Neat! Seems like anyone could keep their own current discussion on/. using this. just set the sid= to whatever you want and tell your friends to go there. There's even a current void of random posts on the plain comments.pl
Maybe someone will have a L337 Haxxor warez list/post using a hidden slashdot sid... lol
Have you thought about rechargeables? With the latest developments in NiMH batteries, they actually last over twice as long as the old rechargeables. They also eliminate the 'memory' effect; so you can charge them whenever you want. Here's a link to a place that sells AAA NiMH batteries, a little under $2.50 a piece. You can get a charger from the same place starting at $8. They also have a Solar powered charger... you might be able to rig that to your Calc and never have to remove the batteries! (just leave it in the sun from time to time).
As for retaining the memory on the '82, I know that the 85 has a small watch like battery to help keep your RAM happy, so you don't loose those progs. If you ran soley on solar power this tiny battery would probably not last too long (unless you left the calc in light all the time).
The MiniDisc format is already a compressed format. It uses the ATRAC compression algorithm which uses a fixed datarate of 292kbits/sec. The MD holds only around 140MB of data.
This would only provide for around 2.5 hours of 128kbit/sec MP3, assuming you had a player that could understand MP3. They (SONY) designed the ATRAC algorithm to be mostly transparent when compared to a regular PCM audio CD, so to do the same with MP3 (to my ears) needs to be at least 192kbits/sec or better, which will cut down on the total play time to a little under two hours. Better than the original 74min of the ATRAC, but not enough to have marketing leverage to get the thing (MP3 MD) to sell well.
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Neat! Seems like anyone could keep their own current discussion on /. using this. just set the sid= to whatever you want and tell your friends to go there. There's even a current void of random posts on the plain comments.pl
Maybe someone will have a L337 Haxxor warez list/post using a hidden slashdot sid... lol
Have you thought about rechargeables? With the latest developments in NiMH batteries, they actually last over twice as long as the old rechargeables. They also eliminate the 'memory' effect; so you can charge them whenever you want. Here's a link to a place that sells AAA NiMH batteries, a little under $2.50 a piece. You can get a charger from the same place starting at $8. They also have a Solar powered charger... you might be able to rig that to your Calc and never have to remove the batteries! (just leave it in the sun from time to time).
As for retaining the memory on the '82, I know that the 85 has a small watch like battery to help keep your RAM happy, so you don't loose those progs. If you ran soley on solar power this tiny battery would probably not last too long (unless you left the calc in light all the time).
Good luck!
The MiniDisc format is already a compressed format. It uses the ATRAC compression algorithm which uses a fixed datarate of 292kbits/sec. The MD holds only around 140MB of data.
This would only provide for around 2.5 hours of 128kbit/sec MP3, assuming you had a player that could understand MP3. They (SONY) designed the ATRAC algorithm to be mostly transparent when compared to a regular PCM audio CD, so to do the same with MP3 (to my ears) needs to be at least 192kbits/sec or better, which will cut down on the total play time to a little under two hours. Better than the original 74min of the ATRAC, but not enough to have marketing leverage to get the thing (MP3 MD) to sell well.
just my 10h bits...