NetPliance i-Opener

[Cory5412]

Greetings fellow connosuers of retro technology!

I'm posting this message at work from my latest conquest, a Netpliance i-Opener. It's an interesting little device. I'm still runnin the original firmware on it, but I intend to try the HDD mod at some point in time, I intend to try BeOS 5 or Windows 95/NT4 on it, or Linux.

The other cool thin is that I'm writing this message on the iOpener. It goes to google, but I haven't been able to get to NAU's webmail or gmail with it, or any other sites with mail functionalit.

 

[heebiejeebies]

What the heck is an i-Opener? What a naff name. :lol:

I'm imagining a bottle opener with a little computer on it.

 

[LCGuy]

Where the hell do you get all this stuff from?

Yeah...I remember hearing back in the day about people buying them to put either Linux or 98 on. Looks like a neat little device, really.

 

[benjgvps]

That thing looks pretty cool! Though I just read something that said some later models had modifications that prevented you from turning it into a regular PC.

 

[Unknown_K]

I was going to buy one new at circuit city to hack it when I heard about them. The units were sold below cost and the price was subsidized by the email service but I think circuitcity allowed you to buy it without the service so you could rig up a cheap PC. The screen was crap so I never bothered.