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Interesting idea...
So in the past few weeks...I've gained many computer parts (mainly a 486dx with a busted mobo and a p75 with a working mobo. I wanted to do something semi-unique with one of these computers and I think I have figured out what to do... I would like to buy one of those aluminum Attache briefcases and put a computer inside it. It would be like a desktop laptop. I'd most likely get a laptop monitor and mount it into the top of the case then somehow wire it into a graphics card. Then just mount the mobo to the bottom and find some way to mount the cards in slanted. I'd then just loosely secure in a keyboard and touchpad (in place of a mouse). I'd guess maybe $200 would cover the entire thing. The attache case would probably the most expensive component
 Wouldn't that be something interesting to walk into a LAN party with?  
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29-10-2002, 07:28
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no, it wouldn't be cool to walk into a lan party with a P75
 /me says make a car MP3 player, sure it's been done, but how many people do you actually know with one?
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29-10-2002, 08:55
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a kid that lives on my floor here at WPI did the briefcase thing..... its not an aluminum briefcase, but its the same genral idea.
He did it with a new mobo and new parts Tom
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29-10-2002, 09:54
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One? http://www.crutchfield.com/S-FfIrXAu...asp?i=133DP171
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29-10-2002, 11:33
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M: The point is to make one, not buy one.
A friend of mine made a car mp3 player for his RSX. I'll ask him for a link later, as he's not online right now. Another friend, and former 258er, bought a car mp3/cd player a couple years ago, when they were insanely expensive...
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29-10-2002, 12:17
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NEED MORE. I seroiusly considered getting a changer for it.
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29-10-2002, 15:52
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Heh. Well my only problem would be getting the DC charge from the battery/alternator (or whatever) to my AC PS. Another problem might be actually changing songs and stuff... If I actually understood electronics good enough, I might be able to make a parallel port 'remote' then probably use a serial LCD display. It'll be hard...since I don't really want to get rid of my current cd player...I'd also have to make a switchbox
Hmm...a gaming machine with a P75. Maybe I'll spend a bit more and get an athlon or something But money is certainly a factor (seeing as how I have none)
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29-10-2002, 15:56
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Last edited by Madison : 29-10-2002 at 16:01.
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29-10-2002, 19:42
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I want the mp3s on a hard drive, anyways. I'm sick of cd's. I have probably close to 100 cd's in my car. At least 40 of them aren't in a case...just floating around loosely. When I come to school, I sometimes find my cd's in the parking lot from when they fell out of my car the day before
(Nobody takes them...ever...due to my awesome cd-labeling scheme! I have cd's numbered 1-60. Then I have a peice of paper with the number, artist, and album on it...No more flipping through cd cases looking for any cd.)
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29-10-2002, 19:54
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theres a neat idea on keeping track of all your cds
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29-10-2002, 19:59
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Yeah. It works really well for me. I tend to lose things and forget about them. This way, every month or so...I can reorganize my cd's. If I'm missing one, I don't have to overheat my brain trying to think of what I don't have...I can just consult my little paper and see what it is then just reburn it. I even make copies of my original cd's (yes...I have bought cd's...not many, but I have
) so in case I lose the cd, I won't lose the _actual_ cd. And I don't have much of a worry about losing my list. I have one copy of my list in my cd books, one taped to my wall, and the doc/swx files somewhere on the computer.
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29-10-2002, 20:33
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Here're a few examples. I'm no electronics expert (but I know there're more than a few who frequent these forums ), but I'd suggest getting one of the 150 watt inverters, or higher. Typical AT/ATX PSUs are >200 watt, and nowadays typically from 300-400, if I recall correctly. If the box is running headless, without a cd-drive, and much else in the way of peripherals, I'd think that a 150 watt inverter would work.As for controlling it, a serial mouse and mpg123?
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29-10-2002, 21:23
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Hmm...what exactly would a mouse do in a console?
I just thought that maybe a numberpad off a keyboard would do the trick...not sure if you can get one for a serial/parallel port, though.
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30-10-2002, 00:54
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30-10-2002, 02:09
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Mp3 player in car = great for long distance driving.
Drove to Indiana, listened to one cd. (drove really fast, so I could make the trip in 10 hours) Need to set up that 386 box of mine as an mp3 jukebox/server. Once I get another, largeish hd. 8.6gb on this computer are consumed by mp3's, and I have only ripped about half my cds. /me rips a few more cds... Wetzel ~~~~~~~~~ Linux learning continues...
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