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Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player
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Date: 
Sat, 20 May 2000 03:56:55 GMT
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
Second, I thought of maybe trying to do this with Linux as well but I'm not
sure if a) I can get TV out to work on the Marvel or b) if I can get it to
work with any other card.

http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~eddie/mga4linux/

push the receiver far enough from the tv to be within 6 feet of my recliner to
make it work.  Any other wireless keyboard/mice out there with greater range?
Any wireless keyboards with trackball mice included on the keyboard?

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
eraser-pointers, one in the middle of the keyboard, and another in the top
right. They're both linked to the same output, but sometimes one is more
convenient than the other. Range seems to be very good -- 15' at least.
I'll have to check the brand -- I got it at the MIT Flea.


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  Re: Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player
 
(...) 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. (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Want to make my own WebTV / mp3 player
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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