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Subject: Tivo Series 1 (PowerPC 403GCX)
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I notice there are a lot of 'diskless' series 1 tivos on ebay ATM. They 
even seem to have the correct cables for a serial console...

However I suspect that the IBM PowerPC 403GCX and 'odd' hardware config is 
likely to make them an unrealistic porting target at this point in time. Could
some one confirm?

Don't know if they have open firmware either?

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2F&query=tivo+case&ebaytag1code=3&shortcut=3&currdisp=1&maxRecordsReturned=300&maxRecordsPerPage=50&SortProperty=MetaEndSort

(In the event the above url gets mangled, search ebay for the words 'tivo 
case' should find a number of items available for $69.99 )