thanks Nick for that info, very interesting. i'm not sure i've understood it all completely, i will have to read it again more sowly (and maybe do a bit of resesarch on google
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but if i've understood the basic situation, it means that we would need an update to the firmware AND to eBook Publisher, to incorporate new fonts ? this is what it sounded like to me. but i also noticed that since ETI has taken over, there *have* been updates to the firmware in the past (from 3.3 tp 4.22 !) so maybe it's not completely hopeless after all... fingers crossed... out of curiosity, is there any way to know how much ROM the firmware occupies currently, and how much is available total ? i've never seen any way to take a look at the OS, since even when i connect the USB cable i don't seem to have access to anything via windows.
alternately, is this by any chance the sort of thing that someone who knows a bit about programming would be able to acheive (i mean, adding a font to the firmware, and / or creating a hack for Publisher to add character support) ? don't jump out of your chair if it's a completely ridiculous notion, i really have no idea what would be involved !! i know flashing a firmware (if it's like flashing a BIOS) is a delicate and potentially dangerous operation so i would not want to undertake it in sketchy circumstances, but i really am curious to know what exactly would be involved and how complex it would be. (i've never flashed anything so far, at least not intentionally...
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