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MP3 Jukebox

This is a project that has been a long time in the making. The first hurdle was finding an antique radio big enough to fit a matx board and power supply comfortably, at a decent price, and that had dead internals (so the antique radio guys wouldn't kill me for destroying a working set). Well, $25 later I got a 1939 Philco radio, which had busted internals and was in "meh" condition. The orignal plan was to re-veneer it and make it look like new . . . but considfering I'm the worst woodworker on Earth, I decided I'd take the rustic route and leave it in its natural condition. It is 67 years old . . . . These pics were taken before I cleaned it, she looks much better now.








So far I have pretty much all the hardware I need for this box, I'm just stalling at this point. I've got a matx board with an AMD Duron 1800 proc, 1 gig of PC133 ram, a 60 gig HD, a streamzap IR remote, and all the other needed stuff is onboard. I plan on eventually getting a PCI vid card with TV out and a wireless LAN card. That way it can stream and show winamp on remote screen.