tbray writes "Dave Edmondson wanted to play MP3's in his car; his
solution was perhaps a bit over the top. But then, why wouldn't you want an
E450 in your trunk? Check the pix."
fixed it. it was relying on resources from the original page.
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Re:Bah...
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Anonymous Coward
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how many times do people have to say that freecache won't work for web pages like this?
Re:Bah...
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Fizzlewhiff
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They don't have to say it won't work. They usually just demonstrate it by posting a link.
You're not missing much. It is just a E450 in the back of a station wagon. First time he has to replace a SCSI drive it will cost more than his car.
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'Same speed C but faster'
Waste of gasoline...
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SID*C64
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Hauling around that thing is sure to cut into your miles per gallon. What a complete waste of money and time.
I mean, what is the appeal of this? It doesn't take much effort to stick a huge computer in the back of your huge car. How is this newsworthy?
There are easier solutions than this.....
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fuzzyrabbit
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I have a Xeenon mp3 shuttle II (which is at least 4 years old) that happily plays mp3s from a 15G drive. No inverter required.
My boyfriend has a modded Xbox with a 120G drive in his car. Add in an xbox wireless card and it can be updated remotely. Add a Python script and it plays mp3s when the car starts.
-- Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast... - AJ Rimmer
Re:Okay, I laughed
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josh3736
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He said there is no UI -- it's just a script that picks a song randomly from the collection. (He plans on mounting a Sun Ray 150 to the dashboard for playback control.)
The audio system inegration consists of plugging the soundcard's speaker out into one of those cassette tape adaptors. Yikes on the sound quality...
Re:early post'd!
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jhobbs
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RTFA, current investment: $0.00
Re:E450 doesn't even have sound
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|<amikaze
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I believe that would be in one of the TEN PCI slots...
Re:Umm.. can you say colossal waste of money?
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McCrapDeluxe
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He said he hasn't paid anything for it at this point.
What's *not* necessary
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commodoresloat
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is a honkin' server in your trunk just to listen to music. A server *and* a laptop. I guess it didn't occur to him to just plug the laptop directly into the cassette deck that he has the E450 plugged into. Or, here's an idea, get an iPod! (And a car stereo with AUX input so you're not playing through a crappy cassette deck). In response to why you wouldn't want this in your trunk -- it's damn easy to steal (even has wheels to wheel it away).... on a completely unrelated note, if this thing is stolen, you might need to worry about an RIAA lawsuit for distributing copyrighted music....
Re:Do it better in 2 words.
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John+Courtland
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3M makes touchscreen films for most standard LCD sizes. I called them one day on this very topic and the guy was REALLY cool about it. They'll send you literature and everything. You could buy an entire one too, 7" are a few hundred new.
Also, you can buy DC to DC power supplies for computers. They have all the power conditioning you'll ever need.
-- Slashdot is proof that Sturgeon's Law applies to mankind.
the omnifi is quite a piece of junk (i know, i own one).
the best product i've seen so far is the phatbox. it's being sold by volkswagen and audi as optional equipment. the kenwood music keg is a derivative of the phatbox that only works with kenwood stereos, but you can buy a phatbox that works with many types of car stereos.
there are several other makers of in-car mp3 players. ssi neo, the omnifi, the now defunct empeg/riocar. none of these made any inroad with real manufacturers because of poor quality and terrible usability. after having used the phatbox SSA interface (it talks to you, so you can find your songs without ever having to look down at a display), i'm never buying another product without it.
Re:Do it better in 2 words.
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CRC'99
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Lilliput 7" LCD touchscreen. It does up to 1024x768 (readable, but DAMN it's small), and is powered directly of auto power:)
The touchscreen acts as a USB mouse.
-- Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA.
Re:Heat from the... Sun
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AnonymousKev
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Unless he's driving north of the Artic circle, I think that heat would be a problem. At my last job, we had an E450 inside a server closet. During the summer, the cheap landlord started shutting the building A/C off over the weekend. By Saturday, the E450 had heated the closet up enough to cause it to shutdown.
The next week, we left the server room door open. It lasted until Sunday before shutting down.
The week after that, we left the server door open and set a fan in the doorway to pull air out of the server closet. That worked until August (this was Texas). By that time, enough of the other tenet's goldfish and plants had died, the landlord started leaving the A/C on over the weekends.
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(Finally got a dang account in 2004)
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How did i predict this would be nessesary?
http://members.shaw.ca/infonic/icece/
You are confusing me with someone who cares.
how many times do people have to say that freecache won't work for web pages like this?
They don't have to say it won't work. They usually just demonstrate it by posting a link.
You're not missing much. It is just a E450 in the back of a station wagon. First time he has to replace a SCSI drive it will cost more than his car.
'Same speed C but faster'
Hauling around that thing is sure to cut into your miles per gallon. What a complete waste of money and time.
I mean, what is the appeal of this? It doesn't take much effort to stick a huge computer in the back of your huge car. How is this newsworthy?
I have a Xeenon mp3 shuttle II (which is at least 4 years old) that happily plays mp3s from a 15G drive. No inverter required.
My boyfriend has a modded Xbox with a 120G drive in his car. Add in an xbox wireless card and it can be updated remotely. Add a Python script and it plays mp3s when the car starts.
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast... - AJ Rimmer
RTFA, current investment: $0.00
I believe that would be in one of the TEN PCI slots...
He said he hasn't paid anything for it at this point.
is a honkin' server in your trunk just to listen to music. A server *and* a laptop. I guess it didn't occur to him to just plug the laptop directly into the cassette deck that he has the E450 plugged into. Or, here's an idea, get an iPod! (And a car stereo with AUX input so you're not playing through a crappy cassette deck). In response to why you wouldn't want this in your trunk -- it's damn easy to steal (even has wheels to wheel it away). ... on a completely unrelated note, if this thing is stolen, you might need to worry about an RIAA lawsuit for distributing copyrighted music....
3M makes touchscreen films for most standard LCD sizes. I called them one day on this very topic and the guy was REALLY cool about it. They'll send you literature and everything. You could buy an entire one too, 7" are a few hundred new. Also, you can buy DC to DC power supplies for computers. They have all the power conditioning you'll ever need.
Slashdot is proof that Sturgeon's Law applies to mankind.
the omnifi is quite a piece of junk (i know, i own one).
the best product i've seen so far is the phatbox. it's being sold by volkswagen and audi as optional equipment. the kenwood music keg is a derivative of the phatbox that only works with kenwood stereos, but you can buy a phatbox that works with many types of car stereos.
there are several other makers of in-car mp3 players. ssi neo, the omnifi, the now defunct empeg/riocar. none of these made any inroad with real manufacturers because of poor quality and terrible usability. after having used the phatbox SSA interface (it talks to you, so you can find your songs without ever having to look down at a display), i'm never buying another product without it.
Lilliput 7" LCD touchscreen. It does up to 1024x768 (readable, but DAMN it's small), and is powered directly of auto power :)
The touchscreen acts as a USB mouse.
Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA.
The next week, we left the server room door open. It lasted until Sunday before shutting down.
The week after that, we left the server door open and set a fan in the doorway to pull air out of the server closet. That worked until August (this was Texas). By that time, enough of the other tenet's goldfish and plants had died, the landlord started leaving the A/C on over the weekends.
Anonymous Kev
Proudly posting as AC since 1997
(Finally got a dang account in 2004)