A Bodgy Car PC.

Bodgy · 05-16-2004, 09:11 PM

Car -
1985 Australian Ford LTD
Many Electrical Faults
Smokey, Tired Old Donk
Rust, Dings, Scratches.
Broken Door Handles.

Hardware -
AMD K6-2 300 mhz
64 mb PC100 SDRAM
6 gb standard ide drive
ge force 2 64mb w/tv out
pci sound
300 watt inverter
Switch lifted from an old coffee perculator
Some kind of wire to the inverter...no doubt too small.

Software -
Windows 98 se
Winamp 3
Resumer Plug In (resumes last song played on start up)
Key Control Plug In (allows control of winamp with mouse)

Stereo -
Stock Head Unit and Amp.
Sony 6.5 inch woofers and 1 inch tweeters rear.
Sony 4 inch 2 ways front.

Forseeable Future -
Creative PC remote.
7" composite LCD.
De-bodgification of the entire setup.
MP3CAR.com bumper sticker.

Ok guys I thought i'd post my car pc. I wanted to wait till i got a screen of some kind but things are moving way to slow (damn speeding fine). This Is what it takes to create a totally bodgy, but functional car pc.

note: in keeping with the bodgyness of this car pc and thread, all pics have been taken with a siemens s55 camera phone

who needs complex brackets and space saving cases, just throw a midi tower AT case in that sucker and hold it there with old pillow cases wedged in. Also note the crossover hanging from its speaker wires.

we always hear on this forum about the need to properly ground and secure an inverter to minimise hum etc, as well as the need to use heavy guage wire. I didnt listen to any of that. My inverter is tied to my spare tire with a wire cord. I dont think it touches the chassis anywhere... Is this dangerous I hear you ask? Probably. The wire you see there was just something i had in my shed... no idea what guage or amperage it is. I did have issues with it when it rested on my exhuast pipe and shorted out, other than that it has worked like a charm.

this pic shows the switch i use to turn the system on/off. it is a switch from a coffee perculator that had broken. it is simply wedged between my a pillar and my dash. i have no relay or shutdown controller to cut power, so if i leave this switch on i come out to a drained battery. The pc is always just turned off, not shut down.

the only input device to the pc, a mouse used to play/pause, change track and change directory.

the dash space and stock headunit (with tape adapter). this was top of the line gear in 1985... 2004 and it doesnt ring my bells antmore. soon to be replaced with a 7" composite LCD, when i can afford one and an amp

TX5 · 05-16-2004, 09:48 PM

Your an Inspiration to us all

god_of_cpu · 05-16-2004, 10:39 PM

Definitly the bodgiest PC I've ever seen... Just one question for us American folks, what does Bodgy mean?

gospeed.racer · 05-16-2004, 10:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by god_of_cpu

Definitly the bodgiest PC I've ever seen... Just one question for us American folks, what does Bodgy mean?

Bodgy : of inferior quality

Australian Slang

Bodgy · 05-16-2004, 10:55 PM

bodge
verb 1. to do something incorrectly but so as to make it appear right; to do something or make something in a sloppy manner: I bodged together a few examples. 2. to ruin; wreck: Now you've really bodged it. Also, bodge up. [backformation from bodgie]

Marsupial · 05-16-2004, 11:20 PM

in french canadian slang, we use what is most likely a deformation of this word... its butchy (but pronounced with french accent, and used like it would be a french word, while everyone knows its not french at all).

That is definately butchy, but "does the job".

BTW: LTD leaves lot of room... way better the some other vehicles to be able to put stuff in, like a computer or whatnot.

Do you have any kind of output? I'd consider a output - even a HD44780 LCD character display, plugged to a LPT port.

Bodgy · 05-17-2004, 05:23 PM

yeah I've considered a 4x20 lcd but i dont really solder very good so i would want a pre-made one which run around $50 us. I can get a cheap "butchy" composite lcd

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...51797&tc=photo

for $80 usd more and then ill be able to run mediacar etc...

I got enough grunt to run mp3s and a snes emulator at the same time, vcd's, short mpegs (drift and burnout mostly, some porn i guess

). DIVX and DVD are a bit choppy but almost bareable. Im hoping some more ram will help there.

I dont really need VGA as yet because GPS software is expensive for australia (because of the small market for it I guess) and I pretty much know the places I drive around anyway (I'm not in a city). If I ever do the composite would become a secondary screen anyway.

So yeh ive considered it but my hearts pretty much set on a cheap 7" now...so much more functionality for not much more cost.

Custommx3 · 05-17-2004, 08:05 PM

as far as LCDs goes, u get what u pay for. I bought a $100 screen, and I couldnt even see the text clearly.

noodles · 05-17-2004, 08:36 PM

Composite LCDs aren't bad for movies at all. Text is a little blurry though. I have great eyesight, so it doesn't bother me much.

Bodgy · 05-17-2004, 09:21 PM

yeh my eyes are pretty good. i've seen media car running on other peoples composites and it looks fine to me. im fairly sure that text sizes can be changed in media car to give something that is readable.

Kamo · 07-03-2004, 05:20 AM

Hahaha; to everyone who defined 'bodgy' / 'butchy', wonderful job!

Blazarius · 07-03-2004, 11:18 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Marsupial

in french canadian slang, we use what is most likely a deformation of this word... its butchy (but pronounced with french accent, and used like it would be a french word, while everyone knows its not french at all).

Sweet a montrealer, U french dude.. cause I'm from Montreal too!

Well most of the time we say in french slang:
"Je l'ai Butché po yinke a peu près!"
I butched it up pretty good, we say in english!

ciaos all