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East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) zint Anyone over here in East Lansing hacking I-openers? -Ed 04-13-2000 08:08:15

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) mikem I'm here in East Lansing. 04-13-2000 11:09:19

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) -pyr- Im in ELansing too. holmes w hall. I know a couple of other iopeners around here too. icq if ya want 2602651 04-13-2000 12:35:24

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) All* I, also, am in E.L. Got my i-o from CC. 04-13-2000 13:16:55

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) topperge I'm also in East Lansing, Shaw Hall. Anyone find a place locally that sells PS2 Splitters? 04-13-2000 20:09:43

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) -pyr- I bought a splitter at a small computer shop in traverse city, so I cant say for locally, but if you ask at a small computer store, they would likely have something like that. you could get some cheapass mice and splice. 04-13-2000 22:07:09

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) zint I got my I-opener at Compusa earlier in the week. Luck as hell, went to pre-order one and they had just gotten some in. I still have one on pre-order from CC, but I doubt that it'll ever come. I was able to sucessfuly flash my bios by using my Abit BH6 motherboard. Taking the epoxy off took a couple of hours unfortunately. As for supplies, I've had to order everything. Can't find any computer shop up here that has Y-Cables or 44 Pin IDE Cables. What I really need now is a good low profile fan, anyone have any luck finding one up here? 04-14-2000 09:13:06

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) yzerman Hey zint im from Grand Rapids and have yet to see one come into our Compusa. Which Compusa and when did you find it? Still looking for one if anyone in Michigan has a extra Iopener to sell!? 04-15-2000 02:29:38

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) zint On the 4th, I stopped by the Lansing Compusa and was able to get one.(in the Frandor shopping center) At first I called and they said they didn't have any. So I went to preorder one, and I saw some boxes sitting in the back!! I'm not sure if you can rely on just calling. At first, the guy went to see if they were for preorders, but luckily they had a couple extras. The good thing is, that they actually set aside the ones for people that preordered. (I guess some C-usa's aren't) -Ed 04-15-2000 06:09:19

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Wolverine State sucks! Go Blue! 04-15-2000 23:44:39

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) MrSmartyPants Profile :) Riiiight. 04-19-2000 12:07:47

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Downlad Hey yzerman: I'm in GR and managed to pick one up from CompUSA, I went over at lunch the day after news of some stores having them was out, and managed to get it out of the back, they weren't in the inventory system or anything yet. 04-23-2000 09:07:57

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Yzerman Damn it. I was there friday and I called both tues and thursday morning and afternoon and they said no i-openers. This sucks.. oh well. I managed to get one off ebay. What day was it by the way? I would be interested. 04-23-2000 18:41:24

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) zintada ouch, hope you didn't have to pay too much. At least you don't have to worry about the TOS since you bought it over Ebay. 04-23-2000 18:45:03

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Downlad Yzerman: I got it on 4/12. As was walking toward the door there was someone else leaving with one, but he looked like a non-modifier. I had just canceled my CC order a few days before that too, just down the road. I think I was #14 of 30 on the list there. 04-24-2000 16:11:15

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) DarkKobold Profile I got one from CC and one from CompUSA. I was 2 or 3 on the list at CC, same for CompUSA. I originally did it to make sure I got at least one, but ended up with 2. My reserved one at CompUSA was the LAST to come out of the backroom. They had sold all but the one they were holding for me. Initially they told me they had sold out. Lets say I was a little steamed till I found they were holding mine. Made my day :) 04-24-2000 21:40:32

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Yzerman Thats cool. I didn't pay that much. Besides for the money the I-opener is a pretty cool device. I'm having a blast with mine now that I have it hacked. The only fun part was chipping out the epoxy. I still wish I could have picked one up at Compusa. Oh well. If anyone bought two or has a extra I have a friend looking for one. Let me know: yzerman@darqside.net 04-25-2000 07:02:49

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) zintada Chipping out the epoxy? why? Get the new qnxflash utility. It worked great for me. I used the method that one person outlined of hooking two computers together directly with a phone line. I was able to transfer my files and flash without any problems. Saves some time, that's for sure. 04-25-2000 08:00:43

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Downlad Why chip the epoxy? I had done mine before the modem hack or flasher was available, and ordered a chip from badflash too, so I haven't bothered with the other. It only took about 45 minutes for me to Dremel, but the pen/cable attachment makes the small stuff much easier to do. 04-25-2000 10:00:09

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Yzerman The reason I'm chipping epoxy is because I was stupid and didn't take the time to save and dycript the shadow file before moving the start-apps to another folder. Thus causing on reboot to come up to a root prompt. OH and I almost forgot while downloadint that neat little qnxflash util and bios I got a UPDATE ROOT PASSWORD. So now I can't login at the prompt I get upon boot up... Thus locking me out of the QNX system and thus not allowing me to flash the machine.. Oh well.. I did get the epoxy chipped out and a new bios in place. Now I'm waiting for my mod kit to show up to install my hard disk. Thanks for the suggestion though.. I do read the forum but I got in a hurry and made a mistake. Trust me If I could have I would have done it the easy way *grin*. BTW off topic but has anyone purchased one of those other WebSurfers from compusa yet for $49? Heck. I'm going tonight to see if I can get one from the GR store. 04-27-2000 14:28:09

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) zintada I read in the Websurfer forum that you couldn't get one from the East Lansing CompUSA. :( $50 sounds like a great deal, but unfortuantely they're actually inforcing the TOS. 04-27-2000 15:14:37

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) dRees anyone in east lansing have an extra iopener they want to sell? if so...danskyad@msu.edu 04-30-2000 17:54:08

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) brodie_man Also looking for any extras in the Lansing/GR/West Michigan area. E-mail gw_bush@crackdealer.com 05-03-2000 06:47:14

RE:East Lansing Michigan I-hackers (modified 0 times) Insider Info I have some insider info for you folks (being a CompUSA employee in Michigan myself), we have 16 on order at the Troy, MI store...this was Tuesday when I checked. I do not think we have gotten them in since...I'll keep you posted. If anyone around here is willing to sell a Websurfer for $100, email me at elbart0@home.com 05-04-2000 20:02:59

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