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Originally Posted by Godzil
Derek: I seriously doubt that you know anything in computer programming and especially in embedded computers. A Freescale iMX31 is an ARM core, a Samsung s3c2440 is an ARM core, a Samsung s3c2440 is an ARM core, a SA1110 is an ARM core, but they are *not* the same thing even if they are able to execute nearly the same thing, they have a lot of other peripherals that are NOT the same between them. I seriously doubt that Bookeen or netronix just remove the s3c2410 from the eb001 and put a s3c2440 on it just like this, they are mainly different beast... Just look at the PCB design, the eb600 does not have (for example) a NOR memory that the eb001 have, the eb600 use standard NAND flash where the eb001 use some USB like chip etc...
They are NOT the same thing, so different firmware, different source code etc...
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Hmmm... Having the S3C2410 and S3C2440 tech manuals RIGHT HERE, I perused them quite often. They are nearly identical in the areas which count most - basic instruction set, register sets, etc. Also, the underlying LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM hides much of the dissimilarities between the two hardware platforms from the application software - that would be the actual ebook reading application and the library management application. So whether the (just to make an example - this is not as far as I know what the real hardware differences are between the EB100/EB600 platform) two support different sets of I/O ports and video timing sets, does NOT effect whether an application can navigate through a set of file folders. D'Oh!
Note that file folder navigation can be complex, but as we're talking a relatively simple device (onboard memory and SD cards) this should at best be a (there's not enough memory in the 64MB model issue, rather than an (OMG!) the S3C2410 cannot handle folders but the S3C2440 can issue. (Notice that for years people swore that one could not stuff a Unix clone onto an 80186/80286 (PC AT) hardware platform - then along came Linus Torvalds and did so. (Well, so did Andrew Tanenbaum with Minix.
) Oops!
And it's not just folder management, it's such things as simply making the frickin' DELETE button work! Hell, my Kindle 2 has NO problem with deleting e-books (and their associated support files (.mbp or whatever) from the device - and it does this strictly in software - no need to recognize a dedicated button - which the EB100/EB600 already recognizes!
But you go ahead and keep on dreaming about my purported lack of understanding. It will no doubt keep you entertained over this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Derek
P.S. I've been programming as both a hobbyist and a professional since 1976, when did you start???