> In my opinion, the only obstacle to becoming an > electronics hobbyist is the same one that has always > been there, and that is interest. If you are interested, > you will find a way to play.
Just look at what people have done with the ZipIt. They have wired serial ports into it (by soldering onto surface mount resistors). They have even added a MMC/SD card by hijacking some of the gpio pins that have come out (again, by soldering onto surface mount resistors) and hot-glueing the MMC/SD socket to the RF shielding. http://elinux.org/wiki/ZipIt contains all the details. Or look at all the TiVO hacking done, despite efforts to stop it. Or the iOpener hacking a few years ago. Or any of a dozen other Linux boxes that people have posted how-tos on burning new firmware. Hacking is alive and well. People are willing to do it. It is a heck of a lot different than when we were young, but the same spirit lives on. Warner _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts