From: LightSide/ Click (Light.Side_at_gte.net)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2000 - 18:43:00 EDT
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:22:38 +0100 (BST), Dimitris 'sehh' Michelinakis wrote:
>i have a 600E (366mhz, 64mb ram, 6.4gig hd) but it doesn't have
>an internal nic, only the crappy Mwave winmodem.
I agree, the Mwave modems might be a pain, but do remember than most of the new line
systems coming out are Lucent Winmodems. And they are only friendly to a Windows
enviroment (to my knowledge. I have been proven wrong).
>
>>2-DVD--problem! The instructions say the decoder must be configured
>> for one of 6 world regions. Since I commute from Boston to
>> Bangkok, and from time to time travel to Europe, so expect to have
>> DVDs for multiple regions, what do I do to be able to read from
>> multiple regions?
>
>I dont know the specifics, someone may be able to give more details
>than me, but i remember that you need to find a way to hack the dvd drive.
>
>some drives have jumper settings, others need a hacked firmware.
There may be a problem on the horizon with DVD hardware hacking.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13834.html
This could article could really put a hole in some international travelers boats.
Robert
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