Comments on: The bloatware antidote for Windows https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-bloatware-antidote-for-windows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bloatware-antidote-for-windows David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:01:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-bloatware-antidote-for-windows/#comment-446 Tue, 18 Feb 2003 01:57:02 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=176#comment-446 I’m not sure I’d want to do MP3 playback on anything less than a Pentium-60 if I wanted to multitask. My point there was that there is useful software that doesn’t take a lot of memory or disk space.

I don’t think Coolplayer does anything with external codecs. I’m pretty sure it’s just a straight MP3 player, which is why it’s tiny. And that was all I wanted. Tinyapps isn’t the place to look for full-featured stuff. Just small, single-purpose stuff. Simple programs for simple needs.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-bloatware-antidote-for-windows/#comment-445 Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:21:59 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=176#comment-445 Does coolplayer include any codecs, or do you have to install those seperately?

Because all too often, the codecs needed to play this or that file format can only be had by installing the full suite of bloatware from Realnetworks or Apple or MS. Unless there’s a place that distributes just the naked codecs that I don’t know about.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-bloatware-antidote-for-windows/#comment-464 Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:07:51 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=176#comment-464 Doubt a MP3 can play well in a 386DX ; min would
probably be a 486DX2-50.

If you think Coolplayer is small for a MP3 player,
check out MPR a single 34K EXE DOS MP3 player at
http://www.micosyen.com/ (in the MP3 section)

Dev Teelucksingh
Interesting DOS programs at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave

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