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Originally Posted by rhari79
The first free CHM file I can recollect is the PHP manual. This is 8+ MB in size though.
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I was able to convert this to MOBI using Windows MobiPocket Reader. It took 10-15 minutes and resulted in a 16 MB MOBI. The first two screenshots are from Windows MobiPocket Reader on the MOBI version of the CHM.
I first tried the CHM and MOBI on the Hanlin V3. The MOBI Reader takes a "local" approach to reading the ebook, so there was no problem opening the MOBI. However, the procedure for following links did not work, because there were many links per page and the numbers that are supposed to show up to tell you which keys to press for each link were not visible. The CHM reader initially seemed to work (navigation worked well), but I made the mistake of trying to increase the font size. This hung up the device and when I tried again later the font size had been increased but now navigation routinely failed (bringing me back to the start of the CHM).
As I excepted, FBReader under OpenInkPot failed on the both MOBI and the CHM. Probably because of too little available main memory.
On the iLiad, the MOBI version worked well because the stylus could be used for navigation. See the attached scans, which are 100 ppi (less resolution than the screen). The CHM version (FBReader) again failed.