Ahh.. I found a site: http://www.audreyhacking.com
How long does the Audrey take to boot from total-off to ready-for-input (ie shell, etc.)? There's a touch-screen, right? How much is the touch-screen used? I'm particularly interested in its touch screen & seemingly fast boot time (it is supposed to be a 'Net appliance after all). Based on that, I'll try to figure if it's worth $90. heh Thanx! FL On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Geoffrey Herteg wrote: > Foo, > I've got one, but there's a slight problem with putting Linux on it. The Audrey, >while an x86-based box, doesn't have a BIOS. It's running QNX with a simple >QNX-centric bootloader that initializes the hardware to run QNX. While I'm not >certain what needs to be done to get Linux bootstrapped on this thing, I've heard >from a friend who has an internal contact at 3Com that this thing was engineered to >specifically avoid hacking ala iOpener. > > The cool part is you can get a QNX command line and xmms to run on it. One of my >projects is to make it the living room's MP3 player, complete with menuing system >that works w/ the jog dial... Just can't seem to find specs on things yet. Hmmm... > > -- G > > begin Foo Lim quotation: > > Has anyone ever hacked an Audrey to put Linux on it? How long does it > > take to boot? I'd like to get some more details. > > > > >http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/prodlist.jsp?tab=cat&pathtype=support&cat=122&selcat=Internet+Appliances&family=571 > > > > I found a place that's selling it for $90. > > > > TIA >
