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    Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player —Mike Stanley
   Well, after putting together my own 850 (Celeron 566 oc'ed) and upgrading Rachael's machine to the same thing, I am left with a couple of 300a's that run fine at 450. So I'm thinking of putting together a couple of cheap boxes - one Linux to play (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player —Matthew Miller
   (...) (URL)push the receiver far enough from the tv to be within 6 feet of my recliner to (...) I just got a really nice infrared keyboard with an integrated eraser-head pointer (as found in IBM and Toshiba laptops). In fact, it has two (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player —Mike Stanley
   (...) solution simply because it'll be easy to get up quick, but I might move to Linux if everything I want to do is possible. I'm planning on testing the recording/playback quality on the tv as well - maybe make a pseudo Tivo/Replay TV-type device. (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player —Matthew Miller
   (...) Dunno if it's any help, but the TiVo source code is available: (URL). (...) I'll make sure I check tomorrow. (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player —Mike Stanley
     (...) Heh, thanks, but I'm not 31337 enough to turn that into something workable. :) (...) Cool. I did some Google searches and found an astonishing number of wireless keyboards on the market. Couldn't pinpoint one with an eraser-head pointer tho, (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player —Matthew Miller
     (...) Urg. It is some brand such that once one has thrown away the box (which I have) it is impossible to find out anything about it. It's made in Taiwan... The only identifying mark I see is "FCC ID: FTRIR9703". Hah! (URL). Company name is Parex. (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player —Mike Stanley
     (...) Thanks! Armed with that I should be able to find someone who sells it. Looks nice. (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Kudos to Matthew! —Mike Stanley
   Hey, way to go on the writeup on RedHat certification on /. ! (URL) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Kudos to Matthew! —Matthew Miller
   (...) :) thanks. (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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