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Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) FoOl Profile Hey all Seattle hackers, Let's see about getting together and coming up with some NEW ideas for our hacked IO's. We could share parts that we got laying around and talents. Just think, person a can write code, person b is a EE, the two together can make ideas come true. Let's face it there are one hell of alot of smart ppl in this area, we can come up with some great stuff. Hell we might be able to just flash bio's for now, but next month we may have a device for taking over those fabled iridum birds over. 04-14-2000 23:32:30

Reprogram (modified 0 times) BMan Info and Technofusion, Are your bios chips still in need of reprogramming? I was to reprogram my orginal 39020 chip. The three 28020's I had were 150ns chips and did not work in the i-opener after programming. I have been unable to connect with my bud with the inverter, but if you guys are in a bind we can work something out. 04-15-2000 15:39:59

Chips were 29020 (modified 0 times) BMan The three chips i mentioned in my previous post were 29020s at 150ns not 28020s. 04-15-2000 15:52:02

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) BMan Not in it for the money. A microbrew should cover it. 04-15-2000 19:45:41

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) gfish A friend and I just got BIOS flashing with an eeprom burner working. So I'm thinking of setting up some kind of flashing party. We all get together in a cafe, I bring flash equipment, we liberate some iopeners and generally have fun. Email me at iopener@hesse.grendel.cx if you would be interested. 04-16-2000 00:28:56

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion Sorry to hear the chips you bought didn't work. Any new ideals. Can we get our hands on the same chips that ship in the IO? Getting together to flash chips is a great ideal. Any votes on where to meet gfish? Need to get Info and MountLake Terrace man in here. I have tools for getting epoxy off, Dremel motor, dental picks, PLCC puller. Getting good at this. I've done two with no failures. If we get a place to do this we could also do a remove epoxy party. 04-17-2000 08:03:11

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) diggum Count me in once they finally ship it to me. ordered on website 3/17/00. been e-mailing a sales rep back and forth as to why it hasn't even shipped yet. always another 7-10 days.. *siGh* no TOS talk though. 04-17-2000 12:32:31

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) gfish I am preferential to the Capitol Hill area, if only because I happen to live there. It also has a plethora of cafes and is pretty central to all the satellite urban areas. I've had two people mail me expressing interest so far. Unfortunately Thursday, Friday and Saturday are very bad for me. Anyone interested in showing up Sunday night? 04-17-2000 17:37:03

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Rab. For those of you interested in upgrading your processor - Hard Drives Northwest (Lynnwood) has (1) K6-3 (400) w/256k L2 cache remaining in stock, at $79. I've called shops from one end of the Puget Sound to the other, and this is the best price I've found. You'll need the $40 Universal Voltage Regulator to support the 2.4v core/ 3.3v I/O requirement for the chip. Also, a cooling solution akin to the Tennmax Iop will be a must. The Bellvue location no longer stocks this chip. Contact Info - Hard Drives Northwest 19723 HWY 99 Lynnwood, WA 1-888-549-6010 Good luck! Rab. 04-17-2000 18:38:57

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion Yes, and they have the wonderful B&O coffee house. ..white chocolate moca please.. I got epoxy and chip removal tools 1. Exacto Knife kit 2. Dental Pick set 3. Dremel Motor (batt) 4. PLCC chip Puller 5. Microtorch (portable) 6. Head visor Magnifing glass I've done two now with no f*ck ups. Cables: 1. Vacu Vise. 2. Redmond Cable is 5 minutes away can come with parts. 3. 2.5 to 3.5 Hard Drive Adapter. (for loading initial os on hd). Food: 1. Girlfriend who can cook great eggrolls. Gonna need somewhere large enough to meet. Any nominations? I live in a one bedroom apt so it ain't even big enough to host an i-opener party. Probably want to keep it central to everyone, oh Capitol Hill is central but parking sucks! 04-18-2000 00:44:47

RE: meeting (modified 0 times) orion Why not meet at SpeakEasy in Belltown? They've got plenty of room and a computer friendly staff. Plus they serve both coffee and beer! Just need to find a night when there isn't a performance. 04-18-2000 02:48:03

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) wizeguy I just wanted to say HI! from Olympia. I missed this area of the bbs. Tonight I prep'd my Hard drive. Hopefully I'll get my bios back from wizztronics (new york) before the weekend. Any how if any of you south enders need a good flash ;P 04-18-2000 22:14:39

