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To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (17947)	1/4/2001 11:58:54 AM
From: Jim Greif	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

On a slightly different note, I saw an ad this morning for a new mouse from Sony that has a built-in slot for reading memory sticks. Seems like a pretty good idea that would eliminate the need for one more desktop gizmo. Perhaps SanDisk should be the first to steal the latest here. Jim

To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (17947)	1/5/2001 2:50:38 AM
From: Steve 667	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

That headphone jack isn't just for headphones, it's a...ahem...standard interface that can hook up to powered speakers, stereo, input jack on a car deck, whatever. Not so! The impedance is different. For example I have an MPTrip which is a CD player that plays MP3 files as well as CD wav files. ($115) It has an output jack for earphone, but also a separate output jack which outputs to an input jack to a stereo system. The size is the same, but the results are very different when I plug the output to the aux input of my home stereo amplifier(Good sounds), than when I do the same using the earphone output of the MPTrip. ( Crappy distorted sound!) Intel just figured a way to put another interface which does the same thing and include an A/C adapter and charge an extra $60. I also got an adapter which goes from my MPTrip to my car cassette player, so I can play MP3 files in my car stereo as well as through my home hi-fi. One CD will hold about 7 hours of high quality MP3 music. But it won't fit in my shirt pocket. Big deal! Steve 667