[geeks] MP3s on ARM chips

Tue Oct 14 12:52:38 CDT 2003

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:30:28PM -0500, nimitz at ns1.nimitzbrood.com wrote:

> I still want to make my Microvax II the world's oldest MP3 player.
> Still need better power in my house to run it though. 

Can the vax pump out 128kbps (kilobits per second) from any easy to get
to port (meaning not SCSI, and not the expansion bus)?  If, for
instance, it had a parallel port that could pump that out, it would be
nearly trivial to build an MP3 accelerator for your vax.