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North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) simmons1 Profile Anyone else in the DFW area? simmons1.maps@on.directlink.net (die spammers die) 04-13-2000 07:04:28

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Ken@oncdrom.com yep... theres at least 3... someone knew where tanner electronics was, and 2 people were buying them from compusa the same time i was to do the same thing.. so theyre around. 04-17-2000 19:52:10

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Dallas I live at Rosemeade and Midway at the end of the George Bush Tollway and I work at George Bush and Preston. I just got my I-Opener today. 04-17-2000 20:30:42

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Zogg Hey, I live at Marsh and Trinity Mills! I go by your neighborhood at least once a day. Has anyone picked up an I-opener locally? The CompuUSA's I've been to don't have any on display. I ordered from CC in Plano a month ago. I went by yesterday and they got 12 in last week. I was 16th on the list, so they said check back next week. I'm concerned about the letters going out to CC buyers, though. 04-18-2000 09:56:48

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) ken@oncdrom.com i got 2 at the compusa off beltine across from joes crab shack in north dallas. someone said there were some in the misquete store.. but that was last wednesday.. 04-18-2000 11:53:11

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Zogg Shoot, I went to the Beltline store a week ago and didn't see any. Did they ever have them on display or did they pull them from the back at your request? 04-18-2000 12:58:25

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Ken@oncdrom.com i wasnt aware that compusa was selling them, i thought it was only circuit city.. i was in there getting something else when someone came up to the same counter i was at and requested 2 of them. they went and pulled them out of the back. then i got two, and someone saw mine, and they got two. they were fiddling with a floor unit when they saw us getting them, dont know if they ultimatly set it up someplace. 04-18-2000 13:38:13

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) houi Anyone got one with the old skewl bios so I can hot-swap and get mine working with my HD? 04-18-2000 14:49:58

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Nubie Hey guys, I live in Euless. I'm an Intel rep, for the Addision stores. Of all the store I've been to this week, your best bet to get the i-opener is at CompUSA on Beltline and Marsh. They say they have 9 sytems coming in this week. Shipments come in evey Wed. and Fri. That is the only Compusa store that would let me pre-pay, I've been to other stores in Irving, Addision, and Hurst, and none would let me prepay. BTW, anyone interested in starting a little i-opener users' group" (iud) 04-18-2000 17:04:47

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) simmons1 Profile Looks like we have a few people around now. I have a BIOS burner and the old bios if anyone has already removed the epoxy and needs the chip reflashed. If you haven't yet removed the epoxy DON'T DO IT. There will be a software solution very, very soon. Email me if you want to get together. (remove no spam) 04-18-2000 17:50:51

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) ken@oncdrom.com few of us have anything to group about yet... Ive got 2 machines, but no parts yet... and my roms are in the mail for reprogaming. I might have workable parts by next week sometime... perhaps. 04-18-2000 19:36:26

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Zogg Thanks for the tip, Nubie. I'll focus on that store, as well as CC where I have one on backorder. I'm thinking about giving up, though. I'll soon be able to buy my old laptop from my employer for $250. Pentium 150, 48Mb, 1.2GB, CDROM, and a better LCD make it more attractive, I think. But I sure like the looks of the I-Opener. 04-19-2000 13:34:24

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) ken@oncdrom.com I went to the north dallas beltline compusa today... the place looked like a chinese fire drill. As the compusa central offices are located in dallas, and that particular store is the bigest in town, that is 'the' compusa... and there was an apparent convention of all the General managers...they were following each other around the store with clip boards, about 8 or so per isle. I cant say if it was from nation wide, but there was at least 40 of them.. the people at that store tell me that they are 'pre-selling'.. and that they were getting some next week. as i have 2, i didnt persue it... I was just checking if there were any there at the time. 04-19-2000 21:45:57

