Re: [LHA-misc] I've got an Audrey, now what do I do with it? ;-)

[Neil C. <nc...@ho...>]

John Klar wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, Neil Cherry wrote:
> 
> > I just received my Audrey (won on ebay), I'm working on getting a Netgear
> > EA-101 USB ethernet adapter (I know I've got to hack it to get it to work)
> > and I'll also be ordering a CF card. Anyone know anything about the CF
> > cards?
> 
> How much was the winning bid?  (I may be looking for another 2-4 myself).

It was $109 (mine said heavily used) most bids are between $160 and $250.
Mine did not come with CF or the ether. I bid on a Linksys USB10T for
$13.50. I'm seeing the CF for about <$1/M but the info included makes
me nervous. So I'm a little uncertain. Funny thing is that the CF's
interface is an IDE pin out (wonder where I learned that from ;-).
 
> Last time I checked, the rumor was that you need to write the CF from an
> Audrey (or possibly a QNX6.0 i386 machine) at least once to 'format' it
> correctly.
> 
> I have successfully converted both a Netgear (EA-101c) and Xircom (PNET10)
> for use with my Audreys.
> 
> IMHO, by far, the easiest way to hack Audrey is to set up your own Marimba
> server and your own DNS server.  OTOH, it is fairly involved so this
> option is only for the technically inclined or highly motivated newbies.

I may go this route eventually, first a bit more investigation.

> If you need help with either, drop me a line, I'd be happy to help.
> 
> Also IMO, the CF's don't do much for it.  Last I checked they could only
> be used to flash the unit and not as a mountable filesystem.
> 
> In addition, Samba and fs-cifs don't get along too well, but fs-nfs works
> fine.

Thanks good to know, the CF is mostly for backup. I would like to play
with the OS a little so the CF will be a wise idea. I may also open it
up to see what's inside. I won't be overclocking it.
 
> > And of course it will be used as a front end to the HA system.
> 
> Of course :)  I don't know about your expectations, but the units are much
> bigger than I had expected (wall embedding plans had to be abandoned).

I figured the right size just the wrong depth. Man it has a lot of depth.
 
> Audrey's browser is servicible, but not completely up to date (no DIV
> support).

Ouch, DIV's are important but I know the work around.

Thanks

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