09.22.06

2GiB a la nokia770

Posted in gadgets, hardware, software at 1:04 am by brainstorm

Post típic: Pels qui no ho sabieu, tinc una nokia770 ! :-P

No content amb els 64MiB de flash que vènen de sèrie (més la tarja RS-MMC DV de 64MiB), m’he comprat amb en pancake una tarja de 2GiB relativament bé de preu a ebay (portada desde hong kong :-!)… però la tarja de marres no funciona de sèrie: diu “Corrupt memory card” només inserir-la. Ni tant sols amb l’últim software, anomenat IT2006, ugh :_/ …

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09.14.06

The rattan computer

Posted in diy, hardware at 1:33 pm by brainstorm

First of all: What is rattan ?

Rattan, called “mimbre” in spanish, is a commonly used material to construct hampers and furniture.

Wasn’t this blog about tech ?

Yep, that’s it’s main theme and I’m not a furniture expert, so why not add a computer to the mix ? Here you are:

The rattan computer
The rattan computer PSU detail Rattan computer or night table ? :-P Rattan's computer mainboard detail

All the components are holding by transparent nylon fishing wire. That way the visual impact of the hack is minimum :-) It was not easy to fit all the stuff in such a limited space. For instance, the PSU had to be unmounted outside the furniture, put the parts inside, and mounted again like a ship in a bottle :-P.

The hardware specs are quite minimum: PII 233 with 256 MB RAM, 10GB HDD, a couple of wireless network adapters (one PCI Atheros-based wifi card and the other one is a Senao 200mW PCMCIA card on a PLX PCI adapter). Finally there is also an ethernet card connected to an ATA which is in turn connected to a cheap DECT phone. Now I’m using this computer as a free hotspot+PBX, and it’s working quite good ATM :-)