I have a P90 toshiba laptop, and it won't play mp3's at all, even just using mpg123 from the console. Get yourself a used emachine for $100 and strip the guts out of it and put them in a smaller case. Jay -----Original Message----- From: Dave Sherohman [mailto:esper at sherohman.org] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 12:27 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22703] Dedicated MP3 distro project? On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:38:53AM -0500, Bill Layer wrote: > From what I gather, I should not need > more than a 486DX-2/66 with about 8-12MB of RAM to do the job. A data point for you: I've built a MP3 jukebox out of a P100. Running mpg123 on the console (i.e., no X overhead) sucks ~20% CPU. I would suggest you consider a P60 or maybe a DX4/100 as you minimum hardware rather than going for the DX2/66. (The P100 is also capable of ripping/encoding new mp3s while playing without causing any skips in playback. Another nice feature you may want to have avaliable...) -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org