Cheapest car pc ever. - Page 9

Chris31 · 08-06-2006, 10:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

this is like the "special olympics" for carpc's..... I don't get it.... how can this be worth it to save $60 or $80.... you can get real pc's for dirt cheap..... faster pIII's are a dime a dozen... real decent stuff is only a few bucks more....

I can understand hacking & rengineering to try to acheive something that couldn't be achieved otherwise, but what's the point of hacking something into something that is otherwise easily available? why choose to be handicapped, aren't there enough challenges in installing a sucessful carpc?...

someone please splain to me

yeah

It only gonna be cheap when...

1) When the unit is bought dirt cheap or was given to you.
2) You already have the tools to hack it.
3) The hack is straight forward and its proven to work.
4) Hack tools can be build easily from the junk box.
5) Nothing else to buy to make it work.

But then the results may not be as good as expected.

agashka · 08-06-2006, 10:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

this is like the "special olympics" for carpc's..... I don't get it.... how can this be worth it to save $60 or $80.... you can get real pc's for dirt cheap..... faster pIII's are a dime a dozen... real decent stuff is only a few bucks more....

I can understand hacking & rengineering to try to acheive something that couldn't be achieved otherwise, but what's the point of hacking something into something that is otherwise easily available? why choose to be handicapped, aren't there enough challenges in installing a sucessful carpc?...

someone please splain to me

this computer consume only 30w, can your beat that?
this computer weight almost nothing, can your beat that?

this computer saves me monney compared to those small pc
this computer come with a wireless keybaord/remote, does your?

the simple why.

edit:

i bought the connector for 20$, so for 90$ i got one working, i want two so for ~40$ i get a second one(maybe a little more) then after i'll start seeling somes locally

and hum, they connect to tv, witch is alright for me cauz im buying a 5" lcd with composite and areally got a 20" tv im gonna trow in my van.

spidfm · 08-07-2006, 05:58 AM

What A Nice Day!!

ik632 · 08-07-2006, 10:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

this is like the "special olympics" for carpc's..... I don't get it.... how can this be worth it to save $60 or $80.... you can get real pc's for dirt cheap..... faster pIII's are a dime a dozen... real decent stuff is only a few bucks more....

I can understand hacking & rengineering to try to acheive something that couldn't be achieved otherwise, but what's the point of hacking something into something that is otherwise easily available? why choose to be handicapped, aren't there enough challenges in installing a sucessful carpc?...

someone please splain to me

hahaha, that's an awesome way to look at it.

I'm just hacking it to learn about hacking it. When I'm done I will turn it into a NAS or something like that. Mine won't be used in the car.

FC3S · 08-08-2006, 12:44 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by agashka

this computer consume only 30w, can your beat that?
this computer weight almost nothing, can your beat that?

what does weight have to do with anything :/

its in a car, you're not carrying it, and i doubt anyone races with a pc in their car, thats just pointless

Chris31 · 08-08-2006, 01:01 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ik632

I'm just hacking it to learn about hacking it.

You are excempt then

To save money like this thread implies is a nono

ik632 · 08-08-2006, 09:54 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Chris31

You are excempt then

Once my super powers are fully developed I plan to use them for good:

I'm actually hoping that I'll learn something useful from the process. Either way, it's a good cheap way to spend my time goofing off (wife likes the cheap part).

In the mean time I'll try my best to help the people who want to use it for something constructive the best I can.

agashka · 08-08-2006, 01:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by FC3S

what does weight have to do with anything :/

its in a car, you're not carrying it, and i doubt anyone races with a pc in their car, thats just pointless

cauz mine will be kinda hot-swappable, i'll carry it with me , get it out the car alot of times. Fits perforecly in a bag

Dylan98R/T · 09-07-2006, 02:06 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ik632

Did you end up buying one of the premade ones or did you order the parts to do it? I'm trying to find a cell phone cable (usb or serial) that I can use by cutting the end off. I also have an old Handspring Visor cradle (a serial one and a usb one) that I think already has the level shifting stuff in it. So, I need to look into the cradle first to see if it has what I need before I buy anything.

Not sure if it would work or not with the RM but we use nokia DKU5 cables off ebay to datalog Honda ECU's instead of buidling a MAX232 cable from scratch.

Dylan98R/T · 09-07-2006, 02:16 PM

For me, the 12v input is great.

I built a Touchbook CF27 system that turbocad mentioned that runs XP and roadrunner, I like the 12v input, but it's only 300mhz

but has a touchscreen

but the LCD has a 5" cable

Just about every system has its tradeoffs.

Rob Withey · 09-07-2006, 03:23 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by agashka

this computer consume only 30w, can your beat that?

Yep.

Quote: Originally Posted by agashka

this computer weight almost nothing, can your beat that?

Yep.

Quote: Originally Posted by agashka

this computer saves me monney compared to those small pc
this computer come with a wireless keybaord/remote, does your?

Ok, you got me there. This is a cool project.

ik632 · 09-07-2006, 07:45 PM

I've got the system up and running with Debian booting off of an external usb hard drive (only a 3gb old one I had). The keyboard works and some of the buttons on the keyboard work when they feel like it, it's a little screwy right now but pretty darned cool. Sound and video are working, but my sound is really quiet for some reason.

I had MythTV installed on it, but the Debian repository has 0.19 and I have 0.18bugfix installed on my backend so I couldn't connect to the database correctly. Other than that, it's been some interesting fun for $25.

pandy · 09-16-2006, 05:04 PM

Hey guys.

I never got my cable, and other things have come in the way of me playing with my MSNTV, namely a 18" super excursion woofer, another phoenix gold amp and a shroud to build for it and a metal flaked house of kolor cabinet.

I'm not doing this for the money, I have bought all my new gear, it's just time.. This new project of mine is sucking up all the time I had for other things, like the MSNTV.. Couple that with the fact that my mate from the UK who was supposed to make my data cable never did, and because I was waiting on him I didnt buy one and it ended up on the backburner.

So, I have decided (because Im moving house soon) to part ways with this thing and so it's up for sale.

I'm not going to be greedy, it's anyone's who wants it first for $30 plus the shipping.. Realistically I would say shipping to the 48 will be about $15, any more and I will make it up.

So $45 shipped.

I dont stop around here much now, basically I read the PMs and they all ask for the WIKI.. The WIKI is in this thread if you look, there's a link somewhere.

I will also burn on CD all the info, files and other lovliness that you will need.

At the moment it is in a stripped state, which if you want it shipped like that to save time and some head scratching I can do that and put the screws in a baggie.. If you want it reassembled I can do that also.

Please email me, NO OFFERS I dont have time, all I am making on this is $10 and that will cover my packaging, gas to the PO and leave me with enough for a soda.

email is : handsome_rob (@) msn.com, and remove the spaces and the ( )

DONT paypal to that address, I will provide a paypal account to pay it to once you have gotten in first, this is first come first served DO NOT email me if you dont have the money and cant pay for this IMMEDIATELY upon my reply.

If you need a reference go to ebay and look up a user called Jennysauction, that is my wife and the sellers account we use, and also the paypal is linked to it.. We have 100% good feedback over about 60 sales.

Thanks