[E3-hacking] Re: I am trying to uncompress the Amstrad E3 cramfs file system

2023-12-24 Thread Antony Stone
On Sunday 24 December 2023 at 12:17:21, Tina Poole wrote: > I managed to uncompress its cramfs file system partly, so some of the files > are missing data so are all 0s and some files are OK, am I missing > something, can't work out why, can anyone here help me, that's if anyone's > around?

Re: [E3-hacking] Anyone know the Pinout of the Amstrad E3 Videophone Mailboard

2019-08-21 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 21 August 2019 at 20:39:56, Nick Griffin wrote: > Just connected the Mailboard to a PS/2 adapter and its works on Windows but > the keys are wrong so how would I go about changing each key to the right > one..? https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-custom-keyboard-layout-windows/

Re: [E3-hacking] Config / content filesystem

2019-04-26 Thread Antony Stone
On Friday 26 April 2019 at 22:01:29, Nick Griffin wrote: > Ok thanks,I got my new E3 today So, does that mean you have two now? > and the seller told me it was working and able to make a call on it before I > bought it and its unregistered so deactivated… Sounds good so far... > dam it.. ☹

Re: [E3-hacking] Would Chafa work on E3 Linux for Animated gif on CLI

2019-04-14 Thread Antony Stone
On Sunday 14 April 2019 at 12:31:05, Nick Griffin wrote: > Hi.. > I just wanted to know if I could install its tarball because E3 Linux don’t > have a repository to install programs, but it might need dependencies so its > trial and error to see which programs works and what don’t, I thought it

Re: [E3-hacking] I found Cliff Lawson old website about Amstrad

2019-04-06 Thread Antony Stone
On Saturday 06 April 2019 at 19:55:51, Nick Griffin wrote: > I found Cliff Lawson old website about Amstrad..  The files work on there > too, so if you need to download something for you PPC640…  > > https://web.archive.org/web/20100111065846/http://web.ukonline.co.uk:80/cli >

Re: [E3-hacking] About connecting to the serial on the E3

2019-04-04 Thread Antony Stone
On Thursday 04 April 2019 at 17:47:21, Antony Stone wrote: > On Thursday 04 April 2019 at 17:44:13, Nick Griffin wrote: > > I have connected the CP2102 and I am getting garbage text in Putty.. > > That suggests the wrong baud rate to me. http://www.cambridgewargames.org.uk/membe

Re: [E3-hacking] About connecting to the serial on the E3

2019-04-04 Thread Antony Stone
On Thursday 04 April 2019 at 17:44:13, Nick Griffin wrote: > I have connected the CP2102 and I am getting garbage text in Putty.. That suggests the wrong baud rate to me. Antony. > ▒y▒▒7▒w5'=▒▒▒_{g▒S{-'7▒▒}5w5;1▒myu▒▒▒e{▒c}cwV▒ii▒V >

Re: [E3-hacking] About connecting to the serial on the E3

2019-04-03 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 03 April 2019 at 19:51:57, David Given wrote: > I've got a tool which speaks the PBL protocol and will let you read and > write the flash: http://cowlark.com/amstrad/ Thanks for (re?) posting this link to a very useful tool. Antony. -- This space intentionally has nothing but

Re: [E3-hacking] Some things I have found on the Amstrad E3 while I was pressing different buttons.

2019-04-03 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 03 April 2019 at 17:53:32, Jake Sloan wrote: > Enough time has passed that bruteforcing the required key is probably > feasible.. > > I think the list has the details, somewhere. I seem to remember a posting along the lines of "this has got close enough that we're not going to

Re: [E3-hacking] Some things I have found on the Amstrad E3 while I was pressing different buttons.

2019-04-03 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 03 April 2019 at 17:09:43, Nick Griffin wrote: > Delta_e_live could stand for Delta Emailer Live, why have the name live in > its name, so that could be the file that keeps in on and that file after 2 > or 3 months gets deleted or it tells the Emailer how long to keep a live > for

Re: [E3-hacking] HI I have a Amstrad E3 Emailer that's deactivated and I was wondering..

2019-03-14 Thread Antony Stone
On Thursday 14 March 2019 at 23:15:10, Nick Griffin wrote: > I through we need to go with the times and needed a FB group, I made it Please bear in mind that not everyone uses (or wants to use) Facebook. Signing up to a mailing list is a lot simpler and "safer" for those of us who don't like

Re: [E3-hacking] Amstrad emailer plus EM2001-UK

2015-02-19 Thread Antony Stone
On Thursday 19 Feb 2015 at 00:29, Richard Lytton wrote: I've been given an amstrad emailer plus EM2001-UK, but it has no power supply. What voltage is needed to power the unit? 28V dc 280mA Centre +ve Regards, Antony. -- The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. - Oscar Wilde

Re: [E3-hacking] Just got an e3 - where do I start

2012-10-17 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 17 October 2012 at 17:21, Jake wrote: The 5.1 PBL requires a handshake first ( as previously discussed on list ) of the aforementioned key as a blob. Once it gets that, the old flashing commands are all available.. I think I actually posted the sig of the key on list ? On

Re: [E3-hacking] Just got an e3 - where do I start

2012-06-27 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 27 June 2012 at 00:17, Edward Robbins wrote: Sorry for 3rd email... Using a 9V supply the emailer appears to start - email and voice lights flash, then after some time the power light comes on when I press power, and camera light comes on when I then press video, but the LCD

Re: [E3-hacking] Just got an e3 - where do I start

2012-06-26 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 27 June 2012 at 00:17, Edward Robbins wrote: Sorry for 3rd email... Using a 9V supply the emailer appears to start - email and voice lights flash, then after some time the power light comes on when I press power, and camera light comes on when I then press video, but the LCD