Connections to a MAC Mini.

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Originally posted by fixedwheel:

How much user space is available on the 160Gb Apple TV? And even more importantly, can you operate it *without* a monitor/TV attached? It is happy to be controlled by an iPod Touch with Remote app installed.

Cheers,

John

The AppleTV 160 has 144GB of usable storage on-board, which would easily cope with your collection. It is very happy to be controlled by iPod Touch with Remote installed.

When your friend comes over you could iTunes to create a play list to sync the stuff you want to listen to or use the remote speakers function to stream live from iTunes. This works so well I was really impressed.

George

All you need is iTunes on a PC/mac to sync to.

Jono

PS George is not 6' tall!

The Carlton is too big for me, but that simply meant that I could not deal with the drop handle bars! I caused the saving of it after its former owner's wife threatened it with the tip! Women, hey!

But I have really cleaned if, taken it entirely to pieces by now, so that all is greased and set nicely ... fitted the straight bar, which in any case is much safer for me, who could not safely ride a bike looking over my glasses! I have to look through them!

I am five foot six, so the bike is far too big, but the funniest is that I had an even larger bike before. Paid 15 GBP for that one in 1993, and it is going to be retired now, as I robbed the calliper style brake levers from it [which came off an even older Dawes] for the straight bar on the Carlton!

So the brakes need rebuilding [on the old Eagle MTB], the front wheel is cracked in the rim, and the front hub bearings need sorting. It has gone through two sets of front cogs and two cassettes with me and I don't know how many tyres! So it has done a lot of work with me. I even had to have the bearing in the bottom bracket done, and those don't normally wear out!

But it is terribly heavy, so the Carlton is breath of fresh air after that, even if if it is still somewhat too big!

The funniest is that at the traffic lights I have to hop to a halt, and stand "stalk-like" astride it!

But once moving I am fine with it! I am so used to oversized bikes by now - I have only ever had one new bike in my life, which naturally was the right size - that I am not sure I would feel right on a much smaller machine any more!

As for computers, they bug me! I may or may not hang out for the Macbook yet. Depends on how money runs and how well the old Marantz survives as a transport.

As ever this thread has thrown up many ideas, and me being me, liking good simple things that work, I shudder at attempting to do more than establish a straiight forward "out of the Box" working system.

This is what the HDX does at many time the price, and in fact what mainstream replay has always done up to and including CD replay.

If I could have my way with a motor car I would have a Morris Eight Series "E" from 1946-48, but it will never happen.

I am going to send my twenty year old Volvo 240 to the car park in the sky once I have moved house in the next rwo weeks.

Ten years of flawless service, this car has proven unbreakable [though always used with care] amd shows the old maxim when dealing with quality items that if you look after them, then they will look after you!

But I cannot countemnance the waste of fuel that having a car inevitably brings! I even turned down the arm-bending to recommence playing the bass, commenting that it would be an outright waste of finite resources! Adding that I did not want to start again for many more reasons than that as well!

ATB from George

Dear Avole,

Post a picture of your bike please! Please, please!

ATB from George

PS: No place to fit panniers on the Carlton, or even anywhere to bolt on mudgrards!

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Originally posted by avole:

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You are going to be SOL with a MacMini or ApppleTV then. They are not designed to be taken apart, so if the hard drive fails you're stuffed, if you want more ram, you're stuffed.

Funny, I just asked about upgrading the memory on a mac mini, which apparently you can. If you can replace the memory, then my guess (don't know the mac mini at all) is that you can also replace the HDD.

I have a classic Jan Janssen, lovely bike, light as a feather but you can't fit panniers.

You can upgrade the Mini, if you use putty knives to get into it!

Jono

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Originally posted by avole:
Funny, I just asked about upgrading the memory on a mac mini, which apparently you can. If you can replace the memory, then my guess (don't know the mac mini at all) is that you can also replace the HDD.

You can open them, but they are all pop into place plastic tabs that always seem to break if you do not have tool "X" inserted 12.6mm from point "Z" if you know what I mean. From what I have heard I wouldn't advise doing it until the warranty expires.

Google for the diagrams, but it is a moderately scary option.

Cheers

John

And for George

Bugger, how do I attach an image?


Cheers

John

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Originally posted by Jono 13:
It is very happy to be controlled by iPod Touch with Remote installed.

But can you control it without a display attached to the AppleTV?

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PS George is not 6' tall!

So he says, but does he sing soprano or castrato with a cross bar that high?

Cheers

John

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Originally posted by fixedwheel:

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PS George is not 6' tall!

So he says, but does he sing soprano or castrato with a cross bar that high?

Cheers, John

No! But I have learned to stand like a stalk at traffic lights. It must look odd, but it also surprises car drivers when they realise that they cannot overtake me because there is not enough room between me and the car in front to fit themselves into!

ATB from Basso Profundo George

PS: Morris Eoght Series "E" from 1948 for you to have a look at!

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Originally posted by fixedwheel:
Bugger, how do I attach an image?

That is weird, I get the option to add attachment when I'm in HiFi Corner, but not when I'm in Padded Cell

Cheers

John

For George

Taken on the day I built it up.

You have to host it with something like photobucket [find this on google].

Then copy and paste the URL on the picture icon [second from right in the line above the text box].

That should fix it.

The Carlton was done done this way and the Morris by a direct link to a net published picture [URL posted in the picture icon link as well] ...

ATB from George

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
Then copy and paste the URL on the picture icon [second from right in the line above the trext box.

Got it!

Cheers

John

That is superb!

Much more interesting than idle discussion of how to make digital signals [says he, after he has derailed his own thread - hehehe!].

Thanks for posting!

ATB from George

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
That is superb!

Thanks George,

I wrote an article on the genesis of my fixed Dave Yates for the Audax UK mag.

Google:

Framing Eck pdf audax arrivee

Top hit is a link to the pdf.

Cheers

John

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Framing Eck pdf audax arrivee

Ran the link via google.

Must get the software for PDFs!

Tomorrow though now.

ATB

Didn't you fancy a proper rear loading track style dropout on the back?

You could run an ATV with a long HDMI to the telly or just use a Touch. I have both methods and they work well.

Jono

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Originally posted by Jono 13:
Didn't you fancy a proper rear loading track style dropout on the back?

No, both my DYs have long horizontals (Zeus copies of Campag 1010s) and 130mm spacing so I can run them as fixed or geared.

Track ends and mudguards are uneasy bedfellows, best compromise is to use the quick release fittigs usually used on the front.

The fixed has threaded adjusters / cable stops brazed onto the head tube for emergencies.

Both are spaced at 130mm, on the fixed it gives a little extra clearance for a Zefal hpX on the seat stay to clear the 2nd sprocket.

Cheers

John

George if you need to chat my e-mail is in my profile.
Howard