CompUSA #138 beltline (modified 0 times) Nubie Just called compusa to check up on the status of my io order. They said that they will call me when it comes in. The also said that I'm the only one who has pre-paid for it. If you're looking for an i-opener....Compusa #138 on beltline and Marsh has it coming in, there are 8 available (on order, but not arrived). 04-20-2000 19:44:07

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) stone hey Nubie, I am from Euless and I could use your help. Toss me an email. stoneNO@SPAMsirinet.net (remove NO SPAM to email me) 04-20-2000 21:24:54

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) datazone Well, a while back i had made an order at CC, but due to the long wait, i had canceled it... Then i found someone who worked for Netpliance, and had gotten a free unit, which he didn't use, and he sold it to me for $100 I messed around with QNX, then i built my cable, got a 120MB HD from an old dead laptop, and got it to boot win95. Placed an order for tennmax's new i-opener cpu fans, and ordered a 1 gig drive from global micro. and they should both show up friday when i get to work. and hopefully saturday, i will go looking for somethin gto build the HD mount with... anyone know a good hobby store in the Dallas? The rest will just be cool hacking stuff, so in a few weeks we can have a little get together somewhere in dallas to show off our units... where would be a good place? 04-20-2000 23:19:17

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Nubie Hey DataZone: A good place for electronic components is at Tanner's Electronics off of beltine. 04-21-2000 03:53:32

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) datazone Yeah i realise that now, if i only knew that a few weeks ago :) but all i need right now is the metal to make my mount bracket for my hard drive. so i go to find a place for that. anywho, let me go to work and see if my packages are waiting for me. i should take some pics of the system, shouldn't i? yeah i guess. 04-21-2000 05:02:23

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Schwin97 Hey all, I live in Lewisville and work in Plano. I special ordered my IO at CC in Lewisville mid-March and received it around mid-April. Haven't yet had a chance to modify it yet... waiting on scavenging an old hard drive and making a cable. If people are getting together let me know. 04-21-2000 06:46:03

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) stone No more prepaying CompUsa #138 on Beltline and Marsh, until they have gotten their 9 on order delivered and they order more. Reason: When I hit the counter their inventory was at -6. A fella in front of me prepaid for two of them, which put the inventory to -8. Then I prepaid for one, inventory at -9. They have 9 on order. They stopped taking prepaid orders right after me. They actually had to doublecheck before letting me prepay and then they said I got the last prepayment order for this shipment, god knows when it arrives though... 04-21-2000 14:14:58

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) ken.. then... you expect they will get them by next week? youl be lucky if they arnt the new design... if that is a reality 04-21-2000 14:32:09

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Nubie Stone, Good thing you got there as soon as you did. I didn't think there would be any left by the time I picked up mine. Now, they said it would be there in two weeks. They said this last week. So that means it should be here next week...hopefully...ya right. 04-21-2000 20:04:45

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) stone Well, I seriously doubt compusa actually knows when their iopener shipments arrive. The business relationship between netpliance and compusa is so new that they must rely on guesswork. So when a customer asks when they can expect the product to be in, they just throw in a generic figure in a week or two, which is a long enough time for most any regular goods to be shipped... I dont think they realize how big the iopener demand has gotten due to hackability. One doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to do a little math: Buy as many as you can for $99 (+tax) and resell them on ebay for twice the money. Can't beat that. I just want one of them for my personal toy and I refuse to contribute to a bloodsucker on ebay. Money is not an issue, just the principle. I hope I get one that is hackable before they (netpliance) fold and if I don't ... oh well life goes on. So was anyone here planning on a get-together? Perhaps in a month or so :) --Stone 04-22-2000 03:17:21

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Nubie Ya I think getting together could help us all out. Mabey try to hack ours at the same time I know what you mean about people buying them and then selling io's on ebay. There was a post in this newsgroup where this guy said that he was buying all he could ( 4-6 at a time) and then turning around and selling them for profit on ebay. He said with the profit he made, he bought one for himself. I can understand making profit and such, but that really annoyed me. There's a shortage, and people are scarfing them up and not plan to use them. When there's a chrisis, it's illegal for companies to raise prices on necessities, like ply-wood...this too should apply to the io. Too bad we can't call this a national crisis, then we could get gov't funding 04-22-2000 12:07:26

