[TriLUG] Re: Tivo talk -was- TriLUG Linux Installfest - Saturday, May 11

[Jon Carnes]

+1: I'm very interested in TiVo and the talk might be the impetus I need to
actually shell-out some of those hard earned consulting bucks in exchange
for a TiVo unit...

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Vinson" <billvinson at nc.rr.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Re: TriLUG Linux Installfest - Saturday, May 11 Durham
(fwd)


> I would love to hear a topic on TiVo.  I have been following it on and
> off and they are a fascinating company with cool hardware.  The new
> series that is coming out (Or has come out?) is supposed to have usb
> ports and from a website I saw you will now be able to hook up a
> usb-ethernet adapter and get the data off broadband rather than dialing
> up.  Now, admittedly, the hack to put a nic inside the unit is still
> cooler :) I think this would be a great topic Mike as they do run Linux.
>
> Bill
> ------------------------------------
> Bill Vinson
> http://www.trilug.org/~billv
>
> On Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at 11:15 AM, Mike Johnson wrote:
>
> > I might could be convinced to speak some about the TiVo stuff.  I could
> > probably bring my TiVo to the meeting, which might be interesting to
> > some since it has a network card, which allows us to poke around the
> > guts.
> >
> > Then again, I dunno if there's enough interest.
> >
> > Mike
>
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