5 <p><i>2004-09-13</i>: Call for help! Please donate your broken iRiver iHP-1xx to the project!
7 <p><i>2004-07-08</i>: Good news for Windows users! You can now install the <a href=/daily.shtml>daily builds</a> with an installer executable. Thanks to Christi Scarborough for that.
9 <p><i>2004-06-17</i>: We now have a <a href="/twiki">Wiki</a> for the documentation. Feel free to join the documentation frenzy!
11 <p><i>2004-05-07</i>: The CVS repository has <a href="/cvs.html">moved</a>
13 <p><i>2004-03-14</i>: Rockbox can <a href="/lang/">talk</a> to you
15 <p><i>2004-03-11</i>: Version 2.2 is <a href="/download/">released</a>
17 <p><i>2004-02-05</i>: Rockbox can play <a href="/docs/rvf.html">video</a>, with sound
19 <p><i>2003-12-04</i>: Version 2.1 is <a href="/download/">released</a>
21 <p><i>2003-07-09</i>: Rockbox started from <a href="/docs/flash.html">flash ROM</a> works
23 <p><i>2003-06-30</i>: The plugin loader is now <a href="http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0707.shtml">alive</a>
25 <p><i>2003-05-09</i>: The 400-file dir browser limit is <a href="http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0334.shtml">gone</a>.
27 <p><i>2003-05-03</i>: Finally, FM Radio support for FM Recorder models!
29 <p><i>2003-04-23</i>: <a href="/digest/">The Rockbox Digest</a> - track
32 <p><i>2003-04-15</i>: Version 2.0 is <a href="/download/">released</a>
34 <p><i>2003-02-14</i>: Matthew P. O'Reilly gave Linus an FM Recorder for his birthday!
35 Linus had it for 2 hours before he took it apart and started drawing schematics...
37 <p><i>2003-01-10</i>: Full ISO-8859-1 font support added for Players, using the <a href="/docs/rocklatin.html">Rocklatin1</a> dynamic charset system.
39 <p><i>2002-12-21</i>: You can now donate to the Rockbox project via PayPal. See the new button in the left menu.
41 <p><i>2002-11-10</i>: Added recording functionality.
43 <p><i>2002-10-15</i>: Now the Player/Studio models run the same firmware. No more Old and New player firmware.
45 <p><i>2002-10-11</i>: Version 1.4 is released. <a href="download/">Grab it</a>.
47 <p><i>2002-09-19</i>: We now support multiple languages. You can help by translating Rockbox to your language. No programming skills required.
48 <a href="http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-09/0856.shtml">See instructions here</a>
50 <p><i>2002-09-13</i>: 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.
52 <p><i>2002-09-03</i>: ROLO, the Rockbox Loader has been integrated into the CVS, allowing Archos or other Rockbox firmware being loaded by simply selecting the file!
54 <p><i>2002-09-02</i>: <a href="http://rockbox.haxx.se/tshirt-contest/vote.html">Vote for your favourite tshirt designs!</a>
56 <p><i>2002-08-28</i>: Version 1.3 is released. <a href="download/">Go fetch</a>.
58 <p><i>2002-08-09</i>: Version 1.2 is released. <a href="download/">Download it here</a>.
60 <p><i>2002-08-06</i>: Web site moved to new domain: <strong>rockbox.haxx.se</strong>.
62 <p><i>2002-08-06</i>: Battery charging added for the Recorders (players have hardware charging).
64 <p><i>2002-08-02</i>: <a href="tshirt-contest">Rockbox T-Shirt Design Contest</a>
66 <p><i>2002-07-28</i>: Configuration saving implemented for all models. Experimental saving to disk
67 is not yet enabled on the players by default.
69 <p><i>2002-06-30</i>: USB cable detection added.
71 <p><i>2002-06-27</i>: MP3 playback now works for Recorder 6000 and Recorder 10 too.
73 <p><i>2002-06-19</i>: Version 1.1 is released. <a href="download/">Download it here</a>.
75 <p><i>2002-06-19</i>: Recorder sound support checked into CVS. Good news: No background noise!
77 <p><i>2002-06-10</i>: Playlist and scroll support added. Testing for release v1.1.
79 <p><i>2002-06-07</i>: The ATA driver now works for the Recorder models too.
81 <p><i>2002-06-01</i>: Version 1.0 is released! <a href="download/">Download it here</a>.
83 <p><i>2002-06-01</i>: Web site has been down three days due to a major power loss.
85 <p><i>2002-05-27</i>: All v1.0 code is written, we are now entering debug phase.
