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By Rob Bullington, Saul Griffith, Ty Nowotny, Tim O'Reilly, Ross Orr, Joseph Pasquini, Dave Prochnow, Matthew Russell

Zipit Hacks

Zipit product information: kbytememory.com/pages/zipit.shtml.

Step-by-step instructions for reprogramming and updating firmware: aibohack.com/zipit/reflash.htm

Adam’s bundle of wireless tools: www.mib.org/zip/TEST-ROOT/.

Yahoo! Groups zipitwireless forum (membership required): groups.yahoo.com/group/zipitwireless/files/OpenZipit.

Rob Flickenger’s efforts at installing a backlight: constructiveinterference.net/archives/134.

Wiki for Zipit and other small, embedded Linux devices: elinux.org/wiki.


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