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Video: YBox2 DIY widget box grows a VGA port
It's been far, far too long since we've heard anything on the YBox front, so it's with great pleasure we pass along the first major YBox2 mod that we've come across. The modders over at adafruit industries have discovered that adding a VGA output to the DIY set-top-box (not to mention adding stereo audio support) is relatively simple, and there's even a video to prove it. If you've been itching to get your hands dirty with an Altoids box, you owe it to yourself to hop on past the break and mash play. [Via MAKE]
YBox2 DIY networked set-top box keeps the dream alive
The YBox was pretty much destined to become a hit with the DIY crowd just as soon as it was handed 15 spectacular minutes at last summer's Maker Faire. For those who reckoned the project would fade into the sunset as quickly as it arrived, we've got news proving your assumptions wrong... dead wrong. YBox2 has at long last arrived to the party, ready to serve up widgets and all sorts of pertinent information on your television screen. The new kit boasts an 80MHz Parallax Propeller chip and functions with any NTSC / PAL TV and any DHCP-compatible router -- and yes, it still all fits within a flashy Altoids tin. Score![Via MAKE]
