NetPliance i-Opener

#1 Thu, 8 May 2008 - 02:08 68kMLA

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.

#2 Thu, 8 May 2008 - 03:18 68kMLA

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

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

#3 Thu, 8 May 2008 - 03:18 68kMLA

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.

#4 Wed, 14 May 2008 - 01:41 68kMLA

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.

#5 Wed, 14 May 2008 - 05:46 68kMLA

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.