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Reply With Quotei'd go small and not so cheap.. get a epia with a dc-dc psu and not my mini-atx with inverter
If you had to do it all again...
If you had to go back and do it all over [thereby eliminating those pricey mistake purchases on hardware, etc.]- what would you get or how would you have done it different?
i'd go small and not so cheap.. get a epia with a dc-dc psu and not my mini-atx with inverter
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RF Wireless mini keyboard, NOT INFRA RED!
get a touch screen if you can afford it, its worth it (I had one)
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I just went through this.
Changed to:
Touch Screen
Epia M
Opus
RF Keyboard and RF Optical Mouse.
I bought too many other parts before I was happy with this set up.
2004 F350 Ext. Cab
System not reinstalled in it yet
Epia, Opus, VGA TFT touch monitor (indash motorised if possible).
Instead of ATX motherboard,
Composite 7" STN hacked about console screen.
ATX PSU
Inverter
Trackball.
It works, but it is far too large and cumbersome.
4x4 in a turbo stylee.
Been through a few iterations myself:
128x64 dot matrix LCD -> 20x4 VFD
L296 power supply -> ISR power supply
Laplink parallel port link -> 100 Base T ethernet
Keypad -> UIR remote control
Other than that, I think I got it pretty right...
Of course, my first iteration is four years old, and technology moves on.
Rob
Old Systems retired due to new car
New system at design/prototype stage on BeagleBoard.
OMG right on the freaking ball. I agree 100%Originally posted by wizardPC
RF Wireless mini keyboard, NOT INFRA RED!
I would have also spent the extra hundred or two on a indash vga toushcreen.
I would say that when I first started, I would have gone for a small board (fv25 shuttle or an epia) instead I bought a big *** thing and it took up a bunch of room....so then I bought the fv25. then I was using a inverter, then I bought the opus....
I would have bought a small board and the opus right away.
I'm REALLLLLLLLy happy with the speed of a 1.3 celeron too..
up and at em' in 30 sec from a cold boot. and about 15 with hibernate. with out any tweaks in XP
BossTone74
i am in the midle of changing my hole set up, i went with what i had on hand my laptop! but i am installing a real computer in and i have to say the opus dc/dc is the only way to go too...
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EFFILIVE (AUTOTAP)/ GPS (NAVMAN)
LAPTOP DELL 7500 WINDOWS XP
I would not get a shuttle Fv24 or Fv25. Both have problems with the video out. The composite out picture does not fill the screen. Also neither have USB 2.0 which makes finding an Indash dvd hard withought burning the only PCI slot for a USB 2.0 card.
mike
91 cadillac sedan deville, winXP, FV25 with Celeron 800, Redant 7" widescreen in dash, Opus DC-DC, Irman, Digital Cable remote(lots of buttons), 120 gig 7200rpm 8meg cache WD hard drive, VI power mobile HD rack, mediaengine
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