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Originally Posted by knc1
It could be worse, we could be trying to support the K1.  |
I have recently been working on porting some stuff to my like-new vintage K1 (
collector's item). So far only scripts I package up work on it. Framebuffer is different and I am struggling with trying to make changes update. Different CPU (intel x-scale, not freescale). Uses usb-serial instead of RNDIS usbnetwork. No 5-way pad, but roller for rightside 2px-wide chrome-pixels LCD for progressbar and menu select (which I can update for progress), and eips works but uses different parameters. Interesting toy, and more interesting is that my flaky roller switch started working good after I ordered a one-dollar replacement -- it must have been oxidized mechanical switch contacts which cleaned themselves with significant use. This device uses right-justified menus for compatibility with its fancy LCD selector, however I find the LCD invisible at various viewinng angles, and I need to tilt it so the mirror pixels reflect something dissimilar from the LCD inactive pixel state (flat white indistinguishable from the ceiling it reflects at many comfortable viewing angles). I like eink inverse menu select much better, avoiding that clever shiny (but annoying to use) LCD menu selector. Glad they removed it on K2. For compatible apps with other kindles, having no 5-way or keyboard arrow keys, I plan to allow
wasd-key arrows and spacebar-select, in addition to 5-way and touchscreen support. Or just give up? Where are all the K1 apps?
I think after getting gmplay (with sound) working on it, time to move on to newer devices, eh? Toolchains are a PITA... I want something like KUAL on this.