Cheap printers & linux-compatible music players

[Charles Steinkuehler]

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Passing on some recent deals I enjoyed recently on some linux-compatible
hardware.  I'm not affiliated in any way with either of these, just
thought someone else might like to take advantage:

HP 8100/8150 series printers on e-bay:  Currently several of these
large-format, work-horse printers (many with *DUPLEXERS*) are available
in KC for $340-$390 with $25 local pickup fee (not $125 shipping by
freight!).  I'm going to pick mine up tomorrow! :)

Search for "laserjet (8100*,8150*) within 75 miles of a KC zipcode if
the following link doesn't work:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&fstype=1&catref=C6&from=R10&satitle=laserjet+%288100*%2C8150*%29&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fspt=1&sadis=250&fpos=66606&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=


For the musically inclined, I recently got a good deal on an iRiver T30
from compgeeks (available in 512M for $30 and $1G for $50).  These come
with firmware that requires Windows Media 10 for subscription downloads,
but they can be re-flashed to UMS firmware (looks just like a USB Memory
Stick, readily supported by linux) using a supported iRiver update
utility (ie: no hacking required!), *AND* these play OGG files, not just
MP3 (I refuse to use the now license encumbered MP3 format, and rip to
FLAC and OGG):

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=T30-512-R&cpc=SCH
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=T30-1GB-R&cpc=SCH

...they also have other flavors of iRiver devices available if you don't
like the T30s, just search for iRiver.  NOTE: I don't know if anything
other than the T30s has UMS firmware supported/provided by iRiver.

iRiver info on switching between MTP<->UMS modes:
http://www.iriver.com/html/support/faq/sufq_view.asp?searchProductIdx=&searchString=UMS&page=1&idx=387&tmpSearchProductIdx=&tmpSearchString=
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Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net
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