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Anyone Hacking up Audrey?

Posted by Cliff on from the extending-the-shelf-life dept.

davinci27 asks: "After noticing the market is flooded with cheap Audreys, I was wondering if anyone has found any potential other uses for this device: a web server, a mp3 player, a remote control for the TV? What are you doing with your Audrey?" And another hardware device is abandoned by it's manufacturer. What were your thoughts on the Audrey and can it have a useful life after 3Com?

4 comments

  1. This is the 3rd time that this has been posted ... by duffbeer703 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The answer is, there is no hack.

    Try reading the archives.

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    Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
  2. Message board by Usquebaugh · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Try this meesage board

    http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/U lt raBoard.pl?Action=ShowBoard&Board=3Com_Audrey&Idle =&Sort=&Order=&Session=

    at

    http://www.linux-hacker.net

    Personally I'm waiting for the eVillas to hit the streets :-) I already have a websurfer and a webplayer

  3. There are several hacks... by affegott · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check out www.audreyhacking.com, or the linux-hacker message board that was posted earlier.

    Basic hacks completed:
    -Shell access
    -Mounting Windows shares
    -Mp3 playing (with phplay)
    -VNC client
    -Some home control via web pages
    -Serial terminal to Audrey
    -and a few more I forgot about...

    I am looking into data acquisition through the serial port... anyone know of a cheap serial A to D converter. :-) I was going to build one, but the ones I found on the web looked like they might not capture high enough resolution data.

    Later.
    -Affe

  4. Audreys are x86, run QNX by jefflinwood · · Score: 2, Informative
    Hey,

    check Audrey Hacking for more info.

    The Audrey has an x86 processor that's capable of playing MP3's. Audrey has the ability to update her software from a central server - hackers have put together new packages for audrey that can give you a shell into the QNX system. From there, you can do almost anything you want. Best suggestion is to set up an NFS mount or SMB share on a server, and give Audrey as much disk space as you need.

    Get started by installing the QNX RTP 6.0 or 6.1 on an x86 machine. With some library updates on the Audrey, it can run any of those binaries.

    Mine doesn't do anything cool yet. I want to set it up to use the channel selector to select different shoutcast MP3 streams.

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