[Gllug] odd hardware

[John Hearns]

On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 11:49, Sean Burlington wrote:
> Hi All,
> 	I used to be a homechoice subscriber untill they brought out a new 
> windows only set top box - but when I cancelled my subscription I got to 
> keep the old set top box
> 
> this is a box with ethernet, serial port, infra red remote, scart and tv 
> out ...
> 
Are you SURE that's not an ADSL ATM connector?
Homechoice stream video via ATM.

I'm sure the collected wisdom of GLLUG will come up with the answer
though.
I'd put a serial terminal (minicom etc.) on the serial connector.
9600 8N1 for starters, then boot the thing.

BTW, I got a Grundig Freeview TV box as a Christmas present.
Obviosuly runs some sort of embedded OS - could well be Linux.
I opened it up, but sadly no apparent posts to connect to.
There IS an RJ11 socket which is for extending the IR signal, so you
can hide the box though.



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