Fwd: How to hack Billy the BigMouth Bass

What was really cool though is that almost as quickly, people figured out to
hack the thing, load Linux into it, and make it do all sorts of thing
unintended by the original creator.

http://bigmouth.here-n-there.com/billy-intro.html


The article on hacking it to create an animatron is really amazing in just
how simple it is.

Ie. Supplies you will need:

1. Big Mouth Billy Bass
2. Phillips head screwdriver
3. Hobby cutting tool (e.g., the Dremel)
4. Soldering gun and solder
5. Parallel Port Breakout Box
6. Network cables or high quality phone line cables. At least six wires inside.
7. 2 4.7 kOhm resistors
8. Circuit board
9. Audio patch cables
10. Multimeter - optional but highly recommended