[geeks] home mp3 system suggestions

[David Cantrell]

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 02:53:10PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 07:41:45PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 01:52:03PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 06:48:44PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 01:39:48PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 06:30:21PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> > > > > > The high-speed serial you are looking for is called "ethernet" :-)
> > > > > Uck.  I would expect that this would be a lot harder than a real point to
> > > > > point connection.
> > > > Not really.  That's what the device drivers and the network stack do.
> > > Can you point to information on ethernet project chips?
> > No, buy a cheap ethernet card.
> And how does one interface a DAC chip, and a few buttons to an
> ethernet card?  I'm assuming you are talking about an ISA card...

Errm, with a computer.  PC104 boards are tiny and reasonably cheap.  Sure,
you could spend plenty of time building something entirely custom, but using
a computer is sooo much less hassle, and doesn't have to be lower quality.

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