<On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 12:16:09PM -0800, Ethan Dicks wrote:
<> Not yet... they are out of stock nationally (due to the ./ effect).
<
<Really? The guy I talked to when I ordered mine (at 1-800-IOPENER) said
<they had plenty of them, in both colors. Well I doubt the order takers ge
<much feedback.
CircuitCity is the local supplier and they stocked out as I doubt they had
more than 10 each store. I jumped on it last monday, still waiting for CC
to cough up.
Apparently the retail stream was a bit thin.
Allison
<>It's been done and it is socket-7, solder?
<>
<>Allison
<
<I gather you've got to change a couple of the surface mount resistors.
<
<This URL gives the details: http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/cpu-up.htm
I have that url bookmarked. Depends on the cpu, the polder P200 non split
parts are drop in. The next generation MMX needs three voltages of some
such and that board doesn't have that wired.
<Hmm, actually I just might be able to pull this hack off.... Not sure I
<want to risk the thing to my soldering abilities though.
I'm not worried either way sas the basic cpu is plenty fast enough for my
wants and I don't happen to have something laying around thats faster.
Myz80 on a pent180 will do just fine.
Allison
Pete,
Umm is that the same as a Motorola 6665BP20, which I know is 200ns... If so
I can help you.
Will J
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--- "Richard A. Cini, Jr." <rcini(a)msn.com> wrote:
> Anyone see the NYTimes article on the Netpliance i-Opener Internet access ap
> pliance?
Yep... they are at least a week behind the curve on reporting it.
> Sounds like a neat hacking project. There's a USB port on the back, so a USB
> -to-Ethernet converter would work there. I also read that one could lash a h
> ard drive to it.
>
> Anyone done this yet?
Not yet... they are out of stock nationally (due to the ./ effect). Mine
is on order and won't arrive for at least a week or two. I've heard that
Netpliance is evaluating how to reword their ads/sales agreements/etc. to
make the idea of hacking one less attractive because they are currently
subsidizing a $300-$400 machine to sell their ISP service. If you order
one direct from the company, they "include" the first month's service on
the sale, but you can cancel after that. I'm wondering if they will go
to a rebate sales model - buy the unit at $300-$350 and get the first year
on the 'net "free".
In any case, I'll be getting mine eventually. One of the nicknames for
the box amongst the hacker community is the "iOpenedIt".
-ethan
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 21:56:02 +0100 "Sipke de Wal" <sipke(a)wxs.nl> writes:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Pechter <pechter(a)pechter.dyndns.org>
> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 2:32 PM
> Subject: Small router
>
>
> > Take a look at picobsd based on FreeBSD.
> >
> > Bill
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> >
>
> Where can I find a llink to picobsd ?
>
> Sipke
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Hi,
Can someone point me at any documentation for installing/configuring the
tcp/ip package for RT-11? I got the pkg file and have looked at the
contents, but a little bit of doc would go a long way at this point...
Thanks,
Aaron
Hi, folks,
Well, I've run into a snag. Turns out my oh-so-slick Livingston router
won't do ARP proxying along with NAT (both of which are needed to deal with
my DSL hookup for adding servers).
So, I'm going to build a router that does out of an old PC box, a couple
of Ethernet cards, and either Linux or OpenBSD. My first question: Has
anyone on the list done ARP proxying with a home-brew router and one of the
above OS's?
Also, at the risk of venturing slightly outside of the "classic" realm
(not by much -- two years or so if I'm not mistaken), I'm looking for the
100Base-T media module for the Compaq NetFlex-3 NIC. Anyone?
Thanks in advance.
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own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
Anyone see the NYTimes article on the Netpliance i-Opener Internet access ap
pliance? There's mention about hacking one to get it to use *any* internet a
ccess, not just the one which you are supposed to purchase with it.
Sounds like a neat hacking project. There's a USB port on the back, so a USB
-to-Ethernet converter would work there. I also read that one could lash a h
ard drive to it.
Anyone done this yet?
Rich
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<Anyone see the NYTimes article on the Netpliance i-Opener Internet access a
<pliance? There's mention about hacking one to get it to use *any* internet
<ccess, not just the one which you are supposed to purchase with it.
<
<Sounds like a neat hacking project. There's a USB port on the back, so a US
<-to-Ethernet converter would work there. I also read that one could lash a
<ard drive to it.
<
<Anyone done this yet?
The only thing stopping me it it hasn't arrived.
Heres the scoop:
Its a P180 (winchip, socket 7) with 32mb ram internal DSP modem and
16mb of Flashram. There is also an IDE port for 44pin 2.5" drives
(connector is mirrored pinout so any cable has to fix that. The
flashram beomes IDE-1 if there is a disk. There is USB and a Parallel
port, potenitally a second unused serial port. The video is Trident I7
driving a 10" dualscan flat pannel color LCD. The Video memory is
mapped to the main memory map (flat). Looks like it would make an
excellent lowend linbox, Winbox or whatever.
The present OS is QNX with their browser and email client, fixed target
of netplience (or their agent). The QNX demo is about the same thing
as Netplience. Anywho it's what in the Flashram obviously of fancier
quality than the demo.
The suggested application a week ago was a microkernal and a emulator for
whatever prefered Hardware/OS comes to mind. One suggestion was Supnik
or John Wilsons PDP-11 emulators and PDP-11 unix. One I've giving thought
to is DOS/MYz80 to make a really nice CP/M crate.
Oh, there are a dozen or so web pages on hacking it.
Allison
<One interesting hack, that I'd like to do, but won't be trying as I shake
<to much for that kind of soldering is to put an actual Pentium processor i
<it. That's supposed to significantly speed the system up.
It's been done and it is socket-7, solder?
Allison
