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| Topic: | Got a NOS Escient SE-D1, wants to call home for registration but nobody's home anymore This thread has 28 replies. Displaying posts 16 through 29. |
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| OP | Post 16 made on Sunday November 8, 2015 at 06:43 |
leopardus2 Long Time Member |
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The secret codes work :-)
It has been easy....
Disable registration: code 5555 when quick menu is displayed (original problem of this ticket solved!)
Switch to PAL B/G (yes I am in Europe!): code 64724
back to NTSC: code 64687
There are codes to put the unit in DEMO and in DEV mode. I am investigating to see what these codes do.
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| Post 17 made on Sunday November 8, 2015 at 08:05 |
Brad Humphrey Super Member |
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Nice.
And it sounds like you do have some cool 'vintage' stuff at home.
The Escient still doesn't really qualify as something worthy of saving. But it does sound like you are having fun playing with it, so....
There are a few previous Escient dealers on here, that sold a lot of them. And still have a few in the field. I'm sure they are going to be very curious about your findings.
Just know that one of the reasons the product didn't go very far or last, was because of its reliability. They tend to have some problems from time to time. A lot of that was software related however, so maybe you can get around that.
I have one Escient SE-80 that is still in the field and working. The thing just won't die. Customer has enjoyed it however; but I think they are finally starting to want to upgrade to a newer system of music delivery.
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| OP | Post 18 made on Sunday November 8, 2015 at 09:48 |
leopardus2 Long Time Member |
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D'oh, now the damn Fireball refuses to recognize my 777 no matter what I do.
When I first fired it up (before knowing it wants to call home) the Fireball switched the power on of the 777 and started scanning disc. I interrupted that process by hitting stop. From that point on, it NEVER accessed the changer again. Weird.
I have reset to default factory (secret code 8020 from setup screen) many times, but the changer is no longer detected. The changer menu in statistics , shows zero changers connected.
Maybe someone can give me a clue?
Thank you :-)
Rick
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| Post 19 made on Tuesday November 10, 2015 at 23:18 |
Munson Long Time Member |
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On November 6, 2015 at 12:53, Brad Humphrey said...
Having an old AMC Gremlin = "have you collected your money from the scrapyard yet?" Hey now, my first car was an AMC Gremlin!!! My dad bought it for me to drive, I totaled it three weeks later. My brother used to say I totaled it just so I would not have to drive it.
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| Post 20 made on Tuesday November 10, 2015 at 23:44 |
Fins Elite Member |
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If you find a way to recover content stored on the escient's hard drive, please post your success. I have three units setting on a shelf that I would love to recover the content from. The hard drive didn't fail, but the unit did and they will not boot up.
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Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.
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| Post 21 made on Tuesday November 10, 2015 at 23:45 |
Fins Elite Member |
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On November 10, 2015 at 23:18, Munson said...
Hey now, my first car was an AMC Gremlin!!!
My dad bought it for me to drive, I totaled it three weeks later. My brother used to say I totaled it just so I would not have to drive it. At least it wasn't a Pinto
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Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.
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| Post 22 made on Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 00:09 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
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On November 10, 2015 at 23:44, Fins said...
If you find a way to recover content stored on the escient's hard drive, please post your success. I have three units setting on a shelf that I would love to recover the content from. The hard drive didn't fail, but the unit did and they will not boot up. Escient hard drives are just EXT formatted. connect em to a machine running linux and copy everything to a new drive. You can pretty much boot any computer into a Linux OS with a usb stick.
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| Post 23 made on Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 08:24 |
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On November 11, 2015 at 00:09, Impaqt said...
Escient hard drives are just EXT formatted. connect em to a machine running linux and copy everything to a new drive.
You can pretty much boot any computer into a Linux OS with a usb stick. Tried. The hard drive showed up as blank and the only option was to format it
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Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.
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| Post 24 made on Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 09:05 |
GotGame Super Member |
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It would be cool if you could get it to call out to your own RaspberryPI or similar that would interpret the request and scour the net for data. I am sure there is some old Phone modem that could be set to pick up and then transfer via RS-232 to the PI then to USB.
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I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other. |
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| Post 25 made on Saturday January 9, 2016 at 22:26 |
chapp Lurking Member |
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On November 8, 2015 at 09:48, leopardus2 said...
D'oh, now the damn Fireball refuses to recognize my 777 no matter what I do.
When I first fired it up (before knowing it wants to call home) the Fireball switched the power on of the 777 and started scanning disc. I interrupted that process by hitting stop. From that point on, it NEVER accessed the changer again. Weird.
I have reset to default factory (secret code 8020 from setup screen) many times, but the changer is no longer detected. The changer menu in statistics , shows zero changers connected.
Maybe someone can give me a clue?
Thank you :-)
Rick Hey Rick, I am actually listening to my music off my Escient as I am writing this. There is a lot of information on AVS forum here and a lot of active users !! [Link: avsforum.com]Please continue your hacking, and I would really love to learn how to use the codes you mention. PLEASE (puuhleasee) PM me about these codes.
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| Post 26 made on Saturday January 9, 2016 at 22:30 |
chapp Lurking Member |
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Completely power off both units - remove the power plugs. Connect the power and then turn on the systems....it may be that you did try this. i think the sequence is Escient Power and then it should trigger the Sony.
There is also a menu in Setup to check the connections.
Good luck !! Its not dead yet!! :-)
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| Post 27 made on Sunday January 10, 2016 at 09:58 |
mr2channel Select Member |
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Rick, since this is a hobby for you try the AVS forum, you will likely find a more inviting crowd...this is a professional forum focused on current product not hack DIY projects of old unsupported gear....just my .02 cents...have fun with the boat anchor project.
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| OP | Post 28 made on Monday February 22, 2016 at 11:26 |
leopardus2 Long Time Member |
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Just FYI, Escient never used Linux on these models.
It used PSOS first, and VxWorks afterwards. So no ext* filesystem to speak of.
We had some success in hacking both O.S. if you are interested just join us in the Escient group on google groups.
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| Post 29 made on Monday February 22, 2016 at 13:33 |
Trunk-Slammer -Supreme Loyal Member |
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Regards the AMC Gremlin. You can do this: [Link: hemmings.com]Or find a bone stock one that WILL bring something around 10k. They are after all is said and done, more than a bit rare. Like lots of other "ugly as sin" cars, they have become a bit of a collector item. How about the AMC "fishbowl"? [Link: hemmings.com]Who would have ever thought one of those monstrosities would be worth anything? Sadly, even the freaking Yugo will become a collector item.... OMG!
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