[geeks] 64 Meg CF Card

[Jonathan Katz]

Some digital cameras, some Cisco devices use them to load firmware. 

Sent from my mobile device. Please pardon any brevity. 

> On May 24, 2014, at 19:54, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Today the basement of wonder turned up an MSN2 Internet TV box, a horribly
> under-powered PC designed for dial up or Ethernet connection to the
> internet and display on a standard TV.
> 
> It has no value as built, and after I contemplated it for a few moments
> I decided I had no better use for it so I opened it up to extract whatever
> removable parts there were - and there was only one - a 64 Meg SanDisk CF
> card.
> 
> Maybe sanity has left me, but what, if anything, could I do with such a
> part? Are there any interesting appliance software builds than can install
> on such a small device?
> 
> I suspect the MSN2 box ran something like QNX or similar OS off it, but I
> can't think of an application that is that small - any thoughts?
> 
> Lionel
> 
> 
> -- 
> Lionel Peterson
> lionel4287 at gmail.com
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