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History

2002-09-13: We took a big step and converted to an entirely new font system for the Recorder. Please bear with us as we smoothen out the initial quirks.

2002-09-03: ROLO, the Rockbox Loader has been integrated into the CVS, allowing Archos or other Rockbox firmware being loaded by simply selecting the file!

2002-09-02: Vote for your favourite tshirt designs!

2002-08-28: Version 1.3 is released. Go fetch.

2002-08-09: Version 1.2 is released. Download it here.

2002-08-06: Web site moved to new domain: rockbox.haxx.se.

2002-08-06: Battery charging added for the Recorders (players have hardware charging).

2002-08-02: Rockbox T-Shirt Design Contest

2002-07-28: Configuration saving implemented for all models. Experimental saving to disk is not yet enabled on the players by default.

2002-06-30: USB cable detection added.

2002-06-27: MP3 playback now works for Recorder 6000 and Recorder 10 too.

2002-06-19: Version 1.1 is released. Download it here.

2002-06-19: Recorder sound support checked into CVS. Good news: No background noise!

2002-06-10: Playlist and scroll support added. Testing for release v1.1.

2002-06-07: The ATA driver now works for the Recorder models too.

2002-06-01: Version 1.0 is released! Download it here.

2002-06-01: Web site has been down three days due to a major power loss.

2002-05-27: All v1.0 code is written, we are now entering debug phase. If you like living on the edge, here are daily builds.

2002-05-26: New web design. First player release drawing closer.

2002-05-03: SOUND! Linus' experimental MAS code has played our first 4 seconds of music.

2002-04-27: Julien Labruyére has generously donated an Archos Jukebox 6000 to the project. Thank you!

2002-04-25: Grant Wier has tested the Player LCD's double-height capability:

2002-04-23: Report from the Rockbox Spring Developer Conference 2002 ;-)

2002-04-22: Gentlemen, we have threading.

2002-04-11: The Recorder charset has been mapped.

2002-03-28: Lots of new stuff on the web page: faq, irc logs, tools and photos.

2002-03-25: New section for hardware modifications. First out is the long awaited serial port mod.

2002-03-25: New instructions for how to build an SH-1 cross-compiler.

2002-03-14: New linux patch and instructions for unlocking the archos harddisk if you have the "Part. Error" problem.

2002-03-08: Uploaded a simple example, showing how to build a program for the Archos.

2002-03-05: The harddisk password lock problem is solved! Development can now resume at full speed!

2002-01-29: If you have feature requests or suggestions, please submit them to our Sourceforge page.

2002-01-19: Cool logo submitted by Thomas Saeys.

2002-01-16: The project now has a proper name: Rockbox. Logos are welcome! :-)
Also, Felix Arends wrote a quick tutorial for how to get sh-gcc running under windows.

2002-01-09: Nicolas Sauzede found out how to display icons and custom characters on the Jukebox LCD.

2002-01-08: The two LCD charsets have been mapped and drawn.

2002-01-07: Jukebox LCD code. I have written a small test program that scrolls some text on the display. You need this file for units with ROM earlier than 4.50 and this file for all others. (The files are gzipped, you need to unzip them before they will work.)

2001-12-29: Recorder LCD code. Gary Czvitkovicz knew the Recorder LCD controller since before and wrote some code that writes text on the Recorder screen.

2001-12-13: First program released! A 550 bytes long archos.mod that performs the amazing magic of flashing the red LED. :-)

2001-12-11: Checksum algorithm solved, thanks to Andy Choi. A new "scramble" utility is available.

2001-12-09: Working my way through the setup code. The notes are being updated continously.

2001-12-08: Analyzed the exception vector table. See the notes. Also, a mailing list archive is up.

2001-12-07: I just wrote this web page to announce descramble.c. I've disassembled one firmware version and looked a bit on the code, but no real analysis yet. Summary: Lots of dreams, very little reality. :-)