31 Jan
2003
31 Jan
'03
1:50 p.m.
--- chris <cb(a)mythtech.net> wrote:
>One of the deal pages I haunt had this link,
remember the I opener pc in
>a lcd screen people were sticking in a laptop drive and making little
>linux boxes etc.?
Yep. I have a couple that I bought new for $99. One is factory pristine,
the other has been hacked there and back again (blue e-mail lights, red
disk activity lights, custom BIOS splash screen with Tux, etc., and
the JAILBAIT Linux distro).
>Anyway this joint has refurbs for $65 shipped,
>http://www.badflash.com/iopener.html
He's the guy that people depended on for flash chips back in the
early days of the iOpener. Assuming he's gotten faster on the
response (or less swamped), AFAIK, he's a good guy to deal with.
I picked one up on eBay for just under that including
shipping ($20
shipping, $35 win). That was with MUCH waiting and patience to get one
that low... so personally, if anyone wants one, $65 including shipping is
Not bad, but I agree that $65 for an over-the-counter price is pretty
good.
-ethan
P.S. - one of the hacks that I have some of the parts for, but not
all, is to add the CF socket on the side. I don't have the quantities
of SMT resistor packs needed to make it all live.