Eben King wrote:
>>>> but at $300 it'll have to wait a while. So, what do y'all recommend?
>>>
>>> I forgot to say: it doesn't need to be very powerful. Its main job
>>> is playing MP3s, and a P1@75 or PPC601@66 can do that.
>>
>> Perhaps wife or gf has an MP3 player? Or, maybe your *own* MP3 player?
>
> Yeah, but you can't ssh to it and stop/start songs, it can't use a SMB
> server, you can't use cron to make it into an alarm clock of sorts, etc.
>
>> I got one at Christmas time for $12 and tax. I guess an MP3 player is
>> a computer of sorts.
>>
>> Using a real computer in bed is insomniac anyway.
>
> No, I wouldn't use it in bed. I want silence when it's sleepy-time.
Hi Eben,
Well, then, playing songs isn't really its main job. Rather playing
certain songs at certain times. Perhaps a little different.
Here's a radical idea. Use the computer you have, just put it outside
the room. Run lines to the speakers and, viola!
That is, until you get the $300.
-- Regards,Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/
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