Re: [TCLUG:18008] Playing MP3s on old hardware

[Tim Neu <tim@tneu.visi.com>]

Hmm....

I wonder if you could overclock that sucker.  Since it is a laptop, doing
so would probably involve soldering... :-(

Another thing to look at would be to disable power managment, just in case
that has something to do with it...   

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Yaron wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
> Ok, since I now have an AUX input in the acr, I figured I'd try loading up
> a laptop with MP3s, just to see if it works. And maybe for really long
> trips. Unfortunetly my laptop's a crappy old P75. I'm not surprised it
> can't handle MP3s under X, but it can't even handle them without X
> running.
> 
> Anyone know if there's anything I can do to get an old P75 to play MP3s
> decently? I don't want to reduce the bitrate further. I wouldn't have a
> problem hacking up this laptop (;
> 
> 
> -Yaron
> 
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