[Cialug] Small cheap computer for Airplay

[David Champion]

How much horsepower do you need. I have a couple of old Shuttles with
single core Athlon processors. You'd need a usb WiFi adapter, they're like
$12 on newegg.

I'd have to check, they're probably this model, which has the nVidia nforce
chipset, which is good for sound.

http://www.shuttle.eu/_archive/older/en/sn45g.htm

-dc


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> I used to have spare computers running Linux in my basement. One ran
> Shareport so that I could hook a speaker up to it and play music from my
> iPod.
>
> I got rid of that computer because now I can run virtual machines to do
> what I want and don't need the power consumption of a full time PC on all
> the time.
>
> I'd like to do the Shareport thing again, I think. Ideally it would be
> wireless except for power, and have an analog audio out. Debian based is a
> bonus, as is a low price, like under $50. (I can get a speaker with Airplay
> built in for $80)
>
> If it's not possible to get one with Wireless for $50 I can probably run
> Ethernet, and at that point, I think the Raspberry Pi would probably work.
> However, it's not clear to me if the RPi has analog audio out (there is a
> lot of mention about it having HDMI, which I really don't need).
>
> My preference is a cheap wifi enabled device though, if possible.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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