>

First of all I'm prototyping with a home unit because I haven't yet deciphered
Bob Blick's DC to DC converter that he's using for his YAMM, which is the
same project, except that his is completely functional.

Observe it here: http://bobblick.com/bob/projects/yamm

What I've done is gotten a MB with onboard video and sound and put it in
a case that used to hold an old home CD Player. I stripped a PC power supply
from its case. It barely fits. No room unfortunately for a CDROM. It would be
nice to be able to rip and play CDs directly from the unit.

I'm thinking about moving from a home CDPlayer case to one for a receive or
amplifier since they are taller and deeper. That way I can keep the power
supply intact and add a CDROM. I may even be able to stick in the ethernet
card I really wanted.

BTW does anyone know a source of parallel port based Ethernet ports? If I
keep my current case configuration, that may end up being my ticket for
getting the unit on the net.

> What opperating system are you using?

Linux.

> What are you doing about a video card? Are you having one?

Nope. It does have video on board but for the home unit I plan to use the
network as the primary control interface. I'm going to run a serial line
from the MP3 player to my server. Then I'll build a web based playlist
manager.

As a strictly local interface I plan to build a LCD/button interface that
connects to the other serial port.

> What software are you using to play the MP3 files?

I'm using mpg123 right now. Does the job for me. I may shop around again
when I actually get some time to work on it.

> Regards
> Stuart
> P.S. I'll swap you $250 Australian for $250 US <g>

So I can haver another heart attack? ;-)

BAJ