86 If you like living on the edge, <a href="daily.shtml">here are daily builds</a>.
88 <p><i>2002-05-26</i>: New web design. First player release drawing closer.
90 <p><i>2002-05-03</i>: <b>SOUND!</b> Linus' experimental MAS code has
91 <a href="http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-05/0016.shtml">played our first 4 seconds of music</a>.
93 <p><i>2002-04-27</i>: Julien Labruyére has generously donated an Archos Jukebox 6000 to the project. Thank you!
95 <p><i>2002-04-25</i>: Grant Wier has tested the Player LCD's double-height capability:
96 <a href="archos-text-DH1.jpg"><img align=center src="archos-text-DH2_sm.jpg"></a>
98 <p><i>2002-04-23</i>: Report from the <a href="devcon/">Rockbox Spring Developer Conference 2002</a> ;-)
100 <p><i>2002-04-22</i>: Gentlemen, we have <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/rockbox/firmware/thread.c">threading</a>.
102 <p><i>2002-04-11</i>: The <a href="codes_rec.png">Recorder charset</a> has been mapped.
104 <p><i>2002-03-28</i>: Lots of new stuff on the web page:
105 <a href="docs/faq.html">faq</a>,
106 <a href="irc/">irc logs</a>,
107 <a href="tools.html">tools</a> and
108 <a href="internals/">photos</a>.
110 <p><i>2002-03-25</i>: New section for
111 <a href="mods/">hardware modifications</a>.
112 First out is the long awaited
113 <a href="mods/serialport.html">serial port mod</a>.
115 <p><i>2002-03-25</i>: New instructions for
116 <a href="cross-gcc.html">how to build an SH-1 cross-compiler</a>.
118 <p><i>2002-03-14</i>: New linux patch and instructions for
119 <a href="lock.html">unlocking the archos harddisk</a> if you have the "Part. Error" problem.
121 <p><i>2002-03-08</i>: Uploaded a simple example, showing
122 <a href="example/">how to build a program for the Archos</a>.
124 <p><i>2002-03-05</i>: The
125 <a href="lock.html">harddisk password lock problem is solved</a>!
126 Development can now resume at full speed!
128 <p><i>2002-01-29</i>: If you have feature requests or suggestions,
129 please submit them to our
130 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rockbox/">Sourceforge page</a>.
132 <p><i>2002-01-19</i>: Cool logo submitted by Thomas Saeys.
134 <p><i>2002-01-16</i>: The project now has a proper name: Rockbox.
135 Logos are welcome! :-)
136 <br>Also, Felix Arends wrote a quick <a href="sh-win/">tutorial</a>
137 for how to get sh-gcc running under windows.
139 <p><i>2002-01-09</i>: Nicolas Sauzede
140 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-01/0096.shtml">found out</a>
142 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-01/0099.shtml">display icons and custom characters</a> on the Jukebox LCD.
144 <p><i>2002-01-08</i>: The two LCD charsets have been
145 <a href="notes.html#charsets">mapped and drawn</a>.
147 <p><i>2002-01-07</i>:
148 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-01/0026.shtml">Jukebox LCD code</a>.
149 I have written a small test program that scrolls some text on the display.
151 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-01/att-0026/01-archos.mod.gz">this file</a>
152 for units with ROM earlier than 4.50 and
153 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-01/att-0050/02-archos.mod.gz">this file</a>
154 for all others. (The files are gzipped, you need to unzip them before they will work.)
156 <p><i>2001-12-29</i>: Recorder LCD code. Gary Czvitkovicz knew the Recorder LCD controller since before and wrote some
157 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2001-12/att-0145/01-ajbr_lcd.zip">code</a>
158 that writes text on the Recorder screen.
160 <p><i>2001-12-13</i>: First program
161 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2001-12/0070.shtml">released</a>!
163 <a href="mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2001-12/att-0070/01-archos.mod">archos.mod</a>
164 that performs the amazing magic of flashing the red LED. :-)
166 <p><i>2001-12-11</i>: Checksum algorithm solved, thanks to Andy Choi. A new "scramble" utility is available.
168 <p><i>2001-12-09</i>: Working my way through the setup code. The <a href="notes.html">notes</a> are being updated continously.
170 <p><i>2001-12-08</i>: Analyzed the exception vector table. See <a href="notes.html">the notes</a>. Also, a <a href="mail/">mailing list archive</a> is up.
172 <p><i>2001-12-07</i>:
173 I just wrote this web page to announce descramble.c.
174 I've disassembled one firmware version and looked a bit on the code, but no real analysis yet.
175 Summary: Lots of dreams, very little reality. :-)