From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 12 07:37:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03193 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 07:37:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.webnology.com (mercury.webnology.com [209.155.51.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03185 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 07:37:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jooji@webnology.com) Received: from localhost (jooji@localhost) by mercury.webnology.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id JAA15621; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:36:50 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:36:50 -0600 (CST) From: "Jasper O'Malley" To: Drew Baxter cc: Sean Kelly , Chris Browning , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Car Mp3 Player In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990112013323.00aece00@genesis.ispace.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Drew Baxter wrote: > I used to use a laptop in the car to play mp3s.. Kinda a pain to screw with > though.. I did fill out the form at empeg.com though. very bizarre and > interesting. Although with discoveries of mp3 decoding chips, you'd think > they'd come up with some cheap firmware and supercede the need for the OS. Does no one else have a Diamond RIO? I got one fer Christmas and it kicks ass. Smaller than a pack of cigarettes, has 32MB of flash memory built-in (which is, admittedly, only large enough for four or five good-quality MP3s), and I bought a two dollar cord from Radio Shack with a mini stereo plug at each end that allows me to plug it into the car stereo. Of course, the software used to load the music into the RIO only runs on Winblows, AFAIK :P Other than that, though, it's rather neat. All solid state...no skipping :) Cheers, Mick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message