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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

...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... )

The Russian site http://www.the-ebook.org/ has a lot of information about this topic.

For including Russian fonts on the REB 1200, go to AltaVista Babel Fish Translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/ and Translate a Web page using http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4453 . Choose to translate from 'Russian to English'.

Below are two important announcements concerning the REB 1200 (as translated by Babel Fish):

As posted by Goldy on Jul 29, 2006:

Good day!!!

Already yr as I am the happy owner this device.

From the very beginning was the thought to poprobyvat' Russianize it, but in connection with the absence of time and information on this question the matter was put aside into the long box. Being now located in the leave dug out koy what information on this question of which I want to share with people.

For the experiments it was undertaken the files of piercing to REB 1200 politely lined radugaif. Basic input-output system Itself is assembled from these 2- X it is file by alternating the even and odd words.

After assembling of the file of bios after long attempts it was possible to find types located in the bios. In all it was possible to find 40 it was type they all are stored in size NFNT. of them were experimentally found 2 which they are used in the regime of reading (large and small type).

As a result of a study these 2- X are type they explained that they contain alphabet beginning from 33 through 255 symbol. In printsype symbols from 192 through 255 can be used for the russification in coding Win of 1251, since there it is contained in essence of pseudo-graph. The sizes of 1 types 15x15, 2 - GO 20x19. sole and very serious limitation in the fact that the length at points from 192 symbols to 255 composes only of 347 points in small type and 582 points in the large. Accordingly if we subdivide 347/64 (quantity of symbols) that to the letter priydetsya less than 6 points on the width.

This constraint is associated with the fact that it is not possible to change the size of the file of type, since this connected with the alteration of all cross references in the bios to otsledit' which is impossible.

2 version to carry there not all symbols, but only those symbols which do not have analogs in the English alphabet.

3 version to carry Russian symbols into another place for example with 128, etc.

It would be desirable to know your thoughts on this occasion, and also thoughts of author BookDesigner about the possibility of the alteration of program for the work with Russian type.

The large request radugaif to share with information apropos of piercing (what programmer is necessary, the description of process itself, etc.).

With the respect Dmitriy.

As posted by Goldy on Feb 09, 2008:

As it promised I previously lay out the Russianized version of piercing for REB 1200.
(on Friday satisfactorily it were completed epic with the repair of book Very Happy )

Today, after yesterday's holiday, finally that was possible to protestirovat' new piercing with types, ruzul'tat completely satisfactory, however some happy fellows I hope and themselves can of this be convinced.

For the piercing was used the version of ya_2_.22f types Times New Roman.
Reference to the archive with the piercings is given below.
*** link removed ***

Briefly about the content of the archive:
- folder ForVer2 - contains files for vladel'tsov of 2 versions of the piercing (on this version this method like it works)

- folder ForVer?ndHiger - contains files for the owners of version 3 and above (I do not know it will work this method with this version, to pokrayney measure in the owners of version 2 after pereproshivki it no longer it worked )

- folder PatchedCrcVer4_2_22 - for the owners of version 2 only after the installation of piercing from folder ForVer2 for the correction the check sum (in version 2 it was another algorithm of calculation CRC), for the owners of version 3 or above it does not be required.

- PubUtils - contains that modified dll with Russian types (necessary to replace in the catalog with BookDesigner without having forgotten to preserve old). After which it is possible to load what nibud' book, to isolate the piece of text and to change the size of type Menu->.Configuration->.Fonts to select font size - > medium. After this, Menu->.Make->.Ebooks->.Reb 1200... (Imp) to forego much lingual support (No) and to trace so that would be set the bird show preview after which harvest make book.

- RusFonts - contains strictly the collection of Russians it is type adapted with the russification, size RBF - editor RBFEditor. (in the author was some door posts in the program; therefore in separate types can be observed the breaks between the letters, 4 like it corrected that it was, but on to 100% it were not confident)

Installation of the piercing: We throw into root of CF of map all files from the necessary folder, we load without forgetting to hold to the pressed key for paging through to the right.

Attention!!! After the installation of piercing not in which case one ought not to use the renovation of piercing from EBOOK INC, since in this piercing checkings of check sum, etc. are removed, in the case of the installation of renovation from EBook the work of the obtained algorithm of renovation is not guaranteed and it can be blocked by firm by producer!!!

Obtained problems:
- with the attempt to change the size of type for the entire book on the screen occurs change, and with formation imp of file it remains the old size of type, works a change in type only for the chosen section.

- the index of the book is not Russianized, the graphic mapping of title in the form of picture faster there is used, since in for piercing it was impossible to find analogous type.

- the size of the book in BookDesigner is obtained 2 times of more than file txt because of use Unicode of symbols with the formation.

- the name of the author in the Russian in the book shows by krakozyabrami.

On all these questions there was the useless attempt to be connected with the author of program, but my letter of 28 February, so lies at its personal box not not read, can whom nibud' from you will succeed herself in with it being connected.

A lot of good reading here. For the general REB 1100/EBW1150/REB1200 forum, again go to AltaVista Babel Fish Translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/ and Translate a Web page using http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 and choose to translate from 'Russian to English'.