It's pretty much there with Infrant's ReadyNAS (already mentioned on
this thread). I've built my share of PC's, code for real-life 60
hours/week and wasn't about to build another one and spend hours/days
configuring it. My time is more important now and the fun of tinkering
wore off long ago.
Bou
I had forgotten about SlimCD, sorry about that, I have been playing with
it all afternoon as well!!
Old Compaq and Dell PC's can be picked up on ebay for £10-£20, add £60
for a 200Gb hard disk and then run slimcd.
Most of them only have one or two fans which could be swapped for
larger quieter o
Someone has posted about a Linux live disk with SlimServer already to
go. That would be easy enough for me.
http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=763&kategorie=slim
It's what I'm very happily running on my dedicated server. More details
can be found in
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:35 -0700, audiofi wrote:
> Why not just buy an old ex-corporate pc off ebay and load it up with a
> couple of large hard disks and put linux on?
The OP talked about a simple to buy, simple to use turnkey server.
With the current prices of new boxes, the used ones have to b
kdf Wrote:
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>
> and way down near the bottom, Squeezebox IS listed as a supported
> player.
>
> -k--
> NOT a Slim Devices employee
An interesting old thread...
http://forums.slimdevices.com/archive/index.php/t-12022.html
Looks like there's been a bit of bad blood between MP3Beamer and
SlimDe
Why not just buy an old ex-corporate pc off ebay and load it up with a
couple of large hard disks and put linux on?
Or get an old Sun box which sell for very little and put a large hard
disk in.
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pfarrell Wrote:
> > $200+? A large hard drive alone will cost you $100+. I'm just
> saying
> > create the rough equivalent of an NAS with the balls to run
> SlimServer
> > with a large library.[/color]
>
> Just googled ReadyNas, found a review on Tomsnetworking.
> http://www.tomsnetworking.com
I'm an enterprising person, and have three SBs.
So this starts to be interesting.
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 10:50 -0700, JJZolx wrote:
> jimdibb Wrote:
> > No ripping CDs? Where does the music come from? The CD ripping part
> > would be one of the best aspects of this type of box. Simple "rip any
Yeah, my server's in the basement. With the proliferation of
wireless, seems like you could put it just about anywhere and really
not worry about the noise.
On 8/22/05, JJZolx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> jimdibb Wrote:
> > No ripping CDs? Where does the music come from? The CD ripping part
jimdibb Wrote:
> No ripping CDs? Where does the music come from? The CD ripping part
> would be one of the best aspects of this type of box. Simple "rip any
> cd inserted and when done, open the drawer for another, repeat"
>
> Sounds too 'niche' to make money off of. Price would have to be $
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