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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?

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  1. 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