Apparently you'd be pushing it up hill to get a 486 to play mp3s. From what I have read 486 machines just won't play back real well.
Grant Parnell wrote: >Hmm... if anyone can come up with a single floppy disk MP3 player they can >have my old Compaq Contura 400 (486DX? 32Mb RAM) with the faulty HD >controller. It was going to cost about $1000 for a new motherboard and >that's all I paid for the whole thing. Hmm come to think of it, probably >doesen't have a sound card either :-( > >On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Kevin Saenz wrote: > >>Yeah I just want to mount the sustem in my boot so it will sit next >>to my amp. >> >>>I ran a laptop on Linux and it had a MP3 playa (forgot which).. I used >>>the >>>keyboard as the screen was broken hence the reason for the idea.. no >>>visual >>>but I have sound... >>> >>>I didn't end up using it in the car though as I started to fear the >>>thieves >>>in the area... ;-)) >>> >>>thanks, >>>George Vieira >>>Systems Manager >>>Citadel Computer Systems P/L >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Kevin Saenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2001 2:57 PM >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: [SLUG] In Car MP3 Players >>> >>> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I think I have a little too much time on my hands. :) >>>I am considering the idea of building my own Linux >>>in car Mp3 player. Before I do this I would like to >>>find out if I can get some of the parts in Oz. >>>Also I would appreciate it if anyone could point me in >>>the right direction for the following >>>A touch screen that is big enuf to fit into the dash, >>>and runs X nicely. >>>Power Transformer from 12 volts to computer voltage >>>me thinks it's 5.5 volts or 3.5 ( I think that is only >>>CPU.) >>> >>>Thanks >>> >>>Kevin >>> >>>-- >>>SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >>>More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug >>> >> >> >>----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Kevin Saenz >>Security Analyst >>mobile: +61418455661 >>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