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) simmons1 Profile If anyone wants to get together the weekend of May 6, after the 1st Saturday sale, I'm in Denton, about .5 hrs north of Dallas. I have a EPROM burner and a 10/99 BIOS w/ no logo. 04-22-2000 13:38:08

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Nubie Profile Speaking fo First Saturday, Does any want to meetand go to 1st sat together? btw, bought the acer wireless keyboard for $40 w/ $25 rebate. I don't care for the mouse, but it's pretty good for $15. 04-22-2000 17:46:55

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) simmons1 Profile PS. I have DOS (Win95) and the EPROM burner software loaded on the sandisk on my IO. I can do the programming anywhere. 04-22-2000 20:12:03

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) stone If I get lucky I will have my io by 1st Saturday. On the other hand the 1st saturdays have really started to suck more and more from what they were like 4 years ago. I am sick 'n tired of seeing all the flea market business down there. I'll have to ponder whether I feel like going or not. 04-22-2000 22:42:25

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Ken.. First saturday is as good as it ever was... I hadnt gotten down there before 8 for a while, so i cant say as to the 24 hour sale that starts late friday night.. that side has never interested me... finding an i-opener there would be quite a find. 04-22-2000 22:57:53

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) datazone Thanks to GlobalMicro, i am still waiting for my hard drive that i ordered from them. On the 18th of April i ordered a 1 gig 2.5 ide drive from them, and specified a different shipping address than my billing address (since i can't take a day off to sit at home waiting for a deliviary) and paid for next day deliviary. Wednesday came, no package... so i call them, and they tell me that they were backed up, and they will ship it "today". Thursday came, no package... called again, and they tell me that my package "threw up a red flag since the shipping and billing address were different", they asked me to verify the information, and then said that they were going to ship it "today". Friday came, no package... i decided maybe its a holiday for the shipping company and they can't deliver it. Monday came, no package... i called again, and they say that they didn't have some of their drives, and that they did have mines and they assured me that it will ship "today" Tuesday came, no package... i called once more and the guy apoligise and said that he will take the package down to shipping himself and make sure it goes out "today". Wednesday came, no package... i called once more, and they put me on hold for a long while while they try to "find" my package, then they get back on the phone and tell me that he have to go and see if it shipped and will call me back. A few mins later he calls and tell me that it was shipped yesterday, and gives me a FedEx tracking number, so i asked him, that if it was shipped yesterday, why didn't i have it as yet since i paid for next day service, and all he could say is that it "should" be there "today". So i get home, and what do i see on my door? a FedEx tag saying they tried to deliver my package and that i wasn't home... no ####? thats why i gave them a SHIPPING ADDRESS! cause I unlike most people have to be at work during the day. so now i have to find a way to get FedEx to deliver my drive to my work, lets see how long this simple task takes. 04-26-2000 16:22:35

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) ken.. dont feal alone in this... 2 weeks ago i ordered my cable and bracket... it was sent via ups ground... using the tracking number i watched it slowly cross the country. then, ups looses it in the distribution center in msquete.. its been 5 days since that happend. i have 2 perfectly adequate i-openers waiting for $30 worth of parts... it looks like it will be another week before i can get those parts again.. if ups cant find all 1 pound of package they lost. I'll be able to say 'i've had i-openers for 5 weeks'... but i dont know how well they work :< 05-01-2000 20:09:06

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) prelude So is anyone in the North Dallas/Plano/Carrolton/Addison/Richardson etc going to meet? I have my IO, cable, bios already flashed. But I can't seem to get any 2.5" hd's to auto detect in the BIOS, and if I manually enter the settings, I get "primary HD fail" msg or a "please insert system disk" error. I'd appreciate any help. I made the cable myself, so I was thinking I might have some crosstalk perhaps. Oh yeah, email me at david@prelude.com 05-09-2000 11:52:47

