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DIY iBook - backpack -boombox!

Shannon writes "Quite likely the coolest DIY project I've ever seen. It's a case to carry your laptop (or whatever you want to carry), made from an old boombox, and wired up to play music from the computer or mp3 player that is inside...I can't seem to find one of these boomboxes ANYWHERE around here to make one for myself. I'm gonna have to resort to the high priced machines on ebay I suppose." Link.

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Posted by: Big_Al_giB on October 18, 2005 at 10:11 AM

So is the foam padding going to be enough to really shield the magnetic field created by the speakers?

Also, what is used to keep the laptop playing? I know that most laptops go to sleep and won't function when the lid's closed, due to overheating issues. Is there some setting you can change to not make it sleep?

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Posted by: n3ldan on October 18, 2005 at 7:10 PM

It's not due to overheating issues, tis merely because thats the way it is. I've changed mine no to do that, in linux and XP

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