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- From: vincent@cad.gatech.edu (Vincent Fox)
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- Subject: Re: Radio on the powerbook!
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 02:23:29 -0500
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, CAE/CAD Lab
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- In <1993Jan23.030738.11750@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> srasaret@nyx.cs.du.edu (Suresh Rasaretnam) writes:
- > I have been playing with my powerbook on the train to and from work and
- >was wondering if anyone has come up with a radio (walkman)on the
- >powerbook, so we don't have to carry a walkman and the powerbook we could
- >just plug our earphones to the powerbook and listen to the radio...Is this
- >possible, since a (small walkman)is only 1or 2 ounces could we attach on
- >to the back of the powerbook have a little control panal DA to change the
- >stations, I guess one will have to use the modem port or
- >somethink.......any sugestions.. also my friend has a litte casio 2inch
- >tv.. how about making that work with the powerbook. .......
-
- Well there ought to be sufficient room in most regular PB's to accomodate
- a small unrelated board. Simplest solution would be to stick it in there
- and just tag onto the PB power. This would cut into the battery time and
- also I would worry about the heat factor a bit. Then just patch the
- audio lines in over top of the existing ones on the mini-plug.
-
- Actually patching it into the system as a fully controllable device seems
- much more ambitious to me. I haven't seen any walkman with fully digital
- volume and tuning controls so some interfacing would be required.
-
- Maybe by next year we'll all be able to buy ISDN boards with TV & AM/FM.
- Plug in a pair of sunglasses with LCD's on 'em for stereo TV. Sounds
- like paradise for pickpockets on a train doesn't it? Disconected citizens
- with a few thugs wandering around.....
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