> when the X1000 was first announced on a.org [...] then suddenly a bombastic
> post from trevordick that it had been scrapped altogether (later it was understood
> that it was because his initial deal with BenH/Hyperion crashed) but then
> suddenly that message was withdrawn when a new partner stepped in.

As the message had been declared a hack a mere hour after posting, who was this "new partner" supposed to be?

> They explained the deleted message with the account had been hacked?

They explained the posted message with a hack. The message was deleted by a moderator about an hour later.