A while ago I've acquired an old Tektronix TDS784D oscilloscope. Originally, it came with these enabled options:
05 - Video Trigger13 - Centronics and RS232 interface1F - Floppy disk drive1M - Memory upgrade x12F - Maths/FFT, differentiation features
While this already is a lot, there's still option 2C (Comm signal analyser) which is a pure-software option. (In later production runs, the device might also already contain the necessary hardware for the bigger memory option 2M. Check whether your serial number starts with B4xxx. Mine didn't.)
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A few years ago, I got a Wansview NCH-536MW IP
camera. That was one of the first 720p cameras with night-vision, motion and
all features you could wish for.
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A friend received the following mail from (supposedly) FedEx International:
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If you ever had a problem with your Synology DiskStation, you might have
stumbled upon the emergency telnet access or even the serial port on the PCB.
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Im Gegensatz zu anderen Kapselmaschinen, bringen die Kapseln bei Tassimo ihre Zubereitungsanleitung gleich mit:
In Form eines Barcodes auf der Kapsel.
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To get access to a Windows PC as an Administrator user, there is a very brute security hole which you can use. The
only thing is: You need physical access to the machine.
Continue reading "Gain Admin Access"
I recently found some of my manuals to remove BIOS passwords in a very familiar design on a
totally foreign site:
This page is from 2006.
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NSLU2 means Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives. Also see here.
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The SE-T084M is an external USB burner with everything but BluRay burning.
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There is a way to install and activate the most recent BETA firmware without registering the device's UDID as a developer.
Continue reading "iOS Firmware 3.0 BETA without registration"
Appulous is a special AppStore for jailbroken iPhones. The problem of the
original AppStore is that you can't test the applications. You are mostly dependent on the reviews - if there are some.
Appulous lets you test drive most applications from the AppStore.
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