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1999-03-31 14:25Rodney PerkinsHotwired 3/31/1999 "A prototype product from the Netherlands aims to bring digital audio f

From:: Rodney Perkins <rdperkins@earthlink.net>
To:: idm <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:25:32 -0600
Subject:: (idm) The most absurd MP3 device award goes to...

Hotwired 3/31/1999 "A prototype product from the Netherlands aims to bring digital audio files to turntables, marrying vinyl and digital. Three guys in Amsterdam have developed a system that works with any turntable connected to a computer running the Be operating system. FinalScratch lets DJs and partythrowers map digital sound files, including MP3, to a special vinyl record, so they can mix and scratch them. " For the full scoop, readhttp://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/18840.html

1999-03-31 16:58eric hill>http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/18840.html i think it's a great idea, but wh

From:: eric hill <ehill@best.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:58:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) The most absurd MP3 device award goes to...
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>http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/18840.html

i think it's a great idea, but when this was hashed over a year or so ago nobody had actually seen one. looks like it's been in vapor since then... eric

1999-03-31 19:47Rodney PerkinsIts good idea alright but it sounds like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. $299

From:: Rodney Perkins <rdperkins@earthlink.net>
To:: eric hill <ehill@best.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:47:41 -0600
Subject:: Re: (idm) The most absurd MP3 device award goes to...

Its good idea alright but it sounds like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. $299 (the price of the box, software, etc) will get you more than a few dubplates. I'd would be interested in seeing demo the system. There is a picture of the set-up at: http://www.n2it.net/finalscratch/index.html

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>>http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/18840.html > > i think it's a great idea, but when this was hashed over a year or so ago > nobody had actually seen one. looks like it's been in vapor since then... > > eric > >

1999-03-31 20:42eric hill>There is a picture of the set-up at: > >http://www.n2it.net/finalscratch/index.html thoug

From:: eric hill <ehill@best.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:42:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) The most absurd MP3 device award goes to...
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quoted 3 lines There is a picture of the set-up at:

>There is a picture of the set-up at: > >http://www.n2it.net/finalscratch/index.html

though there is an "updated sometime recently" line on the page, it's not materially different than it was when this first cropped up a year or two ago. as for the picture, the record doesn't look any different than any other i've bought in my life, except that it has a snappy logo sticker on the label. eric

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