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Simmons1 Prelude: Your cable probably has a short in one of the wires. I had a similar problem until I rebuilt the cable. Go to Tanner Electonics and get the 2.5" cable and an extra IDC connector and make a new cable. No meetings that I know of yet. Anybody want to get together 5/20-21 or 5/27-28-29 in Denton? 05-09-2000 13:17:57

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) ken... i had to mash the cable down on the connector to get mine to work. 05-09-2000 19:03:26

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) simmons1 Profile I have four left over bright ORANGE LED's w/ the resistor already attached that I will be giving away if/when anybody wants to get together in the DFW area. These work wonderfully as and IDE/SanDisk activity indicator. See http://www.geocities.com/iopener_hack/prefect/index.html for installation notes. 05-09-2000 19:33:11

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) ElColon No need to be careful with your BIOS chip...I hava a burner, and work is providing chips. I load the old BIOS in a 256k's chip upper 128k's and it works perfect. Mail me if you want it....DFW only. colonel@online.no 05-09-2000 23:30:47

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) clicket (I'm reachable via clicketATdirectlink.net if anyone needs me..) I've put up and BBS through eGroups for Dallas folks if anyone's interested.. Even if you don't have an I-Opener, Websurfer Pro, or if you're not interested in either.. This User Group is focusing on all types of _hardware art_. The Group description currently is: Hardware art.. Like custom PC cases, water-cooled gizmos, I-Openers, Websurfer Pros, MP3 players from scratch, etc. Mosaek Front End to the Group: http://www.mosaek.com/forum/dha direct eGroup posting: http://www.egroups.com/group/dallashardwareartists More description is currently posted on the main page at Mosaek.com: http://www.mosaek.com 05-10-2000 07:28:43

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Zogg Well, I finally got mine from Circuit City in Plano today - ordered on 3/16 and arrived 5/11. Yikes! It looks like a V3 (I saw some Torx screws holding one part together) but I'm not really sure yet. Does anyone know what type of flash chip is in this thing? I may pre-load a chip if it's the same type I have laying around. 05-11-2000 12:35:43

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) tyler Greetings fellow Dallas-ites. It looks like several of us are in the same area. I live on Midway at the George Bush Turnpike myself. I ordered my I-opener directly from Netpliance on 3/21/00, and I received it approximately 5 days ago (v3.) I haven't done much to it yet, aside from opening it and removing the heat sink. I am thinking about going with the velcro method, rather than trying to cram a $150 laptop drive into the case. If anyone has found cheap 9.5mm drives locally, then I might be pursuaded otherwise... The only cheap 9.5mm drives that I have found are under 1GB. -tyler P.S. I am currently employed by CompUSA, for whatever it's worth... 05-11-2000 21:14:16

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) SnorkelMan >The only cheap 9.5mm drives that I have found are under 1GB I bought a 9.5mm drive from Buy.com. It was far from cheap, but it's the right size. 6.4G for $149, no $5 shipping (including one other part), no tax. That might sound like a lot, but it feels better to me than spending $75 to get 1G or less. >P.S. I am currently employed by CompUSA, for whatever it's worth... In a retail outlet???? 05-12-2000 09:29:09

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) tyler Snorkelman, I work in one of the CompUSA Tech Support Call Centers. -tyler 05-12-2000 15:29:16

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) Kenwshmt@airmail.net i have 2 imod 2 kits.. my order wasnt canceled, and i wound up with them anyways. thats 2 ide cables 2 mounting brackets, and 2 y cables... while i'm using a y cable, ive seen them at microcenter. any of yall want them?... i can get it to you on monday, as i have it all at work. what ever the going price for them is is what i'm after.. i dont know if they would take them back anyhow. 05-12-2000 21:36:44

i-opener stopped production (modified 0 times) Nubie I just got off the phone with CompUSA where I pre-ordered an iopener, they told me that netappliance stopped producing the iopeners completely. 05-26-2000 16:09:21

