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== Mission ==
== Mission ==
The [[XOLD]] is a repair, research, and development group operating out of beautiful Battery Park City in lower Manhattan. Please contact us if you are local and would like assistance repairing your XO, would like to develop software, content, or community relating to OLPC, or would just like to talk.
The [[XOLD]] was a repair, research, and development group formerly operating out of beautiful Battery Park City in lower Manhattan. It has sadly closed as of September, 2009.


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
The [[XOLD]] offers both hardware and expertise. Current accomplishments:
The [[XOLD]] offered both hardware and expertise. Past accomplishments:
* Supported a Cambridge-area pilot with a loan of 16 XO-1 laptops.
* Supported a Cambridge-area pilot with a loan of 16 XO-1 laptops.
* Developed enhanced camera test routines for the XO.
* Developed enhanced camera test routines for the XO.
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* Repaired over 60 laptops, mainly with broken clocks.
* Repaired over 60 laptops, mainly with broken clocks.
* Attached VGA ports to 2 MP-series laptops.
* Attached VGA ports to 2 MP-series laptops.
* Tested [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815275002|new SiS USB VGA adapters] for compatibility - Success!
* Tested [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815275002 new SiS USB VGA adapters] for compatibility - Success!
* Established a lending library of XO-1 laptops for developer use and community outreach.
* Established a lending library of XO-1 laptops for developer use and community outreach.


== Contact Us ==
== Contact Us ==
You can reach [[XOLD]] at <our founder's username>@yahoo.com, having replaced all 'e's with '3's and having capitalized the first letter. We are not based near [http://www.temboo.com/|Temboo], though we considered renting the loft upstairs from them. We decided that people who misuse words don't make good neighbors
You can reach [[XOLD]] at <our founder's wiki username>@yahoo.com, having replaced all 'e's with '3's and having capitalized the first letter. Look at the page history to determine the founder's wiki username.


== Pictures ==
== Pictures ==

Latest revision as of 00:48, 19 September 2009

XO Liberation Development

Mission

The XOLD was a repair, research, and development group formerly operating out of beautiful Battery Park City in lower Manhattan. It has sadly closed as of September, 2009.

Resources

The XOLD offered both hardware and expertise. Past accomplishments:

  • Supported a Cambridge-area pilot with a loan of 16 XO-1 laptops.
  • Developed enhanced camera test routines for the XO.
  • Developed an instant snapshot tool which can run as an almost-unnoticeable part of the boot process.
  • Repaired over 60 laptops, mainly with broken clocks.
  • Attached VGA ports to 2 MP-series laptops.
  • Tested new SiS USB VGA adapters for compatibility - Success!
  • Established a lending library of XO-1 laptops for developer use and community outreach.

Contact Us

You can reach XOLD at <our founder's wiki username>@yahoo.com, having replaced all 'e's with '3's and having capitalized the first letter. Look at the page history to determine the founder's wiki username.

Pictures

Soldering Station
Repaired XO
Lending Library