I think I'm going to order the one from http://www.sparco.com the mambox for
$199 and just use it to play mp3 cds. Should be shipping April 7th...or so they
say. 45 second buffer too nice for the car. Just use the line-out and hook it
into your car stereo system rather than using one of those cassette adapters.
At home I have 27GB for mp3's and other stuff and use a $20 remote control with
a receiver on the serial port. The driver is GPL and was written by Fredrik in
Sweden to control xmms. If you have a laptop with linux then just use the
serial port you could use this remote instead of a keyboard or mouse.
I've modified the buttons.c to support the big keys (vol up/down and prev/next
song by touch) and added keys so it pops up xmms display, playlist, and
equalizer. I can send you my patch. I only modified buttons.c but actually
Fredrik told me most everything I needed to do and the necessary code...
basically just cut/paste. Increased vol increments to 5% instead of 1% and also
scanning songs by 5 second increments rather than 1 second...it's really easy to
modify the keys to your liking also.
http://boost.linux.kz/rmremote/
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 21:04:52 -0500 (EST)
Jason Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been thinking of messing around with a simple alternate display for a
> car-based linux player. There are many small display units available
> cheaply; what are the odds of working one out as a serial display?
> Something like a numeric keyboard to move the selections around (obviously
> we are talking a ready-made cloned system that has a proc, mobo, ethernet
> card, and HD. All others are extraneous (ok, maybe a CD player, but
> that's bigger than I'd like)
>
> sooooo....
> Anyone use linux with an alternate display?
>
> thanks-
>
> jason
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