From: TP Diffenbach <rockbox_at_diffenbach.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:05:42 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: TP Diffenbach [mailto:tp_at_diffenbach.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:21 PM
To: Rockbox_at_Cool. Haxx. Se
Subject: Please explain the UART boot hardware mod to a chimpanzee


I'm not sure why I don't just give up and forget about portable music,
but....

Will somebody please explain what's required for the UART boot mod?

Please bear in mind that I know nothing about soldering or electronics, so
please use small simple and unambiguous words. And diagrams or pictures if
at all possible. (Ok, I have a 15-watt grounded soldering iron. I've used it
to re-attach a couple of wires that came loose in my cheep-o PC headphones,
allowing me to once again here sound from the left ear-piece.)

As much as possible, please make your directions like a recipe to be used by
a chimp: e.g., "Go to RadioShacck, ask for a globizit with a foobitute of
2.7 and an amplitude of 6. The globizit will look like a door-knob covered
with pencil erasers. It should cost less than 10 dollars."

Please don't assume that /anything/ regarding electronics will be known by,
or obvious to, me. For example, I will not know what kind of wires or solder
to use. I will not know what a "ground" wire is, but I will understand "the
red wire" or "the leftmost wire".

Thanks for your time and attention.

--Tom

PS: I've been waiting for an answer to this since yesterday, only to figure
out I must have sent it using my personal email address, which is not
subscribed to the rockbox list. As a result, my message was rejected. Is
there any chance that rejected messages could be bounced back to the sender,
so I'd know to use the right sending account? Thanks.

Received on 2003-12-19