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    My company is going to be pitching a bunch of p133 and p166 computers and I plan on taking quite a few home. One of my projects is going to be to have a network mp3 jukebox plugged into the home stereo that will display on the tv. I have the software and remote control situation worked out. The problem I'm running into is finding a inexpensive tv-out card. Ideally I'm looking for an old PCI 4-8Mb card, but I can't seem to find anything out there. the least expensive option I can find right now is a geforce 2 MX for approx $50 on pricewatch. That seems like a waste of a fairly decent 3d card. I've surfed ebay and checked my favorite online stores. Anyone have any other resources online where I might be able to find such an animal. Surely there have to be some old 8mb all in wonders or tnt cards with TV-out floating around. Can anyone help.

    Also I've considered a scan converter, but I want to keep the total costs pretty low - hopefully under $100 bucks. The remote is going to set me back around $50. any help will be appreciated.

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    Jaton Video-773D&TV
    <a href="http://www.jaton.com" target="_blank">www.jaton.com</a>
    Suggest Retail Price
    $:59.99


    Specification
    Trident 9750
    PCI Local Bus
    4MB of high-speed synchronous
    230 MHz RAMDAC
    TV OUT

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    You might try calling some local comp shops, especially any that specialize in used parts/computers. We have a place here in Atl called Microseconds that has a bunch of old wierd stuff... Another option might be a traveling computer show, there's ususally a few used/salvage dealers at them also, I'll keep my eye out for ya.....

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    Keep in mind that whatever card you get is going to need up to date drivers for whatever OS you're proposing to use.

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    I found the Jaton card mentioned earlier for $28 ($35 including shipping) on yahoo shopping. So I went ahead and ordered it.

    The MP3 system will be running win95c and using winamp and a winamp jukebox plugin I found. The only snag I may have is that I may not be able to use a mapped network drive. (The software automatically scans your hard disks and updates the mp3 library.) If a mapped drive doesn't work, I'll just store them locally on a drive on the jukebox which I'll share in 95 so the other computers can access them too.

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