Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 12:32:48 -0700
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Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

Just to let you know, if you plan to do something like this, you'd better
do it quick!  I'm working with helping someone who has already done DOS FAT
recognition and ATAPI routines on his MP3 player...  :)

and if you are thinking about just making a decoder solution, there has
been one available under the company Intermetal for a year or two.  Its
only $5 and takes a serial data stream, and pumps out 16 or 18bit DAC
stream.  Wire a dac to the thing and you've got it...  10 wires and thats
it.

>Maybe you're not understanding me. This is gonna be a grassroots project
>like David's EL's. You're not gonna be able to pick it up at Service
>Merchandise or Radio Shack. You'll get em mail order from a bunch of college
>kids. It won't be a fancy all-in-one-box type deal.
>
>-Gabe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 2:13 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
>
>
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>>I guess you don't know what the standard markup price for electronics is...
>>:)  You'd be surprized...
>>
>>>What the hell is this markup business? people like David Knaack charge
>very
>>>little to build their things....I wouldn't expect a profit of more than
>>>$60-70 per item, which makes your calculations come out to...let's
>>>see...$290....which is only 20 bucks more than what I had previously
>>>estimated.
>>>
>>>-Gabe
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 3:49 AM
>>>Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Fine...  Be that way...  :)
>>>>
>>>>CD player       $130
>>>>AISC            $50
>>>>Misc Chips      $30
>>>>Plastics        $10
>>>>PCB and ass.    $10
>>>>$172.5 mark up  $172.5
>>>>
>>>>There you get it...  an MP3 player for $402.5
>>>>
>>>>>    On the contrary. I'm not sure of the details, but this type of
>machine
>>>>>would probably use a laptop cd-rom type drive (basically a discman with
>an
>>>>>extra data output to interface with a PCMCIA). A decoder box and
>>>controller
>>>>>system would plug into this. This is also quite cool because you can
>play
>>>>>both audio and mp3 cds. This is cheaper than HD drives (most PCMCIA
>drives
>>>>>run at least $150/$200, right?) whereas the cdrom would run at about
>>>$130).
>>>>>This would also allow unlimited storage capacity (just keep burning
>cds),
>>>>>and cds are cheap as hell (you can even get them free). It is a MUCH
>more
>>>>>viable option, and has a drastically lower price per megabyte.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Gabe
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>>>Date: Friday, June 05, 1998 2:19 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>CDr drives aren't in portbale design.  This mp3 player I devolped is
>the
>>>>>>targeted sizer of a VHS tape.  A CDR version would be huge and slow.
>It
>>>>>>would also skip.  The hard drive version works the same, is rewritable,
>>>>>>cheeper, and connects to your parallel port.  There are drivers being
>>>>>>written for linux to use the mp3 player as a normal hard drive under
>>>>>>linux...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>how much will the cd-r version cost?? (I have a burner and I have
>>>>>>>always wanted one of these :)
>>>>>>
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