[SunRescue] Thought on SPARC MP3 player.

[Ken Hansen]

Why not go x86-based? (ducks)

You can get NLX cases for cheap:
http://www.hitechcafe.com/eshop/product2.asp?dept%5Fid=16&sku=AEGIS+B5%2DN%2
A

A suitable MB is cheap as well:
http://www.hitechcafe.com/eshop/product2.asp?dept%5Fid=11&sku=P2E+NBB3

PII CPUs, RAM, & HD (like a huge 30+ Gig IDE drive) are all reasonably
priced as well.

One of the linux magazines had a article where they took a 1U rackmount
case, threw abunch of server-grade hardware inside of it, and made a $1K
box, IIRC.

Looka t it this way - why would you want to subject a SPARC to that kind of
a rugged environment? If the intel box breaks, you won't mind...

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter L. Wargo" <pwargo at basenji.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 8:22 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] Thought on SPARC MP3 player.


> While playing with our TiVo last night, I got struck by the idea of using
> a SPARCstation to do something similar.  I know there are had-drive
> equipped music devices out there, But I though I'd build my own for the
> fun of it.
>
> What I would do is store MP3's on my file server, and hook this box the
> stereo and the network.  I think some sort of Web-based interface to
> access it would be fine, as we have a pair of wireless powerbooks that
> would allow access from anywhere.
>
> The question is, what to use?  If I want to run the web page on it and
> decompress MP3's, I need *some* beef, but I'm not sure how much.  Plus, I
> want to keep the noise and electrical costs down.
>
> Resources:
> Classic
> LX
> SS5/85
> SS5/170
> SS10, HS-100 or 1 or 2 SM-40's
> U1
>
> Or, should I sell a bunch of stuff and use a blade 100...?  Or a low-end
> powermac?
>
> The other option would be to install *NIX on a 68040 mac, like a Q605
> (with FPU) and do it that way - I could even host the web page on another
> system.
>
> Comments, Ideas?
>
> -Pete
>
> -----
> Peter L. Wargo
> pwargo at basenji.com
> Owner/operator of basenji.com.
>
>
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