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) DallasJeff Hey Tyler, I live in AMLI of North Dallas. You must be right around the corner. I ordered my i-opener on 3-17 and it languished for weeks until finally on one of my phone calls they read me the new TOS. I said I wanted to think about it and went on a business trip. When I got back it was waiting for me inside the door. When the charge showed up on my credit card for the ISP service I called to complain and tell them I wanted to ship the i-opener back. Before I could tell them I wanted to return it she said that I was exempt from the new TOS because I had ordered and paid for it before 3-31-00 (even though it showed up in late April. I have my hard drive but I haven't gotten around to ordering my TennMax or Mod2 kit. I paid $149 for the 6.4 gig HD at Buy.com. When is a good time for anyone to hook up or is everyone dialed into the hockey series right now? 06-05-2000 20:00:20

Hey DallasJeff (modified 0 times) Nubie Hey DallasJeff, I have the lasagna fan and mod2 kit for the i-opener. There is absolutly no way that I am going to get my i-opener from compusa (compusa said that they will fire any manager who sells the iopener without the tos) I'll sell you the lasanga and mod2 kit for the same price you you get it. The advantage is you wouldn't have to wait a month for the lasagna and mod2 kit to arrive... email me if you want it: tfolck@hotmail.com 06-11-2000 15:06:26

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) jnsachse Profile Simmons1 - I just bought an iopener and want to hack it ASAP.. Can you help me with info on going about it ???? I know I need a mod kit , harddrive and a new bios - i guess. Havin trouble gettin the stand off the unit. what kind of screws are the 4 that hold the stand on. They look like allen or torqx - but I am having no luck at removing them with either type tool. 07-06-2000 21:48:06

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) bubsdaddy Just got mine yesterday 7-7-00. Could use all the help I can get hacking this to be a win98 machine. 07-08-2000 18:26:29

RE:iopener bios flashing (modified 0 times) Simmons1 Would Simmons1 please respond to jn.sachse@gte.net about burning/flashing bios' for the iopener. I have a new unit that needs to be flashed or burned so I can put a mod2 kit and hard drive in my unit. thanks - Joe Nicholson 07-09-2000 07:59:11

BIOS burning party. (Late this week or next) (modified 0 times) Simmons Sorry for the delay in answering, I've been off the BBS for a while... If anybody wants to get together for a BIOS burning party in Denton, let me know. I can have a meeting either this Thursday or Saturday evening, or possibly next Thursday or Saturday (July 13 or 15, or July 20 or 22) EMail me at simmons1.maps@on.directlink.net (.maps on. is "no spam" backwards, remove it.) I will set the party up for the most popular day and post it here. Anyone interested must email me to get directions. I won't be charging anything to burn the chip, but I also won't be messing with any epoxy. I have the proper PLCC tool to remove the chip, and a version one BIOS image with and without the BIOS logo. Just make sure that your I-Opener has no epoxy on the chip and that it is in working condition BEFORE you bring it up to Denton. Tanner Electronics ( http://www.tannerelectronics.com/ ) probably still has some 2.5" IDE cables (~$5) and the extra connector (~$2) that is needed. Visit their website for a phone number and directions to the store. They also have a very nice bright orange LED (~$.50) with a resistor already soldered in place for an IDE activity indicator. The keyboard splitters that they have do NOT work, but they have a USB mouse (~$10) that works great. The screwdriver needed to remove the bases on the new machines is a #8 security Torx. I don't have one, but I -might- have one in time for the meeting. If you have one, bring it. 07-09-2000 16:56:25

RE:North Texas (Denton, DFW) User Group? (modified 0 times) bubsdaddy Count me in if it's Saturday 7-15-00 . I'll be out of town until Thursday evening. You can email me at jmj@hotmail.com - I'll be checking mail while out of town. 07-09-2000 17:14:28

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