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    Post To hack , or not to hack

    Well, since i know nothing about hacking **** , how about this

    http://216.241.98.45/viewproduct.asp...ID=COM-FST500.

    if it wont play mp3s, how about a tetherd unit via parallel or serial to a computer to do visualizations. if its possible, throuhg parallel or serial, please email me.

    stpilot@aol.com

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    be pushing it to play mp3's even with dos based player... however using pcanywhere and a serial or parallel link has posibilites ;-)) or maybe just hook them together with a crossover cable .
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    Yeah you could run one of the lan remote plugins for winamp and do a cross-over cable. OR try one of the lp3 parallel port devices.

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    If you're gonna use it for display, might as well just buy a real LCD.

    That thing is has a passive, monochrome LCD. You could buy a 10" one of those for much less than $150.

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    The link appears to be broken, but by the URL, I think that may be a Fujitsu Stylistic 500?

    I just happen to have seen one recently, and I think it could very well be used as a frontend to a car mp3 system. They've only a 50Mhz processor though, so playing directly from them is a sketchy idea.

    If others are interested in the product, I know of a source, and I'd be willing to sell a few (provided I can get them). I've got a friend who's planning on making a beowulf cluster of these to put in his trunk.

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    Found the page.
    $169 !?!

    sheeeit. I was thinking of a significantly lower price point. depends on what my source wants for them (he's got about 150 he wants to dump). But I think $50 might be a reasonable price to charge.

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