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February 25, 2008
Seeing this much energy behind the idea of opening up these specs is honestly wild because I really just started this out of frustration with how much plastic ends up in the trash. It feels like we are actually hitting a nerve with folks who remember that these machines still have plenty of life left if we could just get our hands on the technical details.
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February 25, 2008
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makes total sense. i hate seeing perfectly good hardware hit the trash just because the company moved on.
great idea. love tinkering with old tech and these drives are actually decent hardware.
PLEASE RELEASE THE SPECS. Toshiba owes us this much after the format war ended so abruptly.
I still have mine. would be cool to see what people could do with the firmware if they just opened it up.
dont just throw them out. useless e-waste is a huge problem and this would give them a second life.
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Updates
February 25, 2008
Seeing this much energy behind the idea of opening up these specs is honestly wild because I really just started this out of frustration with how much plastic ends up in the trash. It feels like we are actually hitting a nerve with folks who remember that these machines still have plenty of life left if we could just get our hands on the technical details.
Reached 100 supporters
February 25, 2008
6 Comments
do it toshiba. stop being difficult and let the hackers have a go at it.
makes total sense. i hate seeing perfectly good hardware hit the trash just because the company moved on.
great idea. love tinkering with old tech and these drives are actually decent hardware.
PLEASE RELEASE THE SPECS. Toshiba owes us this much after the format war ended so abruptly.
I still have mine. would be cool to see what people could do with the firmware if they just opened it up.
dont just throw them out. useless e-waste is a huge problem and this would give them a second life.
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do it toshiba. stop being difficult and let the hackers have a go at it.