From Rodney Perkins Sent Wed, Mar 3rd 1999, 14:05
From Rodney Perkins Sent Wed, Mar 3rd 1999, 14:05
Excerpted from "Linux On Board", Hotwired 3/3/99. Empeg of Near Wells, England, is showing the Empeg car stereo, capable of storing up to 480 hours of music in MP3 format, or about 7,000 singles. Unlike the Diamond's controversial Rio player, the Empeg car stereo can also surf the Web, send email, and store dates and addresses. Naturally, it runs on Linux. <SNIP> Shipping at the end of March, the Empeg stereo is based on a 220MHz RISC processor with 8MB of RAM and up to 28GB of hard-disk space. A basic model with 2GB of hard-drive space -- capable of storing about 35 hours of music, or 500 singles -- costs US$1,049; a 6GB version is $1,399. <SNIP> It also has a built-in FM tuner, four-channel audio output, and features USB and serial ports for downloading songs and software from a PC. In addition to Linux, the stereo is compatible with systems running Windows. Fiennes said the company plans to add support for the Mac.