[ale] OT: suplementing storage on Motorola 6412 DVR

[Byron A Jeff]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:43:13PM -0400, Sid Lane wrote:
> I know this one's a stretch but I remember ALE presentations on TiVO
> hacking at Emory so...:
> 
> has anyone tried (preferably successfully) to suplement the storage of
> a Motorola 6412 DVR?  I don't care about hacking it for functionality
> but getting it to work with a TB firewire drive would be profoundly
> cool.

I have a 6412 DVR. It would require a firmware upgrade to get it to pick
up external FW disks. 

A more promising avenue is to simulate a D-VHS recorder on the firewire
link. I examined the possibility a couple of months ago. But I don't have
the link to the project handy.

BAJ