Tom-Guy

Yup... time to take Wardriving Pimp and Music Pirate to a whole new level:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWN:IT

Cheaper than the underpowered EPIA alternatives, and a LOT cheaper than the equivalent or higher powered mini-ITX stuffs. Next installment, I show you how to run free 10.5" LCD... most likely via composite feed so not true VGA, but...

I'll have right at $100 in everything, and the free 40 watt amp and Polk Audio 6.5" speakers should make everything sound nice for the price.

BoosTedZSix

Don't know if you saw it in the auction but your going to need a harddrive. What are you going to use to power it in the car?

Tom-Guy

I have 530-ish gigs of storage across three PCs, two laptops, and one external USB HDD. I imagine I can spare a HDD somewhere along the way.

I also have four DC-AC inverters. If that is too much wiring, I understand eGay has cheap 12-18V DC to DC converters available, which should suffice for the C10/S10 series 19V input needs. I also have a spare targus DC-DC converter that should do 19V, and three spare T20-specific power supplies for my two T20s that makes losing the Targus "backup" a non-issue.

Have I also mentioned I have a lot of swill laying around? Some of which actually has some real world value, beyond internet cranks like myself?

Fugo

Hi

I use this:

HW: Notebook HP/Compaq nx9020 1.3GHz 100Gb HDD, DVD/CD
DC/AC adapter (12V/220V)
USB Hub (4x USB with external adapter)
NAVILOCK GPS receiver
USB/Serial adapter (for LM-1)
External TFT NEWISION with touchpad NW 619VT

SW: MediaCar, RoadRunner, GPS Navi,LogWorks2,Win XP Pro ,etc.


notebook is in trunk, into dash board is TFT monitor with touchpad
audio signal from notebook to SONY CDX M1000TF

Fugo

Bizzar

Better catch up Been runnin a carpc for over a year now. I would never own another car without one. Over 3,000 mp3's wma's etc stored on this bitch. Its like riding round with a DJ, satellite radio that only plays the songs you want to hear, mobile movie theater and tuner on wheels. Touchscreen Crome Pro tuning owns you! http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=76383 <---- my setup w/assload of pics

jinxy

why dont you just mount an older socket a motherboard up in the dash somewhere. a case is just going to take up to much room. Ive throughly thought about doing the carputer. I just think the novility of having it would ware off after a week. A cool thing to do would be wiring it up to a self made USB device, making your own software so that when you type in a password and hit enter, thats what starts the car.

FooK

my cd player plays mp3 cd's...you ricers.

Tatakai

mine plays wma's too, and came with a wireless thingy for ipod's

buk9tp

post----- and display ignorance FTW!!!