Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"

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Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 13:16:59 -0700
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>From what you hear?  :)   Well, Is his design ASIC?  FPGA'd?  Or is he just
packageing Micronas Intermetal's MP3 decoder in a case and selling it...
:)

>    This is a college student project (not me), and from what I hear it's in
>it's final stages, and even undergoing manufacturing. Joe Jezak, if you're
>checking your TI-H mail, feel free to throw out the url any time now ;)
>
>-Gabe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 4:37 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
>
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>>Just to let you know, if you plan to do something like this, you'd better
>>do it quick!  I'm working with helping someone who has already done DOS FAT
>>recognition and ATAPI routines on his MP3 player...  :)
>>
>>and if you are thinking about just making a decoder solution, there has
>>been one available under the company Intermetal for a year or two.  Its
>>only $5 and takes a serial data stream, and pumps out 16 or 18bit DAC
>>stream.  Wire a dac to the thing and you've got it...  10 wires and thats
>>it.
>>
>>>Maybe you're not understanding me. This is gonna be a grassroots project
>>>like David's EL's. You're not gonna be able to pick it up at Service
>>>Merchandise or Radio Shack. You'll get em mail order from a bunch of
>college
>>>kids. It won't be a fancy all-in-one-box type deal.
>>>
>>>-Gabe
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 2:13 PM
>>>Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I guess you don't know what the standard markup price for electronics
>is...
>>>>:)  You'd be surprized...
>>>>
>>>>>What the hell is this markup business? people like David Knaack charge
>>>very
>>>>>little to build their things....I wouldn't expect a profit of more than
>>>>>$60-70 per item, which makes your calculations come out to...let's
>>>>>see...$290....which is only 20 bucks more than what I had previously
>>>>>estimated.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Gabe
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>>>Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 3:49 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Fine...  Be that way...  :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>CD player       $130
>>>>>>AISC            $50
>>>>>>Misc Chips      $30
>>>>>>Plastics        $10
>>>>>>PCB and ass.    $10
>>>>>>$172.5 mark up  $172.5
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There you get it...  an MP3 player for $402.5
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    On the contrary. I'm not sure of the details, but this type of
>>>machine
>>>>>>>would probably use a laptop cd-rom type drive (basically a discman
>with
>>>an
>>>>>>>extra data output to interface with a PCMCIA). A decoder box and
>>>>>controller
>>>>>>>system would plug into this. This is also quite cool because you can
>>>play
>>>>>>>both audio and mp3 cds. This is cheaper than HD drives (most PCMCIA
>>>drives
>>>>>>>run at least $150/$200, right?) whereas the cdrom would run at about
>>>>>$130).
>>>>>>>This would also allow unlimited storage capacity (just keep burning
>>>cds),
>>>>>>>and cds are cheap as hell (you can even get them free). It is a MUCH
>>>more
>>>>>>>viable option, and has a drastically lower price per megabyte.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-Gabe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>>>>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>>>>>>Date: Friday, June 05, 1998 2:19 PM
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: TI-H: ACPlay. NOT "mpman"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>CDr drives aren't in portbale design.  This mp3 player I devolped is
>>>the
>>>>>>>>targeted sizer of a VHS tape.  A CDR version would be huge and slow.
>>>It
>>>>>>>>would also skip.  The hard drive version works the same, is
>rewritable,
>>>>>>>>cheeper, and connects to your parallel port.  There are drivers being
>>>>>>>>written for linux to use the mp3 player as a normal hard drive under
>>>>>>>>linux...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>how much will the cd-r version cost?? (I have a burner and I have
>>>>>>>>>always wanted one of these :)
>>>>>>>>
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