found a little library called libfbx that might work. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/u4x/libfbx/ The readme mentions ARM, but a quick browse through...
I realize the odds of someone here still running the stock firmware is pretty low, but.... Has anyone else noticed that Y!M has stopped working? (unable to log...
burn3 is pretty much exactly whats was on the zipit when you got it, but instead of going to the messenger app by default it goes to a terminal instead. login...
... i just got mine, still running the default. ... yes ... msn works too. ... ditto -- Munir Nassar...
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On this subject, what is so special about burn3? Can someone else make a ROM you can flash straight from a new ZipIt or does burn3 have some secret hack that...
... From what I understand, the zipit firmware is encrypted and will not load an unencrypted firmware, thus, it's non-trivial to modify a firmware to load...
... This is a great tutorial Samson but there is somethings that I have noticed that need fixed. * * Target Architecture Features and Options * Target...
Hello, I've installed burn3 and ran zrun. The Zipit messenger booted as normal but now I can't get back to the command line. I've restarted the device and...
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