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion Hi from Olympia. I emailed Speakeasy about using their facilities for a meeting. Seems the backroom is setup for ART? Might want to look elsewhere. Haven't heard back yet. 04-18-2000 23:48:06

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Update It seems that a QNX solution has been found, and is in early alpha testing. The Technical section has the relevant information, kudos to Smogbound for the hack! 04-19-2000 00:08:31

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion I'm to damn impatient to wait. Went ahead and flashed mine after obtaining an Abit BH6 board today. Hard to find these dam things. Flashed the bios and I'm now running Win98 on my i-opener. Removing the epoxy and flashing only takes me 5 minutes. With a Dremel and pin point heat the epoxy comes right off. Got the flash stuff down pat now also. Anybody need their bios hacked? 04-19-2000 22:22:38

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) BMan Technofusion, Glad you were able to get your bios reflashed. I still plan to grab the programmer for use over the next three days. Dan J. Where are you located? I'm in the northend. Maybe we can connect and get you taken care of. 04-20-2000 07:50:37

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion BMan, I have possible three more units to program. Although doing it on a mobo is possible it's not as easy to do on a burner. I still want to get together and help others remove the goo. I've also got an adapter for 2.5 drives. If they bring a drive and CD they can setup their OS as well. Dang all we need is a place to meet large enough to hold several people with a work table and electrical outlets. Speakeasy never got back. I'll check the phone book for places. 04-20-2000 08:20:34

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Rab. Technofusion - Try a community center. I called mine, told them I was a member of a SIG, and that our membership (of about 10) might be interested in using a room there. She said it wasn't a problem, room rentals are around $25 an hour, and are available Fri, Sat & Sun. It's way the hell up north, however, and a central location seems to be a must for this group. 04-20-2000 14:31:05

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion Ouch, anyone wanna fork over $25 an hour? Will look into some around the Seattle City area. Thanks Rab 04-20-2000 15:28:10

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Dan J. I just flashed mine. This board rox. 04-21-2000 01:37:16

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Wild Weasel Any Computer shows this weekend near Seattle area...??? 04-21-2000 19:34:28

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion It's suppose to rain all weekend. Gotta replace the thermostate on my girlfriends car Sat. No place found to meet and hack iopeners. I've finished hacking mine, need more. No one to play AOE with tonight. Fine! I'll play AOE on my i-opener instead. 04-21-2000 22:16:56

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Info. Ok you got my curiosity, What's AOE... 04-22-2000 03:42:25

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Info. FYI. There is some kind of Computer Liquidation sale going on in redmond today, Starts at 8:30 am Posted in page 2 of the Little nickel paper Located at 14736 NE 95th st. Redmond (Willows Road and 95th) Supposedly they are selling Lcd's,Cdr's and DvD's,Monitors,Modems,Server kit's,Misc cards and adapters,Audio visual and other stuff.... It's 7:30am now and I'm headed overthere in search of Laptop hard drives....and other good stuff???? (More junk to add to the pile....) 04-22-2000 07:30:08

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Rab. AOE == Age Of Empires Yeah, I've got it loaded too. Using Virtual CD 2k to run it. -Rab *Posted with an I-opener @ 1.54 MBPS. :D 04-22-2000 14:37:29

Cheap Locations to meet (modified 0 times) i-Tinker Try the county and city park systems. In particular "Less Grove" park in Auburn has a small rec hall with limited cooking facilities, tables, power etc. for $3.00 per hour (anyway that is what I payed two years ago). Weekends are pretty much booked a year in advance, but week day evenings are another story. On another subject; has anyone gotten an I.O. from the Lynnwood CC (purchased after 3/23)? 04-25-2000 12:34:38

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Info. No, I cancelled my orders (2 ordered 3-17) a week ago after getting (2)of them at Comp-usa, They stupid CC sales dudes said Comp-usa NO WAY DOES NOT SELL sell the i-Opener, That is until I showed them my receipts...I had a good laugh at them and they got mad at me ha ha ha at CC....I think most there stores and most sales staff really $#@%&*! 04-26-2000 03:02:23

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Technofusion Not to start a slam fest on CC but I've been to the CC store in the Crossroads mall several times over the past year. Everytime, because of the sales staff, I wind up walking out angry and purchase nothing! Not to mention their prices are hellishly high. I usually goto Video Only for all my electronic purchases. 04-26-2000 11:25:00

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Info. Hey if anyone is interested...LOOKS like the websurfer sale is over and it MAY have higher value in the near future....I've got 2 virgin websurfers still in unopened box if someone is interested in trading for 1 virgin i-Opener (Yeah...everyone thinks good luck dude) it doesn't matter the date just don't want the case to have been opened...Seattle area only, thanks... I feel this is a fair trade I'm not out to gouge anyone. Anyone think differently??? opinions...??? 04-29-2000 10:16:41

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Hmmm. Yo Seattle you all been SLEEPIN??? 05-05-2000 01:05:56

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) diggum SEATTLE IO FOLKS! I got mine yesterday, spent this morning scraping the epoxy off the bios. no damage except to my lower back! =) Anyone in town today want to let me flash the bios in their system? I'll give you some $$ or buy you a good microbrew (this is Seattle, after all.) Please let me know! durin AT mindless DOT com or ICQ: 5503671 Thanks! 05-06-2000 13:59:31

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) What happond? The censorship police has been here. We are missing 10 days of posts 05-16-2000 15:17:36

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Snow Wolf Profile Well it seems my post got munched.. oh well.. I was basically giving myself an intro. I'm in the Cap Hill area of Seattle .. I've been to the CUsa in Bellevue with not luck on IOs (don't think they'll be selling them anymore there).. Havn't been anywhere ele due to lack of transporation and nightshift schedule. I've broken down and bought one from NTPL (or whatever the shortcut is)... but I rather would like to play with one now, instead of 3 month (+ shipping) time.. I'm planning on making a touch-screen pad IO that uses LTSP stuff to connect to my network, so any mods are unnessecary for the finished product ... Is anyone in the area fed up with their or would like to sell it at a decent price? (saaay.. < $150) have fun, and happy hacking 05-22-2000 07:38:33

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Gar......... I have a V1 "demo" that I have not done anything with yet (Except peak under the memory cover to check for epoxy and there is NONE...It is as I bought it. I'll be honest...I have mixed feelings about letting this go it as a real hassle getting this one...But $ 200.00 I guess would be worth it. That's what it is worth to me. I did have plans on giving this to a kid but decided to give a full size pc instead... that's costing more but less hassle with CD's and restoring deleted/lost files... I too have one "last one" on order and may not ever see it but have (2) V-2's up and running Win98.... 05-22-2000 21:16:04

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Gar........ PS in the Seattle area. 05-22-2000 21:18:05

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Snow Wolf Profile Gar, since our posts might get munched again (I just saw at the top that this Board is not meant for 'For Sale'), email me at amarok00@foxinternet.net and we can arrange a deal... k? 05-23-2000 06:08:15

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Rab. Just picked up my *last* I-opener, (the one I've been waiting for since 3/29), over at Circuit City in Everett. It's a V4, but I'm just happy to have the thing. So for those of you still waiting on CC in WA, call and bug them. I did, and managed to get mine, even *after* they said they didn't have any. ;) (Another K6-3 IOP coming up!!!) -Rab. (Finally, *I* get to have one...) 05-28-2000 18:41:23

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) iCommunic8 mine is finally arriving. on the fedex truck today, fresh from taiwan. wonder what rev I'll get ... 06-01-2000 12:39:19

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Klatu So Rab, how did you get a k6-3 working in your i-O? I've read several posts about other folks doing this but had problems getting up to 400mhz? did you use a powerleap adapter? Am I missing something? 06-03-2000 08:02:50

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Klatu Uh ooops....Never mind....I found it skipped right past it earlier..Ü.. yes I deserve to be flamed....Fire away folks.... 06-03-2000 08:07:23

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Rab. Klatu, Barada Nicto! (Or something like that.) Actually, you didn't miss it. (Or you did, thanks to the editing monster.) The Concept MFG adapter, sadly, does not work for the K63. However, the Powerleap K63/98 does. Unfortunately, it must be ordered & shipped directly from Taiwan. ($99 each) 06-04-2000 23:24:57

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) BBS General Yo' Seattle.... I have a webserfer pro new in box.... Askin' $ 75.00 Can meet you at a local Seattle C-USA in person ! 06-07-2000 19:39:29

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) ePods QA guy Capitalize on your Seattle location. Come be one of the first to see the ePodsOne. http://www.epods.com We are inviting people to come and provide feedback about our device. We will be doing the typical ePodsOne introduction and overview, but then tear it open for your prying eyes. The date is Tuesday, June 27th at 6:00 PM. Space is limited so tell us why you would like to attend. Pizza and pop will be provided. email e1@epods.com 06-13-2000 17:17:13

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Seattle Sorry e-pods Q.A. dude, Thanks for the invite but I will be out of town then....My kids B-Day! Not really to interested in the device anyway....(risc prossessor and long term commitment) 06-14-2000 15:16:40

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Rab. Hey, looks interesting ePods QA... Basically a bigger version of the H/PC CE device. Can CE be upgraded on the ePods, or will I be stuck with 2.11/permanent rom if I buy this? What sort of ram is being used? Sodimm, Dimm, or compactflash/smartmedia? Is it upgradeable? All in all, not too bad for the price, competitive with other H/PCs even including the service. 06-14-2000 15:57:31

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) ePods QA guy Not a problem Seattle (as long as the rest of Seattle doesn't feel the same way.) Part of why we want you to come check us out is exactly your response about the RISC processor. This is valuable information for evaluating future models. 06-14-2000 16:16:14

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Look Seattle! The Pod people are trying for the "Good Hacking" seal of approval. Codeman, up for a review??? 06-16-2000 02:46:30

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) boykster I'm tempted to check it out....If my search for ePods in the seattle yellow pages is correct, they're just down the street from where I work! I'm not really interested in "hacking" it, but more just curious as to the hardware/software they plan on using, etc...and how extensible it is. cheers, boykster 06-16-2000 14:36:21

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) ioioioinfoioioio If anyone is interested Hard Drives Northwest is carrying the Soyo Li-7000 LNX barebones desktop for $150.00 and ComputerStop has it for $159.00. I bought one today and I'm quite impressed with it for the price. Harddrives northwest warranties it for a year, ComputerStop uHHH,Less than a month ? 06-17-2000 18:09:49

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) ioioioinfoioioio Almost forgot, http://www.soyo.com.tw/product/li7000.htm 06-17-2000 18:14:41

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) rocman Profile Just got mine at CompUSA last week after waiting since 4/17. After waiting so long it is almost a let down. Now to figure what version I have and getting down to business. 06-27-2000 09:19:07

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Down Town So which C-USA and did you have to sign the tos? 06-27-2000 17:36:12

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Info. Got mine at Montlake terrace yesterday, 1 left, no tos for the pre-pays on or before 3-30! 07-01-2000 08:11:44

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) rocman Profile Picked it up at the Tukwila store. No TOS required :) 07-05-2000 14:00:34

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Santa Claus Hello Seattlites! It's an early christmas for those of you looking for cheap SODIMMS. Right now, you can get 128MB of PNY PC-100 ram @ Amazon for a grand total of $69.88 + S&H. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001U0CU/ref%3D/qid%3D963525616/sr%3D1-7/002-0882177-5320006 It's name brand, and a hella lot cheaper than other places. Ho, Ho, Ho! Santa 07-13-2000 21:12:07

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Santa Claus Ho, Ho, Ho! Santa's back with some more news! Now you can get the 128MB PNY PC-100 SODIMM for $59.88 SHIPPED!!!!! Use the coupon code HARRYPTTRSPC when checking out, to get $10 off your order and FREE SHIPPING! Now I really must go... Mrs. Claus will think I have a Mistress! Santa 07-13-2000 21:17:48

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Santa NM! They made the change to limited use on the harry potter coupon. SOMEONE AT AMAZON IS GETTING COAL IN THEIR STOCKING!!!!!!!!! You can still use the $5 promotional gift certificates to escape the cost of shipping. 07-13-2000 21:40:46

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Raefon Profile | Email Hey I'm a newbie looking to learn the ways of a hacker and I'm located in Sultan,Wa. 11-22-2003 14:32:34

RE:Seattle area IO hackers LOOK HERE! (modified 0 times) Tiny Profile Anyone in the Seattle/Redmond area willing to assist a newbie? I just got an IA-1 with BeIA v.1. Ran fine until i programmed in the dial up number, user id and password. saved changes and tried to dial up. modem did not connect after 3-4 tries. here's the newbie part--thought maybe it needed to reboot to recognize the changes so i unplugged, waited a little, then plugged in. now i get either the compaq black screen or stinger will run, i see the Be v.1 loading screen, it makes the short "welcome" sound and then I get a white screen with the pointer finger frozen in the middle. no keyboard keys work except power which, if i hold it down for several seconds, will essentially restart the IA-1. This is usually where i get the compaq black screen. i can get into bios and have tried different things there (although on some of them, the f10/compaq button does not work to accept the changes). Same results everytime so far. Ideas? Suggestions? Someone who has a flashed BeIA image (or other image that will work) that I can borrow? thanks. 08-11-2004 10:28:33

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