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+               __________               __   ___.
+     Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+     Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+     Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+     Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+                       \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+
+                               HACKING ROCKBOX
+
+Terminology
+
+  The hardware is mainly separated in two different versions. The "Player" is
+  the Archos Jukebox Player 6000 and Archos Studio 20, while the "Recorder" is
+  the Archos Recorder 20. The "Player" has a character-based LCD screen with 2
+  lines of 11 letters and a big round thing on the keypad (featuring 6
+  different keys), while the "Recorder" has a graphical LCD and has all its 10
+  keys separate.
+
+1. Get Sources
+
+  The the very latest sources off the CVS server. Get the 'tools' dir,
+  'firmware' dir, the 'apps' dir and the 'uisimulator' dir on the same dir
+  level, to make it easier to build things (some of the files assume this
+  hierarchy).
+
+  All CVS details can be found here: http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/cvs.html
+
+2. Build Uisimulator
+
+  For the X11 simulator:
+
+    (This has been compiled and run on at least Solaris and Linux. It should
+    work on other unixes too but we haven't tried any other yet.)
+
+    Create a new directory and run the 'tools/configure' script in
+    there. Select target to simulate and select simulation. The script will
+    then generate a Makefile for you:
+ 
+        $ mkdir build-dir
+        $ cd build-dir
+        $ ../tools/configure
+
+        [ answer to questions ]
+
+        [ Makefile created, archos subdirectory created ]
+
+        $ make
+        $ ./rockboxui
+
+    Note that the simulator uses a local subdirectory named 'archos' as "root
+    directory" for the simulated box. Copy a bunch of mp3 files into that
+    directory, create subdirectories and do all sorts of things you want to be
+    able to browse when you fire up the simulator.
+
+
+  For the Win32 simulator:
+
+    No info yet.
+
+3. Run Uisimulator
+
+  To create a simulated disk drive for the simulator to see, create a
+  subdirectory named 'archos' and populate it with a bunch of test
+  files/directories.
+
+  Run 'rockboxui'.
+
+4. Target Keypad Equivalents
+
+  The keyboard's numerical keypad is used to simulate the Archos keypads:
+
+  Keyboard   Generic Archos
+  --------   --------------
+  +          ON
+  8          UP
+  2          DOWN
+  4          LEFT
+  6          RIGHT
+             
+  Keyboard   Recorder-only
+  --------   --------------
+  Enter      OFF
+  5          PLAY
+  /          F1
+  *          F2
+  -          F3
+
+  Keyboard   Player-only
+  --------   --------------
+  Enter      MENU
+  6          PLAY  (there's no separation between PLAY and RIGHT)