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Topic Description
This presentation describes an OS/2 based music server system.
DB2 is used to store and search all the album titles, track titles and
artists. Lyrics can also be indexed and are searchable. REXX code
interfaces with the internet FREEDB cd information service to
retrieve title and track information when new CDs are acquired.
A java applet lets you build playlists and save playlists.
More than just a music search system, it actually controls up to 16
Pioneer CD changes, each capable of holding 300 CDs. (Currently 3 are
installed.) In addition, two "Audiotrons" by turtle beach are also
controlled by the system and allow music to be stored on the hard drives
(currently 1 terabyte installed) and played via an ethernet LAN and
fiber optic cable (toslink) through the main Hi Fi system.
The system interface is through HTML protocol, so any web browser on the
LAN can search and play music through the home stereo system. A
javascript program highlights what track is currently playing. You
can also play an album by scanning the case with a bar code reader.
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Speaker Info
Chuck Berghorn A former Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM, Chuck has
worked on a number of OS/2 based products, including P/390, S/390 Integrated
Server, Multiprise 3000, and the 2074 communications controller. He is currently
a senior architect with an EDA company, and but still uses OS/2 at home
for most of his computing needs. Chuck has been involved with the IBM
operating system VM/CMS for years and was a very early REXX user. He
has created special interfaces between REXX and PL/I (one of his favorite
programming languages) and designed a documentation system that used the
REXX subcommand interface as its primary command processing environment.
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Warpstock 2004
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