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Do It Yourself CD Changer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the surprisingly-elegant dept.

SuperDuG writes "This is a true homebrew solution to saving a few bucks when it comes to cd changers. And to make it even better the whole setup is controlled by none other than linux. Seems like a nice setup to do batch burns without user interaction. Source is provided if you wanted to build your own." Not sure if this is very practical, or even if it would be cheaper than buying a changer, but it sure looks cool.

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  1. Other goodies by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Informative



    Be sure to check out the rest of his page. Fun stuff.

  2. Color Coding by Medievalist · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the article:
    Luckily, the cable manufacturer followed the black - brown - red - yellow - green - blue - violet colour numbering convention, so I didn't have to probe around with the ohmmeter too much
    In the days of the dinosaurs, when I was in 6th grade, we learned the mnemonic "BLack Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly" which reduces to black - brown - red - orange - yellow - green - blue - violet - grey - white.

    They probably don't teach that particular bit of doggerel any more...