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New MessageAnother I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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I just created yet another I-Opener site. Why? Because I found it so difficult to search through dozens of sites to find the info I needed for each hack. I plan to keep this up to date and and every hack I do on my I-Opener. Of course, credit and links are given for sources for the hacks when I have them.

Please take a look and suggest additions, corrections and missed credits. The site is at:

http://iopener.how.to/

Las_Vegas
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08-21-2000 18:54:17

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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I've made a few corrections and improvements to the page. I was able to get the 2nd USB port working finally and include the details. I'm planning on adding some pictures of my hack. I've now placed my SMD 2202 Ethernet adapter internally using Mac's procedure at Adding a SMC 2202USB/ETH (AKA EZ connect USB) inside the I-O shell. I was able to mount the adapter on top of the modem using a single piece of two sided foam tape and a small piece of electrician's tape to shield a capacitor from the components on the modem. Now I have both available internally!

Please! I'd like some feedback on this site. Suggestions, additions and corrections would be very welcome.

Thanks,

Las_Vegas
http://iopener.how.to/
08-23-2000 04:59:29

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) redwood
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Looks Great! I ment to post yesterday, but got busy..... which is why, the best I can do is save a few text files with good posts.... I, and I'm sure Many appreciate all the work, useing the search here is, well, time consuming... only one suggestion, I see you have links to other sites, maybe expand that, I find websites like yours with pics, and descriptions Much easier to follow.... visual I guess... thanks!
08-23-2000 06:16:36

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Randy
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Yep, this is a top-flight site!
08-23-2000 11:17:33

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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Thanks for the feedback, redwood. I've done as you asked and added all the links currently sitting on my Mac's Desktop. I'll add more later.

I've also added a little auto-biography and a photo of my version of the SMD Port hack!

08-23-2000 13:03:38

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) DeanBag1
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I must say, I like the .gif files of the various hacks, they are much easier to read then the digital pictures or the text descriptions, however I can not verify the validity of them as I have not used them yet, but I plan to do the usb port hack.
08-23-2000 21:44:18

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) DeanBag1
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one question, and maybe others could answer this as well.
How well does usb work after internally (permanently) attaching something to the unpopulated usb port? i.e. Can you still attach usb devices to the other port and they function correctly? Has anyone attached a 4 port hub to the unpopulated usb site, or have any thoughts on this?
08-23-2000 22:02:05

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Haxx
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Would you like a mention on HackAbles.com? You can create a "post" with specific info about this site. Feel free to enter in some of the site's info in the form. After that it will go up within the day.

Haxx

08-24-2000 07:45:58

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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DeanBag1:

Since the 2nd port is actually using it's own controller. It will have no effect on the first port. The first port will continue to work normally.

Haxx:

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into that.

Las_Vegas
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08-24-2000 12:55:28

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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By request, I have added Digikey part numbers for the front panel stereo jack hack. Since I did not purchase the parts through Digikey, I would appreciate any corrections anyone might spot.

Thanks!

Las_Vegas
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08-27-2000 13:53:21

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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I've updated my site to cover the hacking of my V1 iOpener to use the K III/333 processor. This wasn't easy, but a heck of a lot of fun! ;)
Las_Vegas
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08-29-2000 21:40:46

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) YouBecha
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On your web site you mention the removal of one zero ohm resistor for the multiplier mod, the pictures point to multiple zero ohm resistors. Is is just the one below the SW1 that need to be removed, and nothing added, or do you need to add stuff (other than the switch)?

Also you mentioned that you could not use a hard drive with win98 already loaded from another computer.

I did just that, made sure all the usb devices I had were already installed on the other computer, pulled the drive and popped it into the Iopener. Essentially win98 did a reinstall of the appropriate drivers, and uninstalled all the inappropriate ones. The only problem I had was from the bios assigning an IRQ to the video and USB...caused a little conflict.

Other than that everthing worked, especially the software I already had installed.

That saves a lot of time and pain...but you probably can't do that with win95 (weird drivers)But then again who would want to load Win95.

09-02-2000 14:28:56

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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That one zero ohm removal for the SW1 jumpers switch SW1.2 to give the processor a 3x multiplier. Removing it allows the switch to control that bit as well. I should probably clarify that on the page. The other 2 zero ohm resistors in there original position routes the same 3.5v source to all voltage inputs of the processor. Moving them gives vCore it's own source allowing us to adjust it to a lower voltage.

You're right about W98. That does work with W95 as well, but I find the technique I used to be much less hassle. The iopener never even thinks to request the non-existent CD-ROM.

Thanks for the feedback! I'll make corrections to the site.

Las_Vegas
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09-02-2000 16:08:08

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) ASPguy
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Where are you guys getting the resistors and switches to modify the v1,v2 and v3? are there any other substitutes besides digikey? i dont know which are the current updated parts to get.

windows 95 is MUCH faster than win98. i have both os on my iopeners. Sure, win95 isn't as automatic in installing drivers. but if u have the drivers anyways and can install them, u'll end up with a much faster machine. Why else do u think people are trying to make their win98 os like win95 with windows thinning program Winlite 98?

09-09-2000 10:25:14

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) Las_Vegas
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And DOS is faster then Win95! Yes... It's a fact that newer generation operating systems are larger and slower then any previous generation of OSes. This is part of the effect of improved processor speeds and increased memory due to lower prices (I paid $200 for 16K of RAM in '79!). The benefit of using newer generation OSes is better support of newer technologies, and more exploitation of the faster processors and higher memory capacity. If speed were more important to me than functionality, I'd still be using my Apple //!

BTW: See how much easier the above is to read with proper punctuation, caps and spelling? It's not quite as fast, but a whole lot prettier!

Las_Vegas
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09-09-2000 23:51:16

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) ckbone
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ASPguy is correct when he says Win95 is faster than Win98. Las_Vegas is also correct when he says faster processors and cheaper ram spawns larger, more complicated operating systems. We may be seeing a turn-around in this process, however. Win2000 pro runs much faster than Win98 on my I-Opener. The few people I know who have WinME running (not on I-Openers), say it's the fastest yet. MS has been accused of making "bloatware" for some time now......maybe they started listening.
09-10-2000 07:12:25

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) goober
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Not really ckbone. My installation of ME, without any of the "fluff" items, ran over 300mbs. Definitely bigger than SE.
09-10-2000 08:45:26

New MessageRE:Another I-Opener Hack Site (modified 0 times) ckbone
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In this case I am more interested in the over-all speed of the system, rather than the physical size. I think "bloatware" referred to the complexity of an OS, slowing it down, rather than it's size. After all, who cares how large it is (within reason), if it runs faster on our I-Openers? Does anyone have ME running well on an I-Opener....and how does its speed compare to Win98?
09-10-2000 09:29:32

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