sama

If that reading is sent down the usb line, it shoudln't be too hard to pick up. I don't have V1 radar detector sadly to test this, but if it works, it would be a nice idea for those that have it.

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david69leonard

Anyone know Bill Gates, maybe he could hook us up!!!

Azaria

Bump.
Is this project still around?
Looked/Looks promising.

Azaria

Sorry. Asked that too quickly and answered my own question.

Apologies for the n00b behavior

Texasstar21

Seems to me the best way to run a carputer with minimal system draw would be using a front end based off of DOS itself. You can still get most drivers, codecs, etc for running Programs in DOS. If you could create a Front End that made use of the DOS version of these (drivers, codecs, protocols, etc) with an UI that appealed to most users, you would have the ultimate Front-End... Of course you would almost have to combine features from different platforms to make use of a lot of user controls and needs, such as GPS and mobile internet...What you are really talking about is a piece of software that would have the same functionality as software that is used to run MAC and PC software within one OS...Good Luck

If you do figure it out, let me know because i would be very interested in developmental help and/or purchase of completed Front-End

mosler

it should allow the sling player to work so we can use our slingboxes at what ever hotspot we are at.

EndoSurf

Not sure if anyone addressed this further on, but I dont want to forget to reply...

This is windows only of course..

Explorer.exe in windows is only the default shell, you do not have to run it.

You can change it to any exe or even a batch file.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

and change the Shell to whatever you like...

For those who wanted to design their own front end.... You could do it as a webpage, and run iexplore.exe -k {yourpage} as the shell and when the computer started up it would show that page without explorer running in the background. (-k puts it in kiosk mode, like fullscreen, just fuller)

Oh you can also do this on a user basis as well by editing the same key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER..... You will need to create the Shell string entry manually.

NOTE: once you reboot your shell is what you set it to. Windows keys dont work for instance... You can run regedit to change back by using taskmanager (Ctrl-Shift-esc)

Hope this helps someone

mosler

wow thats a way cool idea.

ill have to experiment with that

EndoSurf

Hrm actually iexplore might not be the best suggestion..

a HTA application would be better.

Essentially a HTA application is still a webpage, however it doesnt have the limitations that internet explorer has in regards to access the system with scripts.

Internet Explorer is a valid compiler for VBScript, it just doesn't have full functionality

Either way if you wanted a very simple web page with some buttons to launch stuff it would be easy...

Enough on this though, Might become a thread hijack otherwise. And i wouldnt want to take away from the efforts that the OP has put in to developing a front end

kev000

IMHO, the ultimate "frontend" would be a set of software applications AND the OS that are developed in such a way that the OS is the frontend, and the frontend is the OS. In other words, you won't be able to tell that it there is an OS at all.

This is what a group of us are trying to accomplish with LinuxICE+nGhost.

Here's what it would take:

Base OS: kernel, drivers, basic tools.
Graphics Layer: XWindow server/kdrive/directfb (in LinuxICE's case, xorg's X11 window server)
User Interface objects (designed for CarPC use):
- Window manager (controls the size/position of the windows and the switching between applications)
- Desktop (the central interface for everything)
- Dock (Provides a persistant control interface across all applications. think of it as your start menu/task bar but designed for the carpc).

For LinuxICE, all three User Interface objects are designed for either mobile or specifically carPC use.

I think this is the way to go and would like to see the industry move into this direction. It just seems like the "right" way to do things.

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