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torne:

--- Quote from: AdvMutant on October 27, 2010, 09:59:20 AM ---It's just after you said that devs have no interest in Doom, I was wondering why until you posted back. It really surprised me, and I couldn't find an explanation. I'm a programmer myself, and I know how hard working on a project can be. Sorry if I hurt you.

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No, it's fine; I just find it odd that it's not obvious :)

The doom plugin exists because some time in the past, one person ported it and submitted it, pretty much. That person isn't around any more. It's not that we used to be interested in it but now we've given up; it's that the currently active developers were never interested in the first place.

By comparison, the frotz plugin is also a weird game-playing plugin, and it doesn't work very well on the majority of targets because of the difficulty in entering text. The difference there is just that, well, I ported it and I'm still here, so if there was a problem with it then I would probably fix it. If I were to disappear then it might be neglected by the other developers who may not have much interest. :)


--- Quote ---Back to our topic. I heard that Vista can use a flash drive as extra RAM. How about using a MicroSD for the same task? Just tell me if that's possible, because as about the 'will be done' thing, I might get into it and try to.

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ReadyBoost is just a special kind of disk caching, it doesn't use it as extra actual RAM. As explained in my previous post, swapping is probably impossible, to any device.

AlexP:
I split this off from the previous thread and moved it, as it was nothing to do with the original question about recording.

AdvMutant:

--- Quote from: AlexP on October 27, 2010, 11:36:00 AM ---I split this off from the previous thread and moved it, as it was nothing to do with the original question about recording.

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Good, thanks.

@torne: Too bad. Maybe once I'll get into it, and try to figure it out. It's to early to talk about it now, as I'm just learning C(and trying to switch to C++). RockBox is really interesting me, and I always liked low-level programming. Very well then, it's 9PM around here. I'm very tired and better go to sleep. Good Night.

sss:
For the cost of return shipping I will put a 16MB chip in your fuze with a new bootloader and rockbox firmware to match!  It will fix your low memory problem.  I only have a few spare 16MB chips, so I can't do this for everyone.

There WILL be slight notches left on the center portion of the sides of your fuze when it is done; it is almost impossible to get a fuze apart without leaving a small nick mark on at least one side.  I have a special tool to get watch cases apart and it works well but the Fuze is really not meant to be disassembled!

After doing this to four Fuzes I've gotten pretty good at it.  Make ABSOLUTELY SURE IT IS A V1 Fuze or you will be wasting your time-- the AS3525B in the V2 fuze is a completely different chip package and is missing all of the ball/pins that go to the external memory chip!

You can also send just the board (use an anti-static bag in that case) if you don't want to risk the screen cracking in transit, although that would require you to take it apart yourself.  If you decide to send it, please ship it insured and well-packed!

I can replace the battery too although my spares are not new, they are from fuzes I have picked up used, therefore only opt for this if your battery is close to dead already.

PM me if you would like the SDRAM and/or battery replaced.  I will not upgrade fuzes to 32MB due to the fact that hot air reflow on the CPU will be needed for that (it is also more work because I need to manually route and solder a tiny wire under the BGA), however I might sell a few premade 32MB fuzes eventually.  I estimate based on the current cost of 2GB V1 fuzes that I might end up selling a handful for about $40 a piece.  I was finding fuzes cheaper before, but now I can't even find a steady supply of refurbished fuzes for less than $30 a unit.  64MB chips are no harder to install but look in digikey (look for 512Mbit 133MHz SDRAM in a TSOPII-54pin package) at the price of such chips and you will understand why I don't buy them.

AdvMutant:
Wow, didn't see that coming.
You should sell such stuff at your local market or something. There's no way I'm gonna send my Fuze half way across the globe just because one dude at the forum promised to upgrade it's RAM, for the cost of shipping. Sounds too good bro, just too good.

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