This now appears when you begin a purchase transaction on the Netpliance web
site.
By purchasing the i-opener you are agreeing to use the i-opener Internet
service. The fee is $21.95 a month and will be billed to your credit card
approximately 2 days after the i-opener is shipped to you.
i-opener Internet appliances shipped after March 20, 2000 can no longer be
reconfigured in the manner described in recent reports. Modification of the
i-opener in any way is in violation of our terms and conditions.
>From: Brian Roth <broth_at_heathers.stdio.com>
>Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: iOpener
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:29:30 -0500
>
>Its possible that they could goo the area with epoxy which will make it
>very
>difficult but not impossible to add the drive. I have seen other manu's do
>this as a quick fix until a more permanant solution can be
>engineered.(remember Videocipher?)
>
>I still have one ordered hoping the mod will still be possible.
>
>Brian.
>
>Megan wrote:
>
> > >OK, I got a 6.4 GB laptop drive hooked up and right now the iOpener is
> > >running DOS/BATCH V10-01A on an emulated PDP-11/40+RK05 system. I love
> > >it!!!
> >
> > >It's going to take some real butchery to get the case closed, but I
>guess
> > >that's to be expected. The low-profile 3M connector barely fit under
>the
> > >CPU heat sink w/o needing it to be clearanced, that was nice.
> >
> > >BTW the CPU seems to be 200 MHz, not 180 MHz. But it still gets only
> > >about 80 BogoMIPS, pretty slow.
> >
> > I heard last night that Netpliance is making modifications so that
>people
> > can no longer do this... they are apparently losing a LOT of money
>selling
> > the machines, having expected to recoup it in the service charges...
> >
> > Can someone confirm this... and maybe confirm the change that they
> > have done (which I understand is simply removal of the cable connector
> > for the drive).
> >
> > Oh, and supposedly back-ordered units will have the mod...
> >
> > Megan Gentry
> > Former RT-11 Developer
> >
> > +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
> > | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com |
> > | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com |
> > | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '_at_' in place of '!' |
> > | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ |
> > | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler |
> > | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg |
> > +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
>
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