#8967 - 05/06/2000 06:05
Linking 2 Empegs?
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Registered: 09/06/1999
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I had a thought the other day (yes, shame on me... =) As empeg's have serial ports on them, and (in the car) they have line inputs, what would be the feasability of linking 2 empegs together in a master / slave configuration...
For example: A mark 2 empeg, with a mark 1 empeg connected to the line input, and via serial. The mark 2 dowloads the playlist info from the mark 1, and combines it with it's own. If the user requests a tune from the slave empeg, it starts to play it, and the master empeg switches inputs.
Not a useful feature for most people, but it would be a really good geek demo... =)
Of course, with 2 mark 2's you'd probably use the ethernet and the first empeg would play tunes off the second (using it as a filestore)
I'll shut up now... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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#8968 - 05/06/2000 06:14
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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addict
Registered: 04/02/2000
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If you had 2 Mk2's - could you maybe sell one TeeMcBee
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#8969 - 05/06/2000 08:11
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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veteran
Registered: 16/06/1999
Posts: 1222
Loc: San Francisco, CA
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That's a really good idea Jazzwire - I don't think it'd be too hard to implement in the software, and it might be an added incentive for current Mark1 owners to purchase a mark2 without selling their old unit:) -mark
...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units
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#8970 - 05/06/2000 16:34
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/07/1999
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Yes, of course. And it gets you past the ridiculous limitation of only being able to have 25 days of music in your car at one time. tanstaafl. "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"
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#8971 - 05/06/2000 23:39
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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addict
Registered: 04/11/1999
Posts: 649
Loc: Reading, UK
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You could always mount the other empeg's discs via NFS or similar to the \drive3 directory on the original empeg?
The player software seems to see the extra drives anyway.
Actually you could mount something from the network too....
Hmmmmm
Paul.
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#8972 - 06/06/2000 02:27
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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enthusiast
Registered: 21/08/1999
Posts: 381
Loc: Northern Ireland
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How about a Beowulf cluster in the car... world's first mobile supercomputer anyone? Geoff ---- ------- Saving hard for a Mark 2...
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#8973 - 06/06/2000 02:37
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Geoff]
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Registered: 09/06/1999
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Somebody's been spending far too much time on Slashdot... =)
However, linking multiple empegs to form a Beowulf video wall could be fun... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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#8974 - 06/06/2000 04:12
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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journeyman
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 57
Loc: New Zealand
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So if multiple empegs have airport adaptors in-car, can we exchange batch rendering jobs while stopped at the lights or playing in traffic?
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#8975 - 06/06/2000 04:15
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: bryan]
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addict
Registered: 09/06/1999
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Loc: Guernsey
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Now there's a concept... =)
Could be good with something like RC5... Drive past some office buildings, and pick up new work units... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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#8976 - 06/06/2000 04:16
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: bryan]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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Unfortunately not, as airport base stations won't talk to each other. You could do it with other adapters though - I can just envisage a whole new napster can of worms, as people head for the M25 to swap tunes :)
Rob
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#8977 - 06/06/2000 04:18
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: rob]
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journeyman
Registered: 18/05/2000
Posts: 66
Loc: N Wales, UK
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Yer, sitting on the M6 swapping music, now thats one hell of a fun way to pass the time during tailbacks.
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#8978 - 06/06/2000 04:19
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: rob]
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addict
Registered: 09/06/1999
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Better still, have all the empegs on the M25 playing the same tune at the same time... =) (As long as it's not a tune from Hugo's empeg... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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#8979 - 06/06/2000 04:21
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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journeyman
Registered: 18/05/2000
Posts: 66
Loc: N Wales, UK
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LOL - A new form of digital broadcast, all around the country, pick it up on any PC, including your empeg. Imagine the pirate radio there.
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#8980 - 06/06/2000 04:24
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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journeyman
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 57
Loc: New Zealand
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Conjures up images of people chasing each other down the motorway to keep up the music.
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#8981 - 06/06/2000 08:49
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: bryan]
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addict
Registered: 09/06/1999
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Heh, or with GPS on the empegs it could show the relative speed between cars... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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#8982 - 06/06/2000 09:16
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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enthusiast
Registered: 21/08/1999
Posts: 381
Loc: Northern Ireland
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Or Toby could base a new visual on relative co-ordinates of other empegs Geoff ---- ------- Saving hard for a Mark 2...
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#8983 - 06/06/2000 09:21
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Geoff]
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addict
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Which you can't see due to the in-car visual setting... =) (you'll have to drive all over the place for best effect... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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#8984 - 06/06/2000 09:31
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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Registered: 21/08/1999
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If we have a Beowulf cluster running, let the spare processing power take over the mundane task of actually driving the car... then we can watch the visuals and the in-car setting won't be necessary!!! I think I need to go and lie down in a dark room... Geoff ---- ------- Saving hard for a Mark 2...
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#8985 - 06/06/2000 09:56
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Geoff]
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addict
Registered: 09/06/1999
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I was just thinking that... You beat me to it... =) Drive-by-empeg... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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#8986 - 06/06/2000 11:28
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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veteran
Registered: 16/06/1999
Posts: 1222
Loc: San Francisco, CA
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hmm.. I think Empeg would be millionaire's if we got to the point where you could run a napster-type service off the empeg's while you were driving:)What's the range of wavelan again, 150 feet? Let's see.. One empeg, every 150 feet.. Do the math:)
-mark
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#8987 - 06/06/2000 11:28
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: Jazzwire]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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Hey, no more moaning about that, we put in a fast toggle (hold the bottom button) into Beta11pre!
Rob
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#8988 - 06/06/2000 13:58
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: rob]
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enthusiast
Registered: 21/08/1999
Posts: 381
Loc: Northern Ireland
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I can hardly moan about that, considering I think I may have suggested holding the bottom button to toggle... (even if it wasn't my idea, at least let me believe that for a day or two, it might be my claim to fame! ) Geoff ---- ------- Saving hard for a Mark 2...
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#8989 - 06/06/2000 15:54
Re: Linking 2 Empegs?
[Re: rob]
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addict
Registered: 09/06/1999
Posts: 483
Loc: Guernsey
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Can the fast toggle be configured to switch to info line, not info off... =) (Just kidding, it's not too bad now... =)
Jazz (List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
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