[geeks] So what is a "Frankenmac"?

mike dombrowski geeks at sunhelp.org
Thu Jul 26 13:29:40 CDT 2001


>> A what? Automated Delivery System? For what?
>>
>> Are you thinking Real Jukebox?
>
>Ever seen a "Scott Studios" box? One of those, based on a free OS.
>
>The basic rundown of a Scott Studios box is that it's a DOS machine 
with a
>NIC and three audio cards. It runs 24/7 in a radio station type
>enviroments with commercials and audio preloaded onto it's hard 
drives.
>They use a hacked (read: half-assed) MP3-style audio format. They also
>have a fancy GUI.

Check out BeOS. They've got some nices tools for doing this kind of 
stuff.

Mike



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