FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
03-03-2007, 12:55 PM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
Well theres like 7" flipouts for 200-300 on ebay, but I dont know what it would take to hook it up to an NES, then get it to put out sound, then power up the NES
Worth it?
Then Id have to mount it somewhere
Worth it?
Then Id have to mount it somewhere
03-03-2007, 03:23 PM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
Originally Posted by Turblow
Well theres like 7" flipouts for 200-300 on ebay, but I dont know what it would take to hook it up to an NES, then get it to put out sound, then power up the NES
There are reasonably well-equipped thin clients being eBayed in the $60-80 range that have PCI slots for better video cards, run 800-1000 Mhz processor speeds. I'm surfing the web right now on an 866 Mhz P3 with 256 PC133, it streams movies and music flawlessly (which is what it's supposed to do, it's my poor man's PVR), would run any of the S/NES game emulators flawlessly, surf the web via USB wifi dongle, etc
03-03-2007, 03:29 PM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
I dont know much about these things or how to get them runing
I also seen some LCD picture frame type dealies on ebay for cheap, plays your pictures, some play movies and such and you just load a sc card into them to put your ---- on it
BUT, Id want it to play movies (****) that I had on my disc
They also may be a big wide for the area I want to fit it in
I also seen some LCD picture frame type dealies on ebay for cheap, plays your pictures, some play movies and such and you just load a sc card into them to put your ---- on it
BUT, Id want it to play movies (****) that I had on my disc
They also may be a big wide for the area I want to fit it in
03-03-2007, 03:49 PM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
Difficult?
Can you burn an .iso file of Windows to a CD? Can you fit the CD into a computer? Can you walk your way through the install? Can you plug it into the car, and tuck everything where it needs to go out of the way?
Seriously, it'll take you longer figuring out how to tweak a Roadrunner skin the way you like it, or install NESticle, than it will to get one of the thin clients I'd point you toward up and running.
The only reason I mentioned the PCI slot for a decent vid card is that the cheap ones normally raster text on this 7" Innovatek in a place or two, since native reso is a bit wider than the commonly supported ones. No big deal for movies or mp3s, you'd never notice, but it makes surfing the web a bit annoying.
If you really do feel uncomfortable trying this, you should pass it up, but DUDE check out mp3car.com and see what some of those guys are doing. You get pretty plain jane installs like what I'm talking to some hardcore geekery that confuses me. It's a great site.
Can you burn an .iso file of Windows to a CD? Can you fit the CD into a computer? Can you walk your way through the install? Can you plug it into the car, and tuck everything where it needs to go out of the way?
Seriously, it'll take you longer figuring out how to tweak a Roadrunner skin the way you like it, or install NESticle, than it will to get one of the thin clients I'd point you toward up and running.
The only reason I mentioned the PCI slot for a decent vid card is that the cheap ones normally raster text on this 7" Innovatek in a place or two, since native reso is a bit wider than the commonly supported ones. No big deal for movies or mp3s, you'd never notice, but it makes surfing the web a bit annoying.
If you really do feel uncomfortable trying this, you should pass it up, but DUDE check out mp3car.com and see what some of those guys are doing. You get pretty plain jane installs like what I'm talking to some hardcore geekery that confuses me. It's a great site.
03-03-2007, 03:54 PM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dashpc/
+ xubuntu or some specially compiled linux kernel might take up less processes on the HD
https://www.timekiller.org/carpc/index.php
pretty nice install
+ xubuntu or some specially compiled linux kernel might take up less processes on the HD
https://www.timekiller.org/carpc/index.php
pretty nice install
03-03-2007, 11:40 PM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
Ill check out mp3car I suppose
but I dont have much room to work with and this wont be used very often as the car isnt quiet nor does it have a giving suspension
but I dont have much room to work with and this wont be used very often as the car isnt quiet nor does it have a giving suspension
03-03-2007, 11:52 PM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
THeres some digital picture frames on ebay for fairly cheap
Some are like a hundred bucks, dont know about the quality or sizing yet of them though. But being able to load a data card into the back, mount it, then look at all my pictures and videos I have loaded on there would be pretty cool
Some are like a hundred bucks, dont know about the quality or sizing yet of them though. But being able to load a data card into the back, mount it, then look at all my pictures and videos I have loaded on there would be pretty cool
03-04-2007, 04:40 AM
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Re: FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
Originally Posted by rawr
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