Thread: New OpenInkpot Snapshot
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Old 11-30-2008, 02:42 PM   #9
delphidb96
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Originally Posted by DDHarriman View Post
Hi Derek

Are you running it from a SD card? If so how does it initiate?
(have downloaded what looks to be the zip file with all the files, and, per example, it has no exe file in it, so...)

I’m very curious to test OpenInkpot in my Cybook, but of course I’m not going to change the original OS in this moment.

BTW: any other tips?

Best regards,
Well,

First thing is that, as-zipped, the FBReader and MadShelf use the Jinke V3/BeBook key-mapping and another file must be loaded in at run-time to make the D-Pad (navigation pad) act properly.

Second, I *am* running from the SD card so the original firmware is still in place for me to use. Booting is a two-step process. One must first insert the SD card containing the OI software (in the 'root' level - not in a sub-folder) and boot into it. Instructions are included. Then, when it gets to the 'blank' screen showing it's done, one must then press the power-on switch another time which will finish the loading.

It's *SLOW* because the Cybook only has 16MB of RAM and FBReader is *NOT* optimized at this point for such a small memory. There *is* a pad for a second memory chip but no one's actually experimented with soldering one into place - that requires the possibl sacrifice of the Cybook being modified. However, if that works, the Cybook would then have as much RAM as most other e-ink readers and speed would increase.

I'll post more later.
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