Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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http://www.digital-car.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=486
My mate has started doing this for a living, and he's good. If anyone wants more info U2U me.
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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im building my own out of an old laptop 
all fun!
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Corsa^Dan
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Registered: 4th Dec 02
Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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hmm all i need is a slimline case and a 12v PSU
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Jodi_the_g
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Registered: 7th Aug 01
Location: Washington D.C
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If you remember my post from ages ago i was desiging a similar system with an interactive software, sort of a KITT thing. Finsihed a prototype a while ago if there is money in this i think i might start marketing it
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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very interesting !
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CorsaSRi16v
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Registered: 2nd Nov 01
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Honda Accord Type-R
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Far too expensive for what you get.
I doing the same as what someone else has mentioned and I am using an old laptop 
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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bit expensive for me i'm thinking of doing the same thing. but only costing £300 max. GPS device is cool tho
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vibrio
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why would you do that. where is the point :boogle:
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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800 quid is abit steep for that, the equipment is about 400-500 all in So unless hes planning to come out and fit then i believe he can GTF with it 
edit - yup you can buy the stuff from mini-itx 290 quid cheaper, WITH a dvd drive, and they arnt exactly cheap in the first place 
[Edited on 08-12-2004 by Dom]
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Corsa E-Tec
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one word "maplin"
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
one word "maplin"
nah, there expensive as well...plus they dont do the VIA EPIA boards, which are about the best for small pcs 
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSRi16v
Far too expensive for what you get.
I doing the same as what someone else has mentioned and I am using an old laptop
my laptop now has no keyboard, mouse bit, screen... screen has been removed, all powerbuttons all smoothed up & where the lil keyboard was there is gona be a foam air filter...
should look ok when done & not look like a laptop no more
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Sam
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Would it not be easier to just use a normal laptop on some kind of sliding tray from a custom made glovebox or whatever?
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PaulW
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probably yes...
but the screen was intermittent anyways & it runs alot better without it attached if using the 15-pin vga connector instead, as it still used to default to TFT when booting regardless of configuration, but since removing it its always on VGA now
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Martin CUK
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Registered: 19th Jun 03
Location: Bury
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All in my mates Fiesta Turbo, touch screen, all the functions of a PC, & will have GPS SatNav & wireless soon enough, so you could go on MSN at your local maccies, lol.
This was all done for under £300, but he works in IT.
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Erm... why would you want to use a PC whilst on the move?
It's bad enough people drive to a carpark to play on Super Mario Brothers on their in-car NES... but writing letters with Word, working out their weekley expenditure in Excel and making pretty pictures with MS Paint - all from the comfort of the driver seat is just a little pointless / sad (delete as applicable).
I'm just going to put a car in my bedroom next to the PC 
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
Erm... why would you want to use a PC whilst on the move?
It's bad enough people drive to a carpark to play on Super Mario Brothers on their in-car NES... but writing letters with Word, working out their weekley expenditure in Excel and making pretty pictures with MS Paint - all from the comfort of the driver seat is just a little pointless / sad (delete as applicable).
I'm just going to put a car in my bedroom next to the PC
ability to add gps sat-nav to it, much more storage to play MP3's, WMA's & other types of music files...
also if parked in a carpark waiting for someone, good to watch a few films or some porn on... 
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vibrio
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I'm sure some chav with a body kit will want it to look cool
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mike_1.2LS96
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Registered: 23rd Oct 03
Location: Darlington | Mazda 323 1.8 Exec
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exactly i need 1, the gfs parents wont let me round so i hav to bring her to mine all the time could just sit in the car
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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WTF is the point,
i drive my car and listen to cds, not having the dvd player in os greater as more hassle and and pc i think is the worst possible incar device!
imagine it,
bye darling im off to work for the day!
husband goes and sits on the drive all day
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MarkW
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Registered: 19th Mar 04
Location: Orpington, Kent
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In car pc's ain't bad at all to be honest admitedly some just look crap - though can be useful for a few things like
Sat Nav
Massive amounts of mp3's and i mean massive's
useful at cruises or events, plug into card reader and back up loads of pics, without loosing any space on camera
admittedly if people used them for word and crap like that it would be shit, but the above are quite practical
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by mike_1.2LS96
exactly i need 1, the gfs parents wont let me round so i hav to bring her to mine all the time could just sit in the car
LMFAO
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Dr Pepper
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Registered: 21st Sep 02
Location: oxford Drives Renault Clio RS200
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quote:
Originally posted by mike_1.2LS96
exactly i need 1, the gfs parents wont let me round so i hav to bring her to mine all the time could just sit in the car
You really know how to show a girl a good time dont ya
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