Mark Lanctot wrote: > I'm particularly interested in the forum members with older players back > when this stuff was -really- obscure... > > This thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53642 > prompted me to think about when I first heard of Slim Devices. >
I actually wanted a SliMP3 before they even existed. I wrote in a newsgroup in february 2001: "I guess my ideal device would just play network streams that were sent to it via ethernet. Ethernet in, line out. The software on the computer would handle everything else. OK, maybe add a display that can be controlled from the network as well as a IR receiver that can send command codes back. All intelligence would reside in the (Linux) server. I'm just waiting until someone with the means gets the same idea and builds something affordable." http://groups.google.com/group/comp.home.automation/msg/b99c1b2d71ec5f27?hl=en&; At that time the SD guys probably were already busy with their soldering irons. When the SliMP3 came out I recognized my 'dream machine' and I just had to get one. At that time I was traveling around the world and I bought one as soon as I got home. I guess I was lucky to get one with a back cover ;) Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
