[ale] OT: hackable device

Rich Faulkner rfaulkner at Tux86.org
Tue Jun 12 14:14:58 EDT 2012


...and in my case the answer is, "yes".  I've already bought a RPi.  Was
in the early batch of orders and tagged a couple weeks ago as next in
the queue...

Will bring it to the next meeting after it arrives.  (Hopefully sometime
in this decade)   RinL


On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 12:03 -0400, Byron Jeff wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:42:43AM -0400, Rich Faulkner wrote:
> > 
> >    Didn't read too far into this but on the surface it looks like the Raspberry
> >    Pi has this one beat.
> 
> Of course it does. The real question though is: Can you get one?
> 
> Does anyone know if Walmarts still have the RCA's in stock?
> 
> BTW read the bottom of the hackaday page. There are reports that the RCA
> box gets burning hot. It may need a fan. Other reports indicate that the
> remotes fail and that the box is not usable without it.
> 
> I think it's much more interesting as a mini wireless Linux box as opposed
> to a media player. Just at first glance it looks like the Western Digital
> Media Live box has more features and includes an Ethernet jack (but no
> wireless). It can have custom firmware that supports a wide array of new
> features too.
> 
> Just my two cents. I'd still buy one or two to hack if I can find it.
> 
> BAJ
> 
> > 
> > [1]http://hackaday.com/2011/12/03/rca-dsb772we-teardown-shows-that-this-cheap-s
> > treaming-box-might-have-potential/
> > 
> > References
> > 
> >    1. http://hackaday.com/2011/12/03/rca-dsb772we-teardown-shows-that-this-cheap-streaming-box-might-have-potential/
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