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Rockbox Replaces Archos Firmware

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-that's-unpossible dept.

bagder writes: "The guys in the Rockbox project have just released the first working firmware replacement for the Archos portable hard disk-based MP3-players. The software is all GPL. Every tiny bit was reverse engineered, disassembled and then re-written from scratch. You can go download your own firmware right now!"

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  1. Yaaay for the good guys. by jpellino · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Bless their hearts. gnupod, anyone?

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