[buug] $99 LCD screen

Tom DeSot tomd at sacefcu.org
Wed Mar 15 10:40:21 PST 2000


I called a store here in San Antonio and they are all out also.  They will
special order them for you but you are looking at 2-3 weeks for delivery.
Guess it just depends upon how bad you want it.

I'd be interested in hearing how much effort it took to get the HD on it and
up and running once someone does it.

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon McClintock [mailto:jammer at weak.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 12:28 PM
> To: buug at weak.org
> Subject: Re: [buug] $99 LCD screen
> 
> 
> Heh, where have you been? This device has been making the big 
> time news...
> 
> It turns out it's got a Pentium-200 equivalent processor in 
> it, and you can
> put a notebook hard drive in with little effort. The modem it 
> has internally
> is a standard modem (not a WinModem).
> 
> So, for about 150 bux, you could have a flat panel computer 
> running your
> favorite OS.
> 
> What's the catch? Well, since the scoop was released on SlashDot, the 
> geeks made a rush on them. Circuit City is sold out and back 
> ordered around
> the nation. I don't think there is a single store that has 
> them in stock.
> 
> You can order them directly from the manufacturer (I did), 
> but you have to
> pay 40 dollars in shipping.
> 
> Also, alot of people are predicting that the company 
> (Netpliance) will soon
> switch to require a service commitement upon purchase of the device.
> 
> -Jon
> 
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 09:51:44PM -0800, Zeke Krahlin wrote:
> > While checking out Circuit City this eve., I noticed a lovely 10"
> > LCD monitor that comes with the "Netpliance i-opener"...which
> > costs $99 (plus $21 monthly connection fee). So it occurred to
> > me: "Hey! $99 is pretty cheap for a decent LCD screen like this.
> > Maybe I could just buy the system, and skip the monthly
> > fees...and pay a hacker to rewired the LCD to work on my desktop
> > system."
> > 
> > Is such a trick in the realms of possibility to anyone in our
> > local community? If so, I'm sure others would go for this, too,
> > for their own purposes. I'd gladly pay someone to set this up for
> > me, too.
> 
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