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Taking Apart An Airport Extreme Base Station
Farley Mullet writes "As seen on MacSlash, here is a link to page documenting one man's dissection of an Airport Extreme Base Station. It's pretty neat to see what Apple crammed in there, including (gasp!) a chip from AMD!"
Slicing up an Apple just see what's inside.
Kinda seedy, if you ask me....
OS Software is like love: The best way to make it grow is to give it away.
I give it a week till there is linux on it... (it's already on the graphite version)
That's all folks! Despite the tinkering, the ABS still functions normally.
How many screws did you have left over at the end?
bash$
Publish on a web site that you are voiding their warranty by cracking their product open.
Thanks, though.
---- The above post was generated by the Turing Institute. Maybe.
Does Airport really merit its own icon? I fear that we may be DILUTING the value of Slashdot subject icons! SLASHDOT EDITORS, REPENT!
Oh wait, who cares? Looks pretty nifty.
TI has been making other prodects? I feel so cheated on... /me slaps TI
"It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sure. They also make the Speak N Spell, which, when combined with an umbrella, a circular saw blade, and a phonograph, allow you to send exta-terrestrial messages. Yeesh. Didn't anyone see E.T.? :-)
There is no sig, there is only Zuul.
Also, when combined with a Slinky and a box of Grape Nuts can make a StrongBad Robot.
We've all been lied to. All these years apple has been telling us their products "just work" and here we find actual components- complicated components!- and in a simple device!
I don't know what's physically inside their full computer systems, but now for me they are filled only with lies.
My little sister sure was pissed when I dismantled her Speak-N-Spell back in 83 and tried to hook it up to our parent's hi-fi. This was my second unsuccessful experiment. Previously, I tried to construct a guitar and amplifier out of a wooden box with a hole in the side, some string, some 22-guage wire, and some empty cans of Tab (remember that nasty stuff?).
... you've gotten to the core of the problem. It's very appeeling .... it will be interesting to see what results stem from this research.
Infuriate left and right
We all know it's truly the Gremlins running on the Gremlin wheels that make apple products go (or sprites if u have the sprite model)
This article is a falsification designed to bring about doubt among the ranks of the faithful! Do not stumble down the path of blasphemy!
"I don't care about the Constitution!" --Bill O'Reilly, November 17, 2009
Aha ! Apple is the infidel whore! Not AMD.
But one advantage about the american standard for power plugs. We're not afraid to install outlets and use hair dryers in the bathroom. Many a time a shocked human's arm leaped with just enough force to yank the power connector from the wall.
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
Oh, wait.
Free Java games for your phone: Tontie, Sokoban
...so this guy buys an Apple Airport for his sister, gives it to her as a birthday present, then dismantles it with his handy-dandy toolkit?
Ah, there's nothing like the warm glow that comes from the giving of gifts.
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Yowzers, and didn't that title just set off every keyword monitor at the NSA.
I can actually envision some poor computer at the NSA literally having kittens.