Re: Sony ebook reader with FreeBSD

2012-05-12 Thread Joshua Isom
o install FreeBSD on this (or any other ebook reader). They have a real nice greyscale display of 600x800 to read epub or PDF, even in daylight sun, and as they now also have Wifi on board, it would be nice to combine this with access to mail by some alpha MUA, for example mutt... Than

Sony ebook reader with FreeBSD

2012-05-12 Thread Matthias Apitz
Hello, It seems that the Sony ebook readers internaly run some kind of Linux (MontaVista Linux). I heared someone saying that there are images for eeprom out there to get access to the Linux system itself. Is there any work in progress to install FreeBSD on this (or any other ebook reader

Anybody hear of the ASuS ebook reader??

2009-09-20 Thread Gary Kline
Guys, Michael Hart, the guy who invented ebooks back in 1971, send a URL from somewhere about ASUS soon coming out with a low-low cost ebook reader. I don't know what format, but it won't do a Kindle on you. [Swipe books off your reader: Zip

RE: Sony PRS-505 ebook reader with FreeBSD

2008-04-23 Thread Oleksandr Rudyk
Thx for reply. When I am triying to mount reader internal memory mount /dev/da0 /mnt/usb I got error: Device not configured Also I can not take off card because it is not inside ebook, only empty card reader present. May be linux partisions should be mounted in different manner? 2008/4/23, Bo

Re: Sony PRS-505 ebook reader with FreeBSD

2008-04-23 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:55:29 + Oleksandr Rudyk wrote: > I am trying to connect my sony to freebsd via usb cable and see three new > devices: > /dev/da0 > /dev/da1 > /dev/da2 > First one for internal reader memory, other two for sony's sd and ms card > readers > I type "ls /dev/da0*" and I se

Sony PRS-505 ebook reader with FreeBSD

2008-04-23 Thread Oleksandr Rudyk
Hi all, I am trying to connect my sony to freebsd via usb cable and see three new devices: /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 First one for internal reader memory, other two for sony's sd and ms card readers I type "ls /dev/da0*" and I see only three devices above, and didnt have any of /dev/da0s1 or si

Re: ebook reader

2006-09-06 Thread Ivan Levchenko
Thanks a lot, will definately give them a try. On 9/6/06, Henry Lenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/5/06, Ivan Levchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anything in the ports tree for reading books on the computer? > something like Tom Reader or Ice book reader for windows? > I don't kn

Re: ebook reader

2006-09-05 Thread Henry Lenzi
On 9/5/06, Ivan Levchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there anything in the ports tree for reading books on the computer? something like Tom Reader or Ice book reader for windows? I don't know what those are, since I don't use Windows. For ebooks, there are a variety of choices. These choice

Re: ebook reader

2006-09-05 Thread Ivan Levchenko
a friend of mine just recommended this thing: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pybookreader/ i will try it out On 9/5/06, Jordi Carrillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Try reed. I haven't tried though. 2006/9/5, Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:42:08 +0300 > "Ivan

Re: ebook reader

2006-09-05 Thread Jordi Carrillo
Try reed. I haven't tried though. 2006/9/5, Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:42:08 +0300 "Ivan Levchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anything in the ports tree for reading books on the computer? > something like Tom Reader or Ice book reader for windo

Re: ebook reader

2006-09-05 Thread IOnut
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:42:08 +0300 "Ivan Levchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anything in the ports tree for reading books on the computer? > something like Tom Reader or Ice book reader for windows? > > i did some searching in the ports tree and freshports.org and that > didn't help a

ebook reader

2006-09-05 Thread Ivan Levchenko
Is there anything in the ports tree for reading books on the computer? something like Tom Reader or Ice book reader for windows? i did some searching in the ports tree and freshports.org and that didn't help at all. -- Best Regards, Ivan Levchenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] _