I'd never heard most of that... but I know the record industry was pretty
steamed about Mp3's popularity... but it's too perfect a media....way too
flexible. Especially with easy to get massive bandwith that every body but
me has....
I've thought about the laptop thing... and the solution is extremely easy...
300w AC/DC inerter and use the power charger that came with the laptop. Then
when the car's off, or on ACC it can run off the laptops battery not your
trucks.
-----Original Message-----
From: The Man From Utopia <tmfu@home.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 7:39 PM
Subject: DML: RE: mp3 players in Daks Was: Booted the Console
>Take it one step further...
>
>Get a retired IBM Thinkpad 365XD laptop and a MODAT pedestal (the laptop
>holder that cops use in their patrol units). This gives you a color LCD
>display, and fully functional keyboard and you can run a GPS via either the
>PCMCIA slot or serial port. Use one of those cassette/CD playback modules
to
>put the sound into the tuner. Just have to figure out how to get 16vDC to
>the laptop so the battery won't crap out (yes most laptops use a 16vDC
>source). Or for those who have the bucks get a Sony VAIO 500 laptop (It is
>smaller and uses a 12vDC source and can slip under the seat when you park
>the truck). Or if you have patience wait for Sony or Kenwood's CD/MP3 head
>unit to become available stateside...oops did I say that??? Seems RIAA is
>throwing fits about MP3 ( I know I work in the music industry and I hear
all
>the execs pissing and moaning about lost profits and the like). BTW do you
>know that most artists see only a very small percentage of the profits from
>the music companies and most of the money the artists make are from live
>performances? Yep...No wonder Ozzy keeps touring... Now you can see why
RIAA
>is having a shitfit over MP3. Also many moons ago RIAA also had a hand in
>keeping direct CD2CD out of American homes! Yup those CD2CD units you see
on
>the store shelves today are NOT direct digital to digital (DD), they are
DAD
>(Digital Analog Digital). RIAA and the software arm called SIAA almost kept
>the CD writers we come to know and love out of our hot li'l hands for the
>sake of keeping thier profits,and ivory towers in LA or NYC (or both take
>your pick).
>
>(*!#(%$@@!
>Oops fell off my soapbox....
>
>Greg
>95 DSCC v6 5spd
>
>>
>> At 07:31 PM 6/8/99 , you wrote:
>> >Robert Howe wrote:
>> >>
>> >> No big deal... I have been contemplating a home-made MP3 player for my
>> >> truck.. and to find room for the PC-Boards I need a console,
>> or some tricky
>> >> sheet metal work under the seats...so if it's intact and you
>> want to sell it
>> >> contact me... if I like the price, we'll work somehting out. :)
>> [...]
>> >Speaking of MP3 players in vehicles, a friend passed me the following
>> >site by ICQ the other day. Sounds good to me - just can't afford the $$$
>> >right now.
>> >www.empeg.com
>> >
>> >And it'd definitely be the easiest route...
>>
>>
>> Yep, that's a pretty cool little unit. :-) Another good site
>> (especially if you're planning on building an mp3 player for your
vehicle)
>> is www.mp3car.com. I'm currently building an mp3 player for my '96 Dak.
>> I've got most of the system up and running in my house; I still
>> have to put
>> it in the truck and do some more building and tweaking. (I
>> haven't put the
>> LCD screen together yet.) Its a win95/linux dual boot. I wrote
>> a custom X
>> app for the mp3 player (under linux). Its got 95 so I can use Streets
USA
>> and my OBD-II diagnostics software. I'm planning on documenting the
>> install and putting it up on the DML home page, so if anyone else wants
to
>> do the same, maybe that'll help you to see what's involved. I was hoping
>> to be able to put it under the club cab seats, but there just isn't
enough
>> room there. So, I'm going to remove one of the seats and build an
>> enclosure. I'll make my software available too, in case anyone is
>> interested in using it. Mebbe I'll make it DML specific with some
>> background graphics or something. :-)
>>
>> -Jon-
>>
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