If you just want to put images onto the screen, write a tiny script that copies files from the USB stick and cats them to /dev/fb0. Converting images to the right format's a little bit harder but I wouldn't be surprised if ImageMagick could do it out of the box. That'll run happily in the ams-delta mini distribution.
Alternatively, you can boot an old Debian from a USB stick using that kernel --- although you'll need to hunt around to find a userland old enough; I think Debian woody works. That'll give you a (very slow) development system running on the E3 itself. Then you can write your own SDL programs to draw whatever you like, although I should warn you against extended typing on that keyboard unless you hate your fingers. On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 12:40, Nick Griffin <span1...@live.com> wrote: > I do wish I never flashed E3 Linux on it now,theres no point to it,you > can’t put anything on it or run anything on it cos its too old and E3 Linux > didn’t go anywhere, its just a command line version because the E3 is not > powerful to run proper Linux. I installed E3 Linux release v2 (E3 Linux > sound better that just Linux or release v2 this way you know what I am > taking about)from the.earth.li/pub/e3/ what are the rest of the stuff in > there, can I update it to 2.6.19,its at 2.6.16 that what release v2 is…? > > I would like to put a program on it so it shows images on it screen you > have to make it on it and it don’t even have make on it to make a program > so make need to be installed first. > If I can’t put the original firmware back or put a program on it so it > shows a animated gif then it useless and I will end up putting it in the > bin. I have about 8 gifs of its old adverts and want to show them on the > E3s screen, can anyone help me please. I am not used to installing programs > from source code, I am use to installing it from a repository. > > Oh and what happen to this… > http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/7/support-status-update > why did the work on E3 Linux stop and only get to 2.6.19…? > > and very interested in this bit at the end.. “BTW, my 12-bit framebuffer > display support has been accepted and included in > mplayer svn revision 31139 on May 6th. Using it, I can enjoy a prescaled > 422x316 5fps MSMPEG-4 encoded live video stream playing fluently in > fullscreen mode on my E3 display.” > > Leave a reply in there and tell us what happened to E3 Linux 2.6.34.. > > Spanner.. > > http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net > > *From:* Nick Griffin <span1...@live.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, 20 April 2019 22:25 > *To:* Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software > <e3-hacking@earth.li> > > OK sorted it out now, (thanks to Ollie), will I be able to use these > files to put the Amstrad firmware back on the E3 at all..? > > question is here too > http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/9/config-content-filesystem?page=1&scrollTo=92 > <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net/thread/9/config-content-filesystem?page%3D1%26scrollTo%3D92&data=02%7c01%7c%7cfab65edec780419544a308d6c5d6bc84%7c84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7c1%7c0%7c636913923402583395&sdata=QNkcyk8O/nnJW2g2N8/KnpdebyFkKDumHgYwEfuYdZI%3D&reserved=0> > > You don’t need to register to reply or leave a new thread there now. > > Spanner.. > > http://amstrad-e3-hacking.freeforums.net > > *From:* Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> > *Sent:* Saturday, 20 April 2019 18:39 > *To:* Discussion of the Amstrad E3 emailer hardware/software > <e3-hacking@earth.li> > > Hi Nick, > > > sudo nand-oob-strip.py e3-nand-backup.0 e3-nand.0: No such file or > > directory > > Two things. You probably don't need sudo as your ordinary user should > be able to read e3-nand-backup.0 and write e3-nand.0. You have to > specify a path to the nand-oob-strip.py script for the shell to find it. > Since it's in the current directory, that's just `.', i.e. > > ./nand-oob-strip.py in.0 out.0 > > If that complains, then it's because ./nand-oob-strip.py lacks the > `execute' permission for you. Either add it with chmod(1), or run the > Python interpreter directly: > > python3 nand-oob-strip.py in.0 out.0 > > Alternatively, to modify the file in place, so ensure they're not your > only copies, you can do > > LC_ALL=C perl -i -0777pe 's/(.{512})(.{16})/$1/gs' \ > e3-nand-backup.{0..5} > > which substitutes every 512 bytes followed by 16 bytes with just the > 512. > > -- > Cheers, Ralph. > > _______________________________________________ > e3-hacking mailing list > e3-hacking@earth.li > > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.earth.li%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fe3-hacking&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0c848394242c4830fc6e08d6c5b72a85%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636913787811205410&sdata=0kD8t8q7zfl%2FGDLfdCSjfHE%2B1A2ZbQ8DuiwML03509A%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ > e3-hacking mailing list > e3-hacking@earth.li > https://www.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/e3-hacking > -- ┌─── http://www.cowlark.com ─── │ "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my │ telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out │ how to use my telephone." --- Bjarne Stroustrup
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