09-06-2009, 03:32 PM | #1 |
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Updating to 0.33g
I was going to update my jetBook to 0.33g but it looks like the update is only available as a .exe. I had assumed it was a self extracting zip file and those should be handled fine by my unzip program. However after trying several different compression programs nothing can recognize whatever it is. Lovely, jut lovely.
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09-06-2009, 03:54 PM | #2 |
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[sigh] Tried it on the Mac and still can't get in open. Guess non-Wintel users are out of luck.
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'The Unarchiver' Mac freeware (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...narchiver.html) recognized it and uncompressed it first time I tried.
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Well, after many frustrations and tendinitis flare-ups I've got it updated. I'm seeing some improvements in how it handles epub files.
So, is there a list of what formats are supported as of 0.33g? |
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I am kind of annoyed at Ectaco for doing this. Part of the whole reason I bought the Jetbook was that it was essentially agnostic to what sort of computer I was using (I don't like MS Windows). I will have to see what other tools are available. For the heck of it, I tried logging into the anonymous ftp site and downloading the firmware with a .zip extension and a file downloaded, and it appeared to update the firmware.. but it won't open any books -- it just provides an hourglass ... Not exactly what I was hoping for. My guess is that it was an alpha release of the firmware. Did see that Jetbook is using fbreader though. -- Bill |
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So I appear to have successfully uploaded the firm ware, but things still are not, shall we say perfect. Some epubs appear to hang the reader. In particular the ones I am having problems with are some (but not all) that I have downloaded from feedbooks. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
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