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“Hardware Hacking starts by going over the basics of electronics, just enough so you can understand what is happening later in the book. This gentle beginning means the book is great for people who work with computers on the software side, or people who like to play with electronics. You do not need to be an electrical engineer to understand what they are talking about in this book. As the title suggests, the authors walk you through different methods and processes of modifying common hardware.”
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Hardware hackers are the pimp daddies of the nerd world, and this bitchin’ 537-page tome allows you to enter their ranks – although you’ll need both patience and intelligence, and preferably much more than I’ve got. If you aren’t scared off by the mere title of Chapter 2, ” Electrical Engineering Basic,” you’re ready to get geeky. While the majority of the book is devoted to such eminently hackable objects as the Macintosh, iPod, Nokia 6210 cell phone, and home-theater PCs, 30 pages are dedicated to hacking the Playstation2, and another 100 to hacking the old-school Atari 2600, 5200, and …
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From the iPod to the Atari consoles; from the Nokia phone to the CueCat – if you have an urge to bust out your soldering iron and make some mods, this is the book for you. Excellent photos of the tasks involved and the most descriptive of step by step processes makes this tome a must have for those Dr. Frankensteins out there that just know they can “make it better.” Warning: almost every mod in this book will void your warranty – but then who really cares?
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