Unlock my Ipod without the passcode?

Ok, so about 6 months ago a friend of mine asked to borrow my ipod touch as his iphone had just broken and he wanted something to listen to music on while his phone got repaired. He put a passcode on it, he used it for about a month then left it in another friends car, so it's been rolling around in my other friends glove box for 5 months. I have just got it back and i can't unlock it, i asked my friend for the passcode his response was 'F*** if i know'.
HELP i no longer have the computer i used first on this ipod as I've had it for years so i can't even restore it back to factory settings using the computer software.
Any ideas?
Cheers, Nick

If you cannot remember the passcode, you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup).
If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present.
You may have to force iPad/iPod into Recovery Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097

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