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11-12-2008, 04:45 PM
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darth sidious lite
Join Date: Jul 1978
Location: Baltimore, MD
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GhostBusters. Who made the first car computer?
Ghostbusters:
We thought the forum members of mp3car made the first car computer in the late 90s. Wrong. Done by the ghostbuster guys first in 1984. See our video for 20 seconds of ghost busting fun. Who made the first car computer?
http://vimeo.com/2232739
Last edited by Fiberoptic; 11-13-2008 at 10:00 PM..
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11-12-2008, 06:26 PM
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Admin. Don't bug or I'll byte.
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Corning, NY
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11-13-2008, 07:57 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 44
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This is the site that first got me into the idea of a car pc
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~altman/mp3mobile/
The builder went on to start the empeg linux based head unit. Which
was an awesome bit of kit but a bit ahead of it's time i think.
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Last edited by Cerberus; 11-13-2008 at 08:05 AM..
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11-13-2008, 08:36 AM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Surrey, UK
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cerberus  This is the site that first got me into the idea of a car pc
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~altman/mp3mobile/
The builder went on to start the empeg linux based head unit. Which
was an awesome bit of kit but a bit ahead of it's time i think.
C
Exactly the same site as I was inspired by.
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11-13-2008, 12:26 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: On teh coal
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maximum pc first piqued my interest. they had this thing about a rackmount box playing mp3's via linux or command line
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11-13-2008, 10:01 PM
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darth sidious lite
Join Date: Jul 1978
Location: Baltimore, MD
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I finally got the transcoding working. More thoughts on this later. Lots of other video to post...
http://vimeo.com/2232739
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11-22-2008, 12:36 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Fargo, ND
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WRONG - 1981.
Cannonball Run! The Japanese team that crashes their car while watching adult entertainment on their in car computer!
Now I do not know if the carputer actually functioned, but it was in the movie nonetheless.
What do I win?
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11-22-2008, 12:59 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Fargo, ND
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Oh, and they had navigation.
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11-22-2008, 01:03 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Fargo, ND
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Looking at both of these together, they look like they were superimposed, but hey - they had the concept there for what we do now.
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11-23-2008, 05:42 PM
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darth sidious lite
Join Date: Jul 1978
Location: Baltimore, MD
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Good find. thanks for the screen shots. 
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11-23-2008, 05:45 PM
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darth sidious lite
Join Date: Jul 1978
Location: Baltimore, MD
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bugbyte
Tom, I think you made the first known working car computer? Any other older working examples?
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11-24-2008, 08:07 AM
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Car Audio Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Chicagoland (St. Charles,IL)
Posts: 1,877
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Turbocad's first setup was pretty ancient but probably not that ancient.
1980-Blues Brothers
SCMODS system
scmods "state county municipal offender data system", the on-board system used by the rollers (AKA: cops) in the original Blue Brothers. this utility told the cops to "arrest driver, impound vehicle" and thus initiated the multi-state car chase that wrecked the most cars in movie history.
 
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12-10-2008, 02:07 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lincolnman Looking at both of these together, they look like they were superimposed, but hey - they had the concept there for what we do now.
If you're talking about watching adult entertainment in my car... I admit to nothing.
But yeah, I remember the nav system. Haven't seen that movie in such a long time >.<
Also, who could forget the most famous carputer, even though it was driven by The hoff... KITT. That was 1982, no? I don't know if actually had an actual computer in there though, or if it was just a bunch of blinky lights and an english guy off-site with a radio...
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12-11-2008, 09:51 AM
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Hey, you're trying for the goal by going the other way around, you're crazzzyyyy!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Miami
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Whats wrong with watching adult entertainment in the car? My car can connect to my media center at home and i have access to over 200 adult movies. Mind you I have never actually done it because that would make me a pervert  .
Can you really use movies as examples of Car PCs though? They were not actual working models. I think Turbo Cad does hold the record, but who know the world is huge.
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12-11-2008, 11:11 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 170
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Quote: Originally Posted by HiJackZX1 Whats wrong with watching adult entertainment in the car? My car can connect to my media center at home and i have access to over 200 adult movies. Mind you I have never actually done it because that would make me a pervert .
i couldn't imagine a more comfortable place to sit and relax for